Jussi Niska
Defender · Inter Turku · №2
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
HJK Helsinki
Inter Turku
Veikkausliiga
|
2:1 | |
Inter Turku
KuPS
Veikkausliiga
|
1:0 | |
FC Copenhagen
Inter Turku
UEFA Europa Conference League
|
4:1 | |
Turku PS
Inter Turku
Veikkausliiga
|
0:0 | |
AC Oulu
Inter Turku
Veikkausliiga
|
2:3 | |
FC Vaduz
Inter Turku
UEFA Europa Conference League
|
2:2 | |
Inter Turku
FC Lahti
Veikkausliiga
|
0:0 | |
|
Inter Turku
FC Vaduz
UEFA Europa Conference League
|
2:1 | |
Vaasan Palloseura
Inter Turku
Veikkausliiga
|
0:1 | |
Inter Turku
İstanbul Başakşehir
UEFA Europa Conference League
|
2:0 |
Season statistics
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Veikkausliiga | 2026 | 14 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 2026 | 6 |
About the player
Jussi Niska came through the youth system at FC Lynx before joining RoPS, his hometown club in Rovaniemi, where he progressed via the reserve side in the Kakkonen and made his senior debut in the Veikkausliiga in 2020. A year later he helped RoPS to a runners-up finish in Ykkönen before moving on to Inter Turku on a free transfer.
At Inter, he has scored seven league goals for the club. He has won the Veikkausliigan Liigacup twice, in 2024 and 2025, and finished runner-up in the competition in 2022. He also reached the final of the Suomen Cup in 2022 and 2024 without winning it.
Niska's international career began at youth level, with appearances for Finland's under-16 and under-17 sides in 2018, followed by caps for the under-21s between 2023 and 2025.
Career path
- 2022 — 2027 — now Inter Turku 170 matches
- 2020 — 2021 Rovaniemen Palloseura 45 matches
- 2019 — 2020 Rovaniemen Palloseura II 7 matches
Career
| Season | Club | Competition | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/27 | Inter Turku | UEFA Conference League Qualifying | 8 | 0 | 0 | 717 |
| 22/23 | Inter Turku | UEFA Conference League Qualifying | 2 | 1 | 0 | 167 |
| 2026 | Inter Turku | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 526 |
| 2026 | Inter Turku | Liigacup | 6 | 0 | 0 | 426 |
| 2026 | Inter Turku | Suomen Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 190 |
| 2025 | Inter Turku | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 830 |
| 2025 | Inter Turku | Veikkausliiga Championship Group | 9 | 2 | 0 | 601 |
| 2025 | Inter Turku | Liigacup | 7 | 0 | 1 | 380 |
| 2025 | Inter Turku | Suomen Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
| 2024 | Inter Turku | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 126 |
| 2024 | Inter Turku | Suomen Cup | 6 | 0 | 1 | 435 |
| 2024 | Inter Turku | Veikkausliiga Relegation Group | 4 | 0 | 1 | 239 |
| 2024 | Inter Turku | Liigacup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
| 2024 | Inter Turku | Veikkausliiga Europa Play-off | 1 | 0 | 0 | 109 |
| 2023 | Inter Turku | Veikkausliiga | 17 | 0 | 1 | 876 |
| 2023 | Inter Turku | Liigacup | 6 | 0 | 0 | 279 |
| 2023 | Inter Turku | Veikkausliiga Championship Group | 4 | 0 | 0 | 199 |
| 2023 | Inter Turku | Suomen Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 156 |
| 2023 | Inter Turku | Veikkausliiga Europa Play-off | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 2022 | Inter Turku | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 131 |
| 2022 | Inter Turku | Liigacup | 6 | 0 | 0 | 381 |
| 2022 | Inter Turku | Veikkausliiga Championship Group | 4 | 0 | 0 | 359 |
| 2022 | Inter Turku | Suomen Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 150 |
| 2022 | Inter Turku | Veikkausliiga Europa Play-off | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| 2021 | Rovaniemen Palloseura | Ykkösliiga | 9 | 0 | 4 | 506 |
| 2021 | Rovaniemen Palloseura | Ykkösliiga Promotion Group | 5 | 0 | 1 | 437 |
| 2021 | Rovaniemen Palloseura | Suomen Cup | 4 | 0 | 2 | 360 |
| 2021 | Rovaniemen Palloseura | Relegation Veikkausliiga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 162 |
| 2020 | Rovaniemen Palloseura | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 322 |
| 2020 | Rovaniemen Palloseura | Suomen Cup | 5 | 0 | 0 | 426 |
| 2020 | Rovaniemen Palloseura II | Kakkonen - Group C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
| 2019 | Rovaniemen Palloseura II | Kakkonen Play-off | 3 | 0 | 0 | 154 |
| 2019 | Rovaniemen Palloseura II | Kakkonen - Group C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 241 |
| Total | Inter Turku | 170 | 9 | 7 | 11 556 | |
| Total | Rovaniemen Palloseura | 45 | 0 | 8 | 3 213 | |
| Total | Finland U21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 302 | |
| Total | Rovaniemen Palloseura II | 7 | 0 | 0 | 478 | |
| Total | Finland U17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 196 | |
| Total | Finland U16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 160 | |
| Total | Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
Transfers
Transfers- 21/22 RoPS Inter
- 19/20 RoPS U19 RoPS
