Santeri Haarala

Finnish footballer (born 1999)

Santeri Haarala
Personal information
Haarala with Ilves in 2024
Date of birth	(1999-12-17) 17 December 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth	Tampere, Finland^[1]
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)^[1]
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Ilves
Number	29
Youth career
	Ilves
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2019	Ilves	20	(0)
2018	→ HJS (loan)	7	(2)
2019	RoPS	1	(0)
2019	RoPS II	1	(0)
2020	Ilves II	5	(8)
2020	TPS	13	(4)
2021–2022	KuPS	39	(4)
2023–	Ilves	37	(13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 June 2024

Santeri Haarala (born 17 December 1999) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ilves in the Veikkausliiga.^[1]

Career

On 7 August 2019, Haarala left Ilves to join Rovaniemen Palloseura on a contract for the rest of 2019.^[2] He didn't get his contract extended and left the club at the end of the year.^[3]

After a short spell with the reserve team of his former club Ilves, Haarala joined TPS in August 2020 on a deal for the rest of the year.^[4]

Haarala returned to his former club Ilves for the 2023 season, and on 29 February 2024 he signed a new three-year deal with the club.^[5]

Honours

Club

Kuopion Palloseura

Veikkausliiga: 2021 Runners-up,^[1] 2022 Runners-up^[1]
Finnish Cup: 2021,^[1] 2022^[1]

Ilves

Finnish Cup: 2019,^[1] 2023^[1]

Individual

Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2023^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Santeri Haarala at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
^ Santeri Haarala siirtyy Rovaniemen Palloseuraan, ilvesedustus.fi, 7 August 2019
^ Huuhkajia tarttui haaviin, tuleeko vielä lisää? Veikkausliigan vilkas siirtoikkuna sulkeutumassa, is.fi, 7 December 2019
^ SANTERI HAARALA VAHVISTAMAAN TPS:N HYÖKKÄYSPÄÄTÄ, fc.tps.fi, 14 August 2020
^ "SANTERI HAARALA JATKAA ILVEKSESSÄ VUOTEEN 2026 ULOTTUVALLA SOPIMUKSELLA". ilvesedustus.fi. Ilves. 29 February 2024.
^ Toimittajat äänestivät: Tässä on Veikkausliigan tähdistöjoukkue, Iltalehti, 21 October 2023