Lassi Lappalainen

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Lassi Lappalainen
Personal information
Full name Lassi Roni Kasperi Lappalainen
Date of birth (1998-08-24) 24 August 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Espoo, Finland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Columbus Crew
Youth career
–2010 EPS
2011–2015 HJK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 Klubi 04 21 (10)
2015–2019 HJK 30 (3)
2017–2018 → RoPS (loan) 39 (12)
2019–2021 Bologna 0 (0)
2019–2021 → CF Montréal [a] (loan) 39 (10)
2022–2024 CF Montréal 60 (5)
2025– Columbus Crew 0 (0)
International career‡
2013–2014 Finland U16 5 (1)
2014 Finland U17 7 (0)
2016 Finland U18 2 (0)
2016–2017 Finland U19 6 (5)
2017– Finland U21 7 (3)
2019– Finland 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:25, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

Lassi Roni Kasperi Lappalainen (born 24 August 1998) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer franchise Columbus Crew. [2]

Contents

Club career

Early career

Born in Espoo in 1998, [3] Lappalainen started his football career with Espoon Palloseura (EPS) [4] and later moved to HJK youth team. Lappalainen played in Klubi 04, the reserve team of HJK.

HJK

In 2016, Lappalainen was called up for HJK's first team. On 2 April 2016, he made his Veikkausliiga debut against IFK Mariehamn at Sonera Stadium, being substituted on by coach Mika Lehkosuo in place of Nnamdi Oduamadi in the 90th minute. [5] Lappalainen also represented HJK youth in UEFA Youth League twice, in 2015–16 and 2016–17. [3]

RoPS (loan)

On 21 July 2017, Lappalainen was loaned to RoPS for remainder of the Veikkausliiga season. [6] Two days later, he scored his first league goal for RoPS just five minutes into his debut after coming on as a substitute. [7]

Bologna

On 19 July 2019, Lappalainen signed to Italian Serie A club Bologna. HJK Helsinki stated it received "significant compensation" and that economically, the transfer was in the "top 7 of HJK's club history". [8] [9] The transfer fee was later reported to be €700.000. [10]

CF Montreal

On 25 July 2019, it was announced that Lappalainen was loaned to Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise Montreal Impact, later renamed as CF Montréal, for the remainder of the 2019 season using $180,000 of the Targeted Allocation Money. The Impact have options to extend the loan until 30 June 2020, as well as until 31 December 2020. [11] On 27 July 2019, he contributed two goals to Montreal Impact's 4–0 victory over the first-place Philadelphia Union on his MLS debut. [12]

On 3 December 2021, Lappalainen's move to Montréal was made permanent, on a deal until the end of 2024, with an option to extend it. [13] In late November 2024 it was announced he would leave the club after the 2024 season. [14]

Columbus Crew

Lappalainen joined Major League Soccer side Columbus Crew on 8 January 2025, on a one-year contract with a club option for 2026. [15]

International career

Lappalainen made his debut for the Finland national team on 8 January 2019 in a friendly against Sweden, as a starter. [16]

Lappalainen was called up for the UEFA Euro 2020 pre-tournament friendly match against Sweden on 29 May 2021. [17]

Career statistics

Club

As of 11 October 2024 [2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [b] League cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Klubi 04 2015 Kakkonen 14700–––147
2016 Kakkonen5100–––51
2017 Kakkonen2200–––22
Total2110000000002110
HJK 2015 Veikkausliiga 00001 [c] 000–10
2016 Veikkausliiga140104 [c] 000–190
2017 Veikkausliiga0051–1 [d] 0–61
2018 Veikkausliiga0000–00–00
2019 Veikkausliiga16351–2 [e] 2–236
Total303112503200497
RoPS (loan) 2017 Veikkausliiga13400–––134
2018 Veikkausliiga26853–––3111
Total3912530000004415
Bologna 2019–20 Serie A 0000––0000
CF Montréal [a] (loan) 2019 MLS 11540––00155
2020 MLS13400––1 [f] 0144
2021 MLS15130––00181
Total3910700000104710
CF Montréal 2022 MLS28300–4 [g] 02 [h] 0343
2023 MLS212202 [i] 0–00252
2024 MLS11000000000110
Total60520204020705
Columbus Crew 2025 MLS0000–––00
Career total1443623550321017643
  1. 1 2 "Montreal Impact" before name change to CF Montréal in 2021
  2. ↑ Includes Suomen Cup, Finnish League Cup and Canadian Championship
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Finnish League Cup
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearance(s) in the UEFA Champions League
  6. ↑ Appearance(s) in the MLS is Back Tournament
  7. ↑ Appearance(s) in the CONCACAF Champions League
  8. ↑ Appearance(s) in the MLS Cup Playoffs
  9. ↑ Appearance(s) in Leagues Cup

International

As of match played on 16 June 2021. [18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Finland 201970
202000
202120
Total90

    Honours

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