Otto Huuhtanen
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 28 February 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Espoo, Finland | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
–2016 | Ilves | ||
2016–2019 | Newcastle United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016 | Ilves | 0 | (0) |
2020 | HIFK | 1 | (0) |
2020 | MYPA | 6 | (0) |
2021 | Honka | 0 | (0) |
2021 | → JIPPO (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2022 | MP | 16 | (0) |
2023 | SJK | 0 | (0) |
2023 | SJK II | 9 | (0) |
2024 | Ilves II | 3 | (0) |
2024 | Ekenäs IF | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2016–2017 | Finland U17 | 7 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Finland U18 | 2 | (0) |
2018 | Finland U19 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 July 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2018 |
Otto Huuhtanen (born 28 February 2000) is a Finnish former footballer.
Career
[edit]At the age of 16, Huuhtanen signed for Newcastle United in the English Premier League after a trial.[1]
For 2020, he signed for Finnish top flight side HIFK Fotboll.
In 2020, he signed for Myllykosken Pallo −47 in the Finnish second division.
In January 2021, Huuhtanen signed for FC Honka[2]
In February 2022, Huuhtanen signed for MP for the 2022 season.[3]
On 20 December 2022, Huuhtanen signed with SJK for the 2023 season.[4]
After Huuhtanen had already ended his playing career after the 2023 season, on 13 July 2024 he signed a short contract with Veikkausliiga club Ekenäs IF for a match against FC Inter Turku.[5] The game ended in a 7–0 away win for Inter Turku.[6]
Personal life
[edit]His younger brother Eetu is also a professional football goalkeeper.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ Ilves-kasvatti Otto Huuhtanen raivaa tietä huipulle Newcastlessa kangasalansanomat.fi (Archived)
- ^ "Otto Huuhtanen siirtyy FC Hongan maalille".
- ^ "EDUSTUS: Otto Huuhtanen täydentää MP:n maalivahtiosaston, Tuomo Hiltunen maalivahtivalmentajaksi" (Press release) (in Finnish). MP. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ "Otto Huuhtanen mukaan SJK:n maalivahtirinkiin" [Otto Huuhtanen joining SJK's goalkeeper circle] (in Finnish). SJK. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ OTTO HUUHTANEN VAKTAR MÅLET, herrar.eiffotboll.fi, 13 July 2024
- ^ FC Inter latoi seitsemän maalia EIF:n verkkoon – myös Ykkösliigan kärkikamppailussa hurjat maalijuhlat, suomifutis.com, 14 July 2024
- ^ 18-vuotias suomalainen maalivahtilupaus taistelee peliajasta valioliigaseurassa - pikkuveli tahtoo samoille jalanjäljille, Iltalehti, 6 March 2018
- ^ Kaksi äitiä kertoo, miltä 16-vuotiaan kotoa lähtö tuntuu: “Ikävä iskee aina uudestaan, kun poika käy kotona”, Yle, 14 October 2018
External links
[edit]- Otto Huuhtanen at Soccerway
- 2000 births
- Footballers from Espoo
- Living people
- Finnish men's footballers
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Ilves (football) players
- Newcastle United F.C. players
- HIFK Fotboll players
- Myllykosken Pallo −47 players
- FC Honka players
- JIPPO players
- Mikkelin Palloilijat players
- Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Ykkönen players
- Kakkonen players
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in England
- Finnish football goalkeeper stubs