| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (2002-06-01)1 June 2002 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Kajaani, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Gnistan | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2020 | RoPS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | RoPS II | 14 | (2) |
| 2021 | RoPS | 29 | (9) |
| 2022–2023 | SJK | 8 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | SJK II | 16 | (1) |
| 2023 | →Džiugas (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2024– | Gnistan | 31 | (10) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Finland U20 | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 February 2024 | |||
Vertti Hänninen (born 1 June 2002) is a Finnish professionalfootballer who plays as amidfielder forVeikkausliiga clubGnistan.
Hänninen was raised inRovaniemi and started playing football in a local clubRovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS). He made his senior debut with the club's reserve team in the fourth-tierKolmonen in 2018.[1]
On 13 December 2021, Hänninen signed withVeikkausliiga clubSeinäjoen Jalkapallokerho (SJK), starting in the 2022 season.[2] On 4 July 2023, he was loaned out toDžiugas Telšiai in LithuanianA Lyga for the rest of the season,[3][4] but managed to make only two league appearances for the club due to injury.[5] After his loan deal had ended, it was announced in the end of December that Hänninen would not continue with SJK.[6]
On 18 January 2024, Hänninen joined newly promoted Veikkausliiga clubIF Gnistan.[7] On 6 April, in the opening game of theseason, he scored the winning goal in a 2–1 home win againstInter Turku, but was injured later during the match and missed the next 12 league games. On 17 February 2025, he signed a two-year contract extension.[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| RoPS II | 2018 | Kolmonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | Kakkonen | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2020 | Kakkonen | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 16 | 3 | |||
| 2021 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | ||
| RoPS | 2021 | Ykkönen | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 33 | 10 | ||
| SJK | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | ||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||
| SJK Akatemia | 2022 | Ykkönen | 15 | 1 | – | – | – | 15 | 1 | |||
| 2023 | Ykkönen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
| Džiugas (loan) | 2023 | A Lyga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gnistan | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 20 | 6 | |
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 10 | 4 | ||
| Total | 23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10 | ||
| Career total | 93 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 26 | ||