Valtteri Moren

Valtteri Moren
Personal information
Full name Valtteri Moren
Date of birth (1991-06-15) 15 June 1991 (age 33)[1]
Place of birth Vantaa, Finland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre back
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)
2020–2023 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)
2013–2016 Finland 5 (1)
Medal record
Finland national football team
Third place Baltic Cup 2014
HJK Helsinki
First place Veikkausliiga 2010
Second place Finnish Cup 2010
First place Veikkausliiga 2011
First place Finnish Cup 2011
Second place Finnish League Cup 2012
First place Veikkausliiga 2012
First place Veikkausliiga 2013
First place Veikkausliiga 2014
First place Finnish Cup 2014
First place Finnish League Cup 2015
Third place Veikkausliiga 2015
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 July 2016

Valtteri Moren (born 15 June 1991) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a defender.[4][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.

He announced his retirement in November 2024 at the age of 33, due to multiple knee injuries.[7]

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  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. ^ Valtteri Morenin ura on ohi, hjk.fi, 6 November 2024