Otso Virtanen

Otso Virtanen (born 3 April 1994) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ilves.

Club career Virtanen started his professional career in 2011 at TPS, appearing primarily for their reserve team ÅIFK. 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. Oxley was shown a yellow card by the referee during this incident, which caused him to be suspended for the Scottish Cup semi-final. 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. Virtanen left Hibs in January 2017 and signed for Finnish club KuPS. He had gained a team captaincy in his first season with the club in 2023.

International career In May 2014, Virtanen was selected for the Finland national under-21 team for the match against Moldova.

Career statistics

Honours Hibernian Scottish Cup: 2015–16 Scottish League Cup runners-up: 2015–16

Kuopion Palloseura Veikkausliiga: 2019 Suomen Cup: 2021, 2022

Ilves Veikkausliiga runner-up: 2024 Suomen Cup: 2023

IFK Mariehamn Suomen Cup: 2015