Antti Pohja

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*
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	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.

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

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. Appearances in UEFA Cup
4. Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
5. Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
6. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
7. Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup

International

As of match played 19 November 2008

Finland
Year	Apps	Goals
1996	1	1
1997	0	0
1998	0	0
1999	2	1
2000	0	0
2001	1	0
2002	4	0
2003	3	0
2004	7	1
2005	1	0
2006	4	0
Total	23	3

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.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	30 October 1996	Kotka Staadion, Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	2–2	2–2	Friendly
2	5 February 1999	Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus	Cyprus	1–0	1–2	Friendly
3	1 December 2004	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain	Bahrain	1–1	2–1	Friendly

Honours

Tampere United

• Veikkausliiga: 2001, 2007
• Finnish Cup: 2007

HJK

• Finnish Cup: 2006

Vaduz

• Liechtenstein Cup: 2004–05, 2005–06

MyPa

• Finnish Cup: 1995

Individual

• Veikkausliiga top scorer: 2004

References

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
3. Antti Pohja at National-Football-Teams.com

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