Valtteri Moren
Personal information
Full name Valtteri Moren
Date of birth (1991-06-15) 15 June 1991[1]
Place of birth Vantaa, Finland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 HJK
Number 16
Youth career
1996–2004 Kiffen
2005–2006 PK-35
2007–2008 HJK Helsinki[3]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Klubi-04 36 (2)
2010–2015 HJK 79 (5)
2015–2020 Waasland-Beveren 76 (1)
2020– HJK 37 (1)
International career‡
2009 Finland U18 12 (0)
2010 Finland U19 2 (0)
2010 Finland U20 1 (0)
2010–2011 Finland U21 5 (0)
2013– Finland 5 (1)
Medal record
Finland national football team
Third placeBaltic Cup2014
HJK Helsinki
First placeVeikkausliiga2010
Second placeFinnish Cup2010
First placeVeikkausliiga2011
First placeFinnish Cup2011
Second placeFinnish League Cup2012
First placeVeikkausliiga2012
First placeVeikkausliiga2013
First placeVeikkausliiga2014
First placeFinnish Cup2014
First placeFinnish League Cup2015
Third placeVeikkausliiga2015
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 October 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 July 2016

Valtteri Moren (born 15 June 1991) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Veikkausliiga club HJK[4] and the Finland national team.[5] Moren was born in Vantaa, Finland. He began his senior club career playing for Klubi-04, before making his league debut for HJK at age 19 in 2010. After winning his first trophy, the Veikkausliiga, during his first season on league level, he helped HJK win five successive Veikkausliiga titles, two Cups and a League Cup. After five full seasons in HJK he was sold to Belgian First Division A side Waasland-Beveren.[6]

Moren made his international debut for Finland in October 2013, at the age of 22.

Club career

HJK Helsinki

Moren made his debut for HJK's reserves, Klubi-04, during the 2009 season and finished the season with three appearances. During the next season he was dual-registered with both the A and B-team and made his Veikkausliiga debut against MYPA 13 June 2010.

Waasland-Beveren

In July 2015 it was announced that Moren had signed a three-year contract with Waasland-Beveren.[7] He made his Belgian First Division A debut on 22 August 2015 in a match against Mouscron when he replaced Miloš Marić as a substitute on 39th minute.[8]

Return to HJK

In July 2020, Moren returned to HJK on a deal until the end of 2022.[9] After two matches in the Klubi-04 reserve team he debuted in HJK on 18 August 2020 in a match against Haka.[10]

International career

Moren made his debut for the Finland national team on 30 October 2013 in a friendly match in Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego against Mexico when he replaced Jarkko Hurme as a substitute on 62nd minute.[11] He scored his first goal for national team in 2014 Baltic Cup in a 2–0 victory match against Estonia.[12] Moren was called up for four matches in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifications but he remained as an unused substitute.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of 11 September 2021[14][15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Domestic Cups Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Klubi 04 2009 Ykkönen 3000——30
2010 22100——221
2011 Kakkonen 3000——30
2012 8100——81
Total 362000000362
HJK Helsinki 2010 Veikkausliiga 203000—50
2011 60422[lower-alpha 1]0—122
2012 71101[lower-alpha 2]0—91
2013 274602[lower-alpha 1]0—354
2014 250604[lower-alpha 1]1—351
2015 120402[lower-alpha 1]0—180
Total 795212111001118
Waasland-Beveren 2015–16 Belgian First Division A 14020—00160
2016–17 12020—8[lower-alpha 3]1221
2017–18 15010—1[lower-alpha 3]0170
2018–19 14010—7[lower-alpha 3]0220
2019–20 5010—0060
Total 6007000161831
Klubi 04 2020 Kakkonen 2000——20
HJK Helsinki 2020 Veikkausliiga 10010——110
2021 150308[lower-alpha 4]0—260
Total 250408000370
Career total 202732219116126911
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the Champions League
  2. ↑ Appearances in the Europa League
  3. 1 2 3 Appearances in the Belgian Europa League play-offs
  4. ↑ Includes four appearances in the UEFA Champions League, and four appearances in the UEFA Europa League

International

As of matches played on 29 March 2016[16]
National teamYearCompetitive Friendly Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Finland 201300 1 0 1 0
201400 1 1 1 1
201500 2 0 2 0
201600 1 0 1 0
Total 0 0 5 1 5 1

International goals

Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first.[17]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.31 May 2014Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions, Ventspils, Latvia Estonia2–02–02014 Baltic Cup

Honours

Club

HJK Helsinki

International

Finland national football team

References

  1. ↑ "V. Moren". soccerway.com. SOCCERWAY. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "V. Moren". soccerway.com. SOCCERWAY. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Moren jatkaa HJK-paidassa". Archived from the original on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "4 Valtteri Moren" (in Dutch). waasland-beveren.be. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Valtteri Moren" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "HJK myi Valtteri Morenin Belgiaan" [HJK sold Valtteri Moren to Belgium] (in Finnish). Turun Sanomat. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Fins international Valtteri Moren tekent voor drie jaar bij W-B" (in Dutch). Waasland-Beveren. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Waasland-Beveren 3-3 Mouscron". ESPN. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  9. ↑ HJK:lle huippuvahvistus - Valtteri Moren palaa Veikkausliigaan, veikkausliiga.com, 26 July 2020
  10. ↑ "HJK jyräsi Hakan – Ferhan Hasani juhli hattutemppua" [HJK crushed Haka - Ferhan Hasani celebrated a hattrick] (in Finnish). Iltalehti. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  11. ↑ "Mexico beats Finns, but not convincingly". The San Diego Union-Tribune. 30 October 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  12. ↑ "Suomi kukisti Viron ja vei Baltic cupin pronssin" [Finland beats Estonia and wins the Baltic Cup bronze] (in Finnish). Turun Sanomat. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  13. ↑ "V. Moren". soccerway.com. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  14. ↑ "Moren, Valtteri". National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  15. ↑ "V. Moren". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  16. ↑ Valtteri Moren at National-Football-Teams.com
  17. ↑ "Moren, Valtteri". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 December 2016.


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