Martti Haukioja

Martti Haukioja has spent much of his career moving between the same few Finnish clubs, and Vaasan Palloseura is the one he keeps coming back to. He first joined in November 2018 for the 2019 season, returned in November 2023 on a free transfer from SJK, and is with the club again for 2025/2026.

He started at HJS and moved to Ilves in 2012, where he made his senior debut in 2016. Between 2017 and 2018 he was loaned to the youth side of Chievo Verona, and he also had short loans at FC Jazz and JJK Jyväskylä before leaving Ilves.

Haukioja is left-footed and can play at centre-back or left-back. After a season at VPS in 2019 he moved to FC Inter Turku, where he stayed until the end of 2021. SJK followed in November 2021. In April 2024 he went back to Inter Turku.

His international record is all at youth level. He played once for Finland at Under-17 and five times at Under-18. He won ten caps at Under-19, among them the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, and six at Under-21, including qualifiers for the 2021 European Under-21 Championship. He has not yet appeared for the senior national team.

In the 2024 Veikkausliiga season he played 27 matches, scoring four goals and providing one assist. The next year he again played 27 matches, with one goal and one assist. His contract at VPS is reported to run until 31 December 2027.