Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A matsayin matashi, Väänänen ya yi gasa ga Finland a gasar zakarun Turai na Junior a 1998 da kuma gasar zakarun duniya na Junior a 1999 da 2000
Ka yi haƙuri. A babban matakin, ya wakilci tawagar Finland a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya guda biyar, inda ya sami lambar azurfa a 2001 da lambar tagulla a 2008. A shekara ta 2011 ya lashe lambar zinare.