Anssi Suhonen

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Anssi Suhonen
Personal information
Full name Anssi Tapio Suhonen
Date of birth (2001-01-14) 14 January 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth Järvenpää, Finland [1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Jahn Regensburg
(on loan from Hamburger SV)
Number 34
Youth career
–2012 JäPS
2012–2016 KäPa
2017–2021 Hamburger SV
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019– Hamburger SV II 17 (7)
2021– Hamburger SV 48 (2)
2025– → Jahn Regensburg (loan) 4 (0)
International career‡
2015 Finland U15 2 (0)
2016 Finland U16 4 (0)
2016–2018 Finland U17 14 (1)
2019 Finland U18 2 (0)
2018–2019 Finland U19 11 (0)
2021–2022 Finland U21 7 (2)
2022– Finland 8 (0)
Medal record
Hamburger SV
Bronze medal icon.svg 2. Bundesliga 2021–22 [2]
Bronze medal icon.svg 2. Bundesliga 2022–23 [3]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 February 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 June 2024

Anssi Tapio Suhonen (born 14 January 2001) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 2. Bundesliga club Jahn Regensburg, on loan from Hamburger SV, and the Finland national team. [4]

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Early career

Born in Järvenpää, Suhonen started playing football in a youth team of the local club JäPS, before joining the Helsinki-based renowned Käpylän Pallo academy in 2012.

Club career

Hamburger SV

Suhonen joined the youth academy of Hamburger SV in 2017, moving from the Finnish club KäPa. [5] Suhonen was the first player to move abroad from KäPa for a "significant transfer fee". [6]

He advanced through the ranks of HSV U17 and U19 academy teams, playing 62 youth league matches and scoring 12 goals in total for both teams combined. [7]

Suhonen made his professional debut with the club's first team in a 2–1 DFB-Pokal win over Eintracht Braunschweig 8 August 2021. [8] He scored his first goal for HSV in 2. Bundesliga on 23 April 2022, in a 2–4 away win against Jahn Regensburg. [9]

His major breakthrough has been delayed due to multiple consecutive injuries. In July 2020, while playing with the HSV II reserve team, Suhonen suffered a knee injury in training and was ruled out roughly for six months, eventually missing the whole 2020–21 season. [10] In May 2022, he suffered a broken fibula in training and was ruled out for months. [11] In July 2023, Suhonen suffered a broken fibula again in a HSV training camp in Austria. [12] In October 2023, while still recovering, the same injury occurred again and required a surgery. [13] On 3 February 2024, Suhonen made his first official appearance since June 2023, as a late substitute to Jean-Luc Dompé, in a 2–1 away win against Hertha Berlin. [14]

Jahn Regensburg (loan)

On 3 January 2025, Suhonen was loaned out to Jahn Regensburg for the remainder of the season. [15] Two weeks later on 17 January, Suhonen debuted for Regensburg in 2. Bundesliga, in a match against Hannover 96.

International career

Suhonen represented Finland at various youth national team levels.

He made his debut for the Finland senior national team on 17 November 2022, in a friendly match against North Macedonia in Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje. [16]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 February 2025 [17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hamburger SV II 2019–20 Regionalliga Nord 10———10
2021–22 Regionalliga Nord33———43
2024–25 Regionalliga Nord134–––134
Total177000000177
Hamburger SV 2021–22 2. Bundesliga 18220—0 [b] 0202
2022–23 2. Bundesliga16010—1 [b] 0180
2023–24 2. Bundesliga13000——130
2024–25 2. Bundesliga1000––10
Total482300010522
Jahn Regensburg (loan)2024–252. Bundesliga4000––40
Career total699300010739

International

As of match played on 4 June 2024. [18]
National teamYearCompetitiveFriendlyTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Finland 2022002020
20234 [a] 00040
2024002020
Total404080

Notes

  1. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying.

References

  1. ↑ "Yhdeksän lenkkiä viikossa! Suomalaislupaus sai seuraltaan kovan treeniohjelman – "kyllä siinä saa juosta"". www.iltalehti.fi.
  2. ↑ 2. BUNDESLIGA table
  3. ↑ 2. BUNDESLIGA table
  4. ↑ "U21-miehet" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "HSV: Anssi Suhonen ist ein GeFINNEr der Saison Vorbereitung". bild.de. July 11, 2021.
  6. ↑ 16-vuotias Anssi Suhonen siirtyy HSV:n akatemiaan, Turun Sanomat, 13 February 2017
  7. ↑ Anssi Suhonen » Club matches, worldfootball.net
  8. ↑ "Eintracht Braunschweig vs. Hamburg - 8 August 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  9. ↑ "All goals of Anssi Suhonen". Bundesliga . Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  10. ↑ HSV:n suomalaislupaus koki kovia – paha polvivamma harjoituksissa/HSV's Finnish promise had a tough time - a severe knee injury in training, Iltalehti, 30 July 2020
  11. ↑ Anssi Suhoselle, HSV:lle ja Pikkuhuuhkajille valtava takaisku – komean läpimurron tehneen suomalaispelaajan pohjeluu murtunut, Yle, 12 May 2022
  12. ↑ Huuhkajapelaajan surkea epäonni jatkuu – seuralta lohduton tiedote/The Eagle-Owl player's bad luck continues - a disconsolate announcement from the club, Ilta-Sanomat, 13 July 2023
  13. ↑ ANSSI SUHONEN HAS SUCCESSFUL SURGERY AFTER REPEAT INJURY, hsv.de/en, 13 October 2023
  14. ↑ Hertha – HSV 1–2, soccerway
  15. ↑ SSV Jahn Regensburg leiht Anssi Suhonen aus, ssv-jahn.de, 3 January 2025
  16. ↑ "Huuhkajat pelasi Pohjois-Makedonian kanssa tasan – Antman teki Suomen maalin" [Eagle Owls played a draw with North Macedonia - Antman scored Finland's goal] (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  17. ↑ A. SUHONEN, int.soccerway.com
  18. ↑ "Anssi Suhonen". Football Association of Finland (in Finnish). Retrieved 25 April 2023.
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