Kasper Vili Valtteri Paananen (born 16 March 2003) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Veikkausliiga club SJK.
Paananen was born in Oulu and played for ORPa, OTP and OLS in his youth years, before he moved to Italy in 2019 and signed with Bologna.
[2] Paananen spent four years in Italy,[3][4] played 61 matches, and scored 20 goals in total for the youth academy teams of Bologna, before returning to Finland in 2023.
He spent time with Honka and played one match for the club in Finnish League Cup, before signing with SJK Seinäjoki.
His younger brother Julius Paananen is also a professional football player for AC Oulu.