Otso Virtanen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Otso Virtanen

Finnish footballer

Date of Birth: 03-Apr-1994

Place of Birth: Turku, South-Western Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland

Profession: association football player

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Otso Virtanen

  • Otso Virtanen (born 3 April 1994) is a Finnish footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper for KuPS. Virtanen started his professional career in 2011 at TPS, appearing primarily for their reserve team Ã…IFK.
  • Before the 2013 season, he moved to IFK Mariehamn and appeared in 22 matches.
  • In 2014, he served primarily as the backup for Swedish goalkeeper Simon Nurme.Virtanen signed a three-and-a-half year contract with Scottish club Hibernian on 24 January 2016.
  • Virtanen was an unused substitute as Hibs lost the 2015–16 Scottish League Cup final to Ross County.
  • He made his first appearance for Hibs in a 2015–16 Scottish Cup tie against Inverness, coming on as a substitute after regular goalkeeper Mark Oxley lost a contact lens.
  • Oxley was shown a yellow card by the referee during this incident, which caused him to be suspended for the Scottish Cup semi-final.
  • Hibs manager Alan Stubbs then signed Conrad Logan as an alternative goalkeeper, and chose to play Logan in the semi-final ahead of Virtanen.Virtanen made one starting appearance for Hibs, playing in a 2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying first leg match against Brondby.
  • He was at fault for the Brondby goal in that match and was replaced for the second leg by Ross Laidlaw.
  • Virtanen left Hibs in January 2017 and signed for Finnish club KuPS.In May 2014, Virtanen was selected for the Finland national under-21 team for the match against Moldova.

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