Leo Väisänen


Leo Väisänen is a Finnish football Centre back who plays for IF Elfsborg in the Swedish Allsvenskan and the Finland national team. Väisänen was born in Helsinki, Finland. He began his senior club career playing for HJK and RoPS, before signing with Den Bosch at age 21 in 2018.

Club career

Väisänen made his Veikkausliiga debut for HJK on 14 April 2016 in a game against RoPS. In November 2016 he signed a two-year contract with RoPS. In August 2018 Väisanen was signed by the Dutch side FC Den Bosch.
On 12 January 2020 Väisänen joined Swedish club IF Elfsborg on a 3,5-year contract.

International

He made his Finland national football team debut on 11 June 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Liechtenstein, as an 86th-minute substitute for Jukka Raitala.

Personal life

He is the younger brother of Sauli Väisänen. Their mother Anna-Liisa Tilus-Väisänen is a television presenter for Yle and Miss World 1984 semi-finalist.