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Antti Pohja
Personal information
Full name Antti Heikki Pohja
Date of birth (1977-01-11) 11 January 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Lahti, Finland
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994 Kuusysi 14 (3)
1995–1998 MyPa 74 (16)
1998 FinnPa 13 (1)
1999 Jokerit 11 (0)
1999 → TPV (loan) 1 (0)
1999 → VPS (loan) 12 (3)
2000–2001 Tampere United 64 (28)
2002–2003 Hammarby 47 (10)
2004 Tampere United 25 (16)
2005 Vaduz 31 (7)
2006 HJK 22 (11)
2007–2010 Tampere United 65 (9)
International career‡
1996–2008 Finland 19 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 April 2009
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 September 2010

Antti Heikki Pohja (born 11 January 1977) is a Finnish former professional football player. His position was forward and midfielder. Pohja won the Finnish championship playing for Tampere United in 2001 and he was the top scorer of Veikkausliiga in 2004 when he scored 16 goals. Besides playing in Finland, he has represented Swedish club Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan and Liechtensteiner club FC Vaduz in Swiss Challenge League.

On 9 September 2010 he announced that he will retire from the game after the 2010 season.[1]

He has won 19 international caps for Finland national football team, scoring two goals.

After his playing career, Pohja has worked as a football pundit for Yle.[2]

Career statistics

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As of 1 September 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kuusysi 1994 Veikkausliiga 14 3 – – – 14 3
MYPA 1995 Veikkausliiga 18 5 – – 3[c] 0 21 5
1996 Veikkausliiga 25 9 – – 4[d] 0 29 9
1997 Veikkausliiga 25 2 – – 2[c] 0 27 2
1998 Veikkausliiga 7 0 – – – 7 0
Total 65 16 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 1
Lahti (loan) 1998 Ykkönen 3 0 – – – 3 0
FinnPa 1998 Veikkausliiga 13 1 – – 2[c] 0 15 1
Jokerit 1999 Veikkausliiga 11 0 – – 1[e] 0 12 0
TPV (loan) 1999 Veikkausliiga 1 0 – – – 1 0
VPS (loan) 1999 Veikkausliiga 12 3 – – 2[c] 1 14 4
Tampere United 2000 Veikkausliiga 31 12 – – – 31 12
2001 Veikkausliiga 33 16 1 0 – – 34 16
Total 64 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 65 28
Hammarby 2002 Allsvenskan 16 5 – – 2[f] 0 18 5
2003 Allsvenskan 24 2 – – – 24 2
Total 40 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 42 7
Tampere United 2004 Veikkausliiga 25 16 – – 6[e] 1 31 17
Vaduz 2004–05 Swiss Challenge League 18 5 1 0 – – 19 5
2005–06 Swiss Challenge League 15 2 2 0 – 4[c] 0 21 2
Total 33 7 3 0 0 0 4 0 40 7
HJK Helsinki 2006 Veikkausliiga 23 11 1 0 – 2[c] 0 26 11
Tampere United 2007 Veikkausliiga 24 6 1 0 – 8[g] 0 33 6
2008 Veikkausliiga 26 2 1 0 – 4[f] 0 31 2
2009 Veikkausliiga 10 1 2 0 7 2 – 19 3
2010 Veikkausliiga 5 0 0 0 0 0 – 5 0
Total 65 9 4 0 7 2 12 0 87 11
Career total 369 101 9 0 7 2 40 2 425 105
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup and Liechtensteiner Cup
  2. ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ a b c d e f Appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  5. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  6. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  7. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup

Honours

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Tampere United

HJK

Vaduz

MyPa

Individual

  • Veikkausliiga top scorer: 2004

References

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  1. ^ Antti Pohja ripustaa nappulakengät naulaan (Antti Pohja plans to retire after the season); MTV3.com, 9.9.2010
  2. ^ Yle Urheilun asiantuntija Antti Pohja ei halua, että Qatarin MM-kisat toistuvat: ”Saako lähetyksissä hymyillä?”, Yle, 20 November 2022
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