Vertti Hänninen

Vertti Hänninen is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Veikkausliiga club Gnistan.

Club career

Hänninen was raised in Rovaniemi and started playing football in a local club Rovaniemen Palloseura. He made his senior debut with the club's reserve team in the fourth-tier Kolmonen in 2018.
On 13 December 2021, Hänninen signed with Veikkausliiga club Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho, starting in the 2022 season. On 4 July 2023, he was loaned out to Džiugas Telšiai in Lithuanian A Lyga for the rest of the season, but managed to make only two league appearances for the club due to injury. After his loan deal had ended, it was announced in the end of December that Hänninen would not continue with SJK.
On 18 January 2024, Hänninen joined newly promoted Veikkausliiga club IF Gnistan. On 6 April, in the opening game of the season, he scored the winning goal in a 2–1 home win against Inter Turku, but was injured later during the match and missed the next 12 league games. On 17 February 2025, he signed a two-year contract extension.