Otso Virtanen has left Hibs to join Finnish side KuPS Kuopio Football Club.
Alan Stubbs signed the 22 year old last season.
He made his debut as a substitute in the Club’s William Hill Scottish Cup Quarter Final win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle, coming on for Mark Oxley who lost a contact lens near the end of the game.
Stubbs then signed Conrad Logan who took over as first choice keeper.
Neil Lennon has since signed Ross Laidlaw and Ofir Marciano leaving Virtanen as third choice.
He made one competitive start, the 1-0 defeat to Brondby in July’s UEFA Europa League qualifier.
KuPS play in the Finnish Premier Division.
They have won the Finnish championship 5 times, the Finish Cup 2 times and the Finnish League Cup once.
The team is placed fourth in the all-time Finnish premier league honour table.[1]
A club spokesman said: “Everyone at Hibernian FC would like to wish Otso well in his future career.”
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
