Väinö Vehkonen (born 23 July 2001) is a Finnish professional

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defender for

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga () is a professional association football league in Finland and the highest level of the Finnish football league system. The league comprises the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agenc ...

club

Inter Turku Football Club International Turku, commonly referred to as Inter Turku () and colloquially known as Inter, is a Finnish professional football club based in Turku that competes in the Veikkausliiga, the top flight of Finnish Football. Founded i ...

Career

Vehkonen started to play football in a youth sector of

JJK Jyväskylä Jyväskylän Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly referred to as JJK Jyväskylä or simply JJK, is a Finnish football club, based in Jyväskylä. JJK plays its home matches at Harjun Stadion. History Early years 1923–1992 Jyväskylän Palloilija ...

. He started his senior career in 2018 when JJK played in the second-tier

Ykkönen ''Ykkönen'' (Finnish language, Finnish for 'Number One'; , previously I divisioona) is the third highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga and Ykkösliiga), managed by the Football Association of Finland. Until ...

, additionally making five appearances with JJK reserve team in the fourth-tier

Kolmonen Kolmonen or III divisioona is the fifth level in the Finnish football league system, league system of Finnish football and comprises 108 Finland, Finnish football (soccer), football teams. The III divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mi ...

, scoring once. In January 2019, he transferred to

HJK Helsinki Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki (), or simply as HJK (), is a Finnish football club based in Helsinki. The club competes in Veikkausliiga, the top division of the Finnish football league system. Founded in 1907, the ...

organisation, and spent three seasons with the club's reserve team

Klubi 04 Klubi 04 is a Finnish football club based in Helsinki. It is the reserve team of HJK Helsinki for whom a number of the players are also registered. History Klubi 04 was founded in 2004 when HJK bought FC Jokerit. Initially Klubi 04 played in K ...

Kakkonen Kakkonen or II divisioona is the fourth level in the league system of Finnish football and comprises 36 Finnish football teams. Until the end of 2023, ''Kakkonen'' was the third-highest level in Finland, but after the creation of new second-t ...

and

. Vehkonen represented

Mikkelin Palloilijat Mikkelin Palloilijat (or MP) is a Finnish professional football club, based in Mikkeli, that competes in the Ykkönen, the third tier in Finnish football league system. The club was founded in 1929 and also included volleyball, bandy and ice h ...

(MP) in second-tier Ykkönen for two seasons, in 2022–2023. In December 2023, Vehkonen signed with newly promoted

club

Ekenäs IF Ekenäs Idrottsförening (abbreviated EIF or Ekenäs IF) is a sports club from Ekenäs, Raseborg in Finland. EIF was formed in 1905 and they are one of the oldest clubs in the south-west of Finland. The men's football first team currently play ...

(EIF) for the

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season. He scored his first goal for EIF on 11 February 2024, in a

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loss against

. Vehkonen scored his first goal in Veikkausliiga on 2 June 2024, in a 2–1 home loss against

Vaasan Palloseura Vaasan Palloseura, commonly referred to as VPS, is a Finnish football club, based in Vaasa. It currently plays in the first tier of Finnish football (''Veikkausliiga''). The club's current manager is Jussi Nuorela. The club plays its home matc ...

(VPS). On 3 December 2024, Vehkonen signed with Veikkausliiga club

Career statistics

Tulospalvelu Palloliitto, V.Vehkonen
Finnish FA/ Palloliitto

Honours

Inter Turku *

: 2025 Klubi 04 *

, Group B:

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Individual *

Player of the Month: May 2023Väinö Vehkonen on Ykkösen toukokuun pelaaja
Finnish FA/ Palloliitto, 3 June 2023

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vehkonen, Väinö Living people 2001 births Finnish men's footballers 21st-century Finnish sportsmen Men's association football defenders Kolmonen players Kakkonen players Ykkönen players Veikkausliiga players JJK Jyväskylä players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Klubi 04 players Mikkelin Palloilijat players Ekenäs IF players FC Inter Turku players Finland men's youth international footballers