Antti Pohja

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Antti Pohja
Personal information
Full name Antti Heikki Pohja
Date of birth (1977-01-11) 11 January 1977 (age 48)
Place of birth Lahti, Finland
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994 Kuusysi 14 (3)
1995–1998 MYPA 74 (16)
1998 FinnPa 13 (1)
1999 Jokerit 11 (0)
1999TPV (loan) 1 (0)
1999VPS (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 23 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 April 2009
‡ National team caps and goals 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.

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

He has won 23 international caps for Finland national football team, scoring three goals.

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

Career statistics

Club

As of 31 December 2010 [3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] League cup [b] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kuusysi 1994 Veikkausliiga 143143
MYPA 1995 Veikkausliiga1853 [c] 0215
1996 Veikkausliiga2594 [d] 0299
1997 Veikkausliiga2522 [c] 0272
1998 Veikkausliiga7070
Total6516000010151
Lahti (loan)1998 Ykkönen 3030
FinnPa 1998 Veikkausliiga1312 [c] 0151
Jokerit 1999 Veikkausliiga1101 [e] 0120
TPV (loan)1999Veikkausliiga1010
VPS (loan)1999Veikkausliiga1232 [c] 1144
Tampere United 2000 Veikkausliiga31123112
2001 Veikkausliiga3316103416
Total64281000006528
Hammarby 2002 Allsvenskan 1652 [f] 0185
2003 Allsvenskan242242
Total407000020427
Tampere United 2004 Veikkausliiga25166 [e] 13117
Vaduz 2004–05 Swiss Challenge League 18510195
2005–06 Swiss Challenge League152204 [c] 0212
Total337300040407
HJK Helsinki 2006 Veikkausliiga2311102 [c] 02611
Tampere United 2007 Veikkausliiga246108 [g] 0336
2008 Veikkausliiga262104 [f] 0312
2009 Veikkausliiga1012072193
2010 Veikkausliiga50000050
Total65940721208711
Career total3691019072402425105
  1. Includes Suomen Cup and Liechtensteiner Cup
  2. Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  5. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  6. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  7. Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup

International

As of match played 19 November 2008
Finland
YearAppsGoals
199611
199700
199800
199921
200000
200110
200240
200330
200471
200510
200640
Total233

International goals

As of match played 1 December 2004. Finland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Pohja goal.
List of international goals scored by Antti Pohja
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
130 October 1996Kotka Staadion, Tallinn, EstoniaFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2–22–2 Friendly
25 February 1999 Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, CyprusFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1–01–2Friendly
31 December 2004 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, BahrainFlag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 1–12–1Friendly

Honours

Tampere United

HJK

Vaduz

MyPa

Individual

References