Olga Ahtinen

Olga Ahtinen

Ahtinen with Linköping in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Olga Adela Ahtinen
Date of birth	(1997-08-15) 15 August 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Kokkola, Finland,
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Tottenham Hotspur
Number	20
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013	GBK	10	(1)
2014	Kokkola Futis 10	23	(3)
2015–2016	Pallokissat	46	(8)
2017	PK-35 Vantaa	16	(3)
2017–2019	Brøndby IF	45	(13)
2019	IF Limhamn Bunkeflo	14	(0)
2020–2023	Linköpings FC	64	(7)
2023–	Tottenham Hotspur	23	(2)
International career‡
2017–	Finland	66	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:01, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

Olga Ahtinen (born 15 August 1997) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Finland national team.

She started her career with GBK Kokkola and was playing for Swedish side Linköpings FC during Euro 2022. ^[1]

Career

GBK

Ahtinen made her league debut against Kokkola F10 on 27 April 2013. ^[2] She scored her first league goal against Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi on 27 July 2013, scoring in the 62nd minute. ^[3]

Ahtinen is one of six players from GBK who have made their debut for the Finland national team. ^[4]

Kokkola Futis 10

Ahtinen made her league debut against ONS Oulu on 22 March 2014. ^[5] She scored her first league goals against Pallokissat on 13 April 2024, scoring in the 80th and 87th minute. ^[6]

Palokissat

Ahtinen made her league debut against Ilves on 18 April 2015. ^[7] She scored her first league goals against VIFK on 25 April 2015, scoring in the 40th and 57th minute. ^[8]

PK-35 Vantaa

On 13 December 2016, Ahtinen was announced at PK-35 Vantaa. ^[9] She made her league debut against Pallokissat on 18 March 2017. ^[10] Ahtinen scored her first league goal against HJK on 21 June 2017, scoring in the 38th minute. ^[11] On 19 August 2017, it was announced that Ahtinen would be joining her new club in a week. ^[12]

Brøndby IF

Ahtinen made her league debut against Odense Boldklub Q on 26 August 2017. ^[13] She scored her first league goal against Varde IF on 24 September 2017, scoring in the 23rd minute. ^[14] Ahtinen made six appearances in the UEFA Women's Champions League, as well as winning the Women's Cup in 2018 and the Danish Women's League in 2019 during her time at Brøndby IF. ^[15]

IF Limhamn Bunkeflo

On 19 July 2019, Ahtinen was announced at IF Limhamn Bunkeflo. ^[16] She made her league debut against Djurgårdens on 20 July 2019. ^[17]

Linköpings FC

Ahtinen made her league debut against Växjö on 27 June 2020. ^[18] She scored her first league goal against Djurgårdens on 16 May 2022, scoring in the 62nd minute. ^[19] Ahtinen was named The Most Valuable Player of the 2021 Damallsvenskan season. ^[20]

Tottenham Hotspur

In August 2023, Ahtinen signed with Tottenham Hotspur. ^[21] She scored her first goal for Tottenham on 8 October 2023, in a 3–1 home victory against Bristol City. ^[22] In a 1-1 draw with Liverpool F.C. Women saw her stretched off. It was announced she had damaged her MCL, but would not require surgery.

International career

Ahtinen was capped by the Finland national team in 2017, and she appeared for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle. ^[23]

She played for Finland at the UEFA Women's Euro 2022. ^[24]

