Väänänen's current-season form is down 46% on last season (Season 24→13), while his Rating eased 41→39. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 24).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Karlsruher SC · 13th	5	0	0	5.53	37	8
2026/27	Rosenborg · 5th	8	0	0	5.96	37	7
2025/26	Rosenborg · 7th	22	1	0	6.84	41	24
2024/25	Rosenborg · 4th	18	1	0	6.83	40	15
2023/24	Rosenborg · 9th	30	0	1	6.75	41	19
2022/23	Rosenborg	1	0	0	—	—	—
2022/23	HJK Helsinki	13	1	0	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 4 earlier seasons and 1 youth-team spell in the full career.

Finland · international

Side	Apps	G
Finland	6	0
Finland U21	13	0
Finland U17	3	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthBall-winning Defensive midfielder

S. Väänänen is a 24-year-old defensive midfielder at Karlsruher SC, rated 39 overall by Field Insider's model. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (41.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.64 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Väänänen.

On the season, Väänänen graded 13 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 0 assists and 4.641 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 24 → 13). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 39. At 24 Väänänen is in his prime years, and a market index of 14.9 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2025/26 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2025/26Trending downRemarkably consistent

Ratingi

developing / rotation level

12.6

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

41.3%

Minutes

rotation minutes

4.64

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Karlsruher SC finished 13th of 18 · a lower-table side

Apps

4.64

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

4.64 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 8 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (13th of 18) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight.

Strengths

Defensive volume. 4.64 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Game time. Only 41.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 39 overall — developing / rotation level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.64 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %41.3%

Available fixtures8 of 8

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 904.641

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Pass accuracy %81

Dribble success %100

Cards / 900

Foul involvement / 902.623

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~15), then tapers with age. At 24, Väänänen sits on 14.9, at or near its peak. The blue line is Väänänen's projected Rating — 39 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the 2. Bundesliga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Shots1

Passing

Assists0

Chances created1

Passes257

Pass accuracy81%

Possession

Successful dribbles1

Dribble success100%

Duels won27

Duels won %57.4%

Fouls won9

Defending

Tackles13

Interceptions7

Blocks3

Fouls committed4

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards0

Red cards0

Transfer history

Karlsruher SCJul 2026 – now

RosenborgJan 2023 – Jul 2026Free

HHJK helsinkiuntil Jan 2023

About S. Väänänen

Santeri Leevi Oliver Väänänen is a 24-year-old defensive midfielder who plays for Karlsruher SC, born on January 1, 2002. He is from Finland. Karlsruher SC currently sit 13th of 18 in the 2. Bundesliga.

This season

In the current season, S. Väänänen has made 8 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 446 minutes, averaging a 6.72 match rating over his last 9 rated games.

When S. Väänänen plays, Karlsruher SC's record this season is 4W-1D-4L — and his match ratings average 6.73 at home against 6.7 on the road.

Recent matches

August 29, 2026: 2-5 loss at home vs VfL Wolfsburg (58 minutes, 6.9 rating)
July 18, 2026: 3-0 win away at Start (15 minutes, 6.7 rating)
July 12, 2026: 3-0 win at home vs Kristiansund BK (36 minutes, 6.7 rating)
May 29, 2026: 2-2 draw at home vs Bodo/Glimt (90 minutes, 6 rating)
May 25, 2026: 0-2 loss away at KFUM Oslo (89 minutes, 6.5 rating)
May 16, 2026: 2-3 loss at home vs Aalesund (90 minutes, 6.9 rating)
May 10, 2026: 2-0 win at home vs Lillestrom (90 minutes, 7.3 rating)
May 1, 2026: 0-3 loss away at Viking (27 minutes, 6.9 rating)
April 12, 2026: 2-1 win at home vs Sarpsborg 08 FF (9 minutes, 6.6 rating)

S. Väänänen's next match is on October 31, 2026, when Karlsruher SC face 1. FC Heidenheim at home in the 2. Bundesliga.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates S. Väänänen at 39 with a Season form score of 12.6. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 7 career titles — among them the Veikkausliiga and the Suomen Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 9 recorded seasons, S. Väänänen has totalled 148 club appearances with 4 goals and 1 assist for 5 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2023/24, with 30 appearances for Rosenborg.

S. Väänänen's career has also included time at Rosenborg and HHJK helsinki.

On the international stage, S. Väänänen has represented Finland, Finland U21, Finland U17 — 22 caps in our records.

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Output in context · Karlsruher SC finished 13th of 18 · a lower-table side

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