Arttu Heinonen (born 22 April 1999) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Veikkausliiga club KuPS.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 April 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Oulu, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | KuPS | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2019 | KuPS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017 | PK-37 | 11 | (3) |
| 2018–2021 | KuFu-98 | 34 | (19) |
| 2019–2021 | KuPS | 28 | (1) |
| 2022 | Lahti | 19 | (1) |
| 2022 | → Reipas Lahti | 1 | (0) |
| 2023– | KuPS | 60 | (10) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 November 2025 | |||
Club career
editHeinonen played in the youth sector of Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS), and debuted in the senior level in 2017 with associate club PK-37 in the third-tier Kakkonen. In 2019, Heinonen won the Finnish championship title with KuPS first team, and in 2021 they were crowned the Finnish Cup champions. He played in the KuPS organisation until the end of 2021, when he joined a fellow Veikkausliiga club FC Lahti for the 2022 season.
After a lone year in Lahti, Heinonen returned to KuPS.[1][2][3][4] On 20 October 2023, he signed a two-year extension with the club until the end of 2025.[5] In September 2024, Heinonen and KuPS won the Finnish Cup title, and in late October they won the Finnish championship title, completing the club's first-ever double.
Career statistics
edit- As of 19 January 2025
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| PK-37 | 2017 | Kakkonen | 11 | 3 | – | – | – | 11 | 3 | |||
| KuFu-98 | 2018 | Kakkonen | 12 | 4 | – | – | – | 12 | 4 | |||
| 2019 | Kakkonen | 15 | 9 | – | – | – | 15 | 9 | ||||
| 2020 | Kakkonen | 6 | 5 | – | – | – | 6 | 5 | ||||
| 2021 | Kakkonen | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 34 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 19 | ||
| KuPS | 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 1[c] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | 3[d] | 0 | 21 | 2 | ||
| Total | 28 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 2 | ||
| Lahti | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 25 | 1 | |
| Reipas Lahti | 2022 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| KuPS | 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 28 | 5 |
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3[d] | 1 | 37 | 7 | |
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 43 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 66 | 12 | ||
| Career total | 136 | 34 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 180 | 37 | ||
- ↑ Includes Suomen Cup
- ↑ Includes Finnish League Cup
- ↑ Includes UEFA Europa League
- 1 2 3 Includes UEFA Conference League
Honours
editKuPS
- Veikkausliiga: 2019, 2024[6]
- Veikkausliiga runner-up: 2021, 2023
- Finnish Cup: 2021, 2024[7]
- Finnish League Cup runner-up: 2024
References
edit- ↑ KuPS-kasvatti Arttu Heinonen palaa Kuopion Palloseuraan, kups.fi, 24 November 2022
- ↑ KuPSin voiton arkkitehti kahden maalin Heinonen: "Sain apinan pois selästä", Etelä-Suomen Sanomat, Jorma Ylönen, 30 July 2023
- ↑ Vaihdosta irti päässyt KuPSin Arttu Heinonen viimeisteli kaksi maalia reilussa kymmenessä minuutissa – katso videolta savolaisen tehohetket, Savon Sanomat, Outi Poikonen, 20 August 2023
- ↑ Arttu Heinonen nauttii syksyn tunnelmasta - "Siinä on omanlainen fiilis", Veikkausliiga, 29 September 2023
- ↑ Arttu Heinonen jatkaa KuPS:ssa – ”Tavoitteet ovat korkealla”, Veikkausliiga, 20 October 2023
- ↑ Kuopio villiintyi KuPSin mestaruudesta – Eini ilmestyi juhlahumuun, Yle, 19 October 2024
- ↑ KuPS nousi takaa ohi Suomen Cupin voittoon – Petteri Pennanen ratkaisi pelin upealla laukauksella, Yle, 21 September 2024
External links
edit- Arttu Heinonen at Soccerway
- Arttu Heinonen at WorldFootball.net