Career statistics

Club

As of 3 December 2024 ^{[25] [26]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup [a]		League Cup [b]		Continental [c]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GBK	2013	Kansallinen Liiga	10	1	0	0	—		—		10	1
Kokkola Futis 10	2014	Kansallinen Liiga	23	3	1	0	—		—		24	3
Pallokissat	2015	Kansallinen Liiga	23	4	3	2	—		—		26	6
	2016	Kansallinen Liiga	23	4	4	0	—		—		27	4
			46	8	7	2	—		—		53	10
PK-35 Vantaa	2017	Kansallinen Liiga	16	3	0	0	—		0	0	16	3
Brøndby IF	2017–18	Danish Women's League	22	8	6	1	—		2	0	30	9
	2018–19	Danish Women's League	23	5	5	0	—		4	0	32	5
			45	13	11	1	—		6	0	62	14
IF Limhamn Bunkeflo	2019	Damallsvenskan	14	0	0	0	—		—		14	0
Linköpings FC	2020	Damallsvenskan	20	0	1	0	—		—		21	0
	2021	Damallsvenskan	17	0	4	0	—		—		21	0
	2022	Damallsvenskan	22	5	4	0	—		—		26	5
	2023	Damallsvenskan	7	2	4	0	—		—		11	2
	Total		64	7	13	0	—		—		79	7
Tottenham Hotspur	2023–24	Women's Super League	16	1	4	0	0	0	—		20	1
	2024–25	Women's Super League	7	1	0	0	1	0	—		8	1
	Total		23	2	4	0	1	0	—		28	2
Career Total			241	37	36	3	1	0	6	0	284	40

1. Includes Finnish Women's Cup, Danish Women's Cup, Svenska cupen, Women's FA Cup
2. Includes FA Women's League Cup
3. Includes UEFA Women's Champions League

International

As of match played 16 July 2024 ^[27]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Finland	2017	9	0
	2018	11	1
	2019	9	2
	2020	1	0
	2021	5	0
	2022	13	0
	2023	9	1
	2024	8	0
Total		66	4

Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ahtinen goal.

List of international goals scored by Olga Ahtinen

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	12 June 2018	Yongchuan Sports Center, Chongqing, China	China	1–0	1–2	2018 Yongchuan International Tournament
2.	1 March 2019	AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca, Cyprus	Czech Republic	1–0	1–2	2019 Cyprus Women's Cup
3.	6 March 2019	Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus	South Africa	3–0	3–0
4.	16 February 2023	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Croatia	3–1	4–1	2023 Cyprus Women's Cup

References

1. "Junior Senior with Finland's Olga Ahtinen and Tuija Hyyrynen". UEFA.com.
2. "Kokkola F10 vs GBK - 27 April 2013". my.soccerway.com.
3. "HJK vs GBK - 27 July 2013". my.soccerway.com.
4. "GBK:n kasvatti Olga Ahtinen EM-kisajoukkueessa". www.gbk.fi (in Finnish).
5. "ONS vs Kokkola F10 - 22 March 2014". my.soccerway.com.
6. "Pallokissat vs Kokkola F10 - 13 April 2024". my.soccerway.com.
7. "Ilves vs Pallokissat - 18 April 2015". int.soccerway.com.
8. "Pallokissat vs VIFK - 25 April 2015". int.soccerway.com.
9. "Olga Ahtinen Punamustiin". pk35vantaa.fi (in Finnish).
10. "Pallokissat vs PK-35 Vantaa - 18 March 2017". int.soccerway.com.
11. "PK-35 Vantaa vs HJK - 21 June 2017". int.soccerway.com.
12. "Olga Ahtinen jatkaa uraansa ulkomailla". pk35vantaa.fi (in Finnish).
13. "Brøndby vs Odense Q - 26 August 2017". int.soccerway.com.
14. "Brøndby vs Varde - 24 September 2017". int.soccerway.com.
15. "Olga Ahtinen arrives". www.tottenhamhotspur.com.
16. "Finsk landslagsspelare till Limhamn/Bunkeflo". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 19 July 2019.
17. "Limhamn Bunkeflo 07 vs Djurgårdens - 20 July 2019". int.soccerway.com.
18. "Linköping vs Växjö - 27 June 2020". int.soccerway.com.
19. "Linköping vs Djurgårdens - 16 May 2022". int.soccerway.com.
20. "Suomen jalkapallotähti Olga Ahtinen sai Ruotsissa harvinaisen tunnustuksen - nyt hän kertoo, miksi ei siirtynyt suurempaan seuraan". Yle . 15 February 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
21. "Tottenham hankki Suomen