Vesa Ilmari Viitakoski (born February 13, 1971, in Lappeenranta, Finland) is a former professional ice hockey player.

Viitakoski started his professional career in his hometown, Lappeenranta, playing for two seasons in the local club, SaiPa.

He also played 198 AHL games as a member of the Saint John Flames and Cornwall Aces squads, with a point total of 72+106=178.

Despite this consistently strong performance in the AHL he never broke through in the NHL; this has been attributed to disfavor by the then head coach Dave King.

Since then, Viitakoski played in Ilves, except for one and a half seasons spent in Brynäs IF of the Elitserien, in 2004–05, until he signed with Kärpät in April 2008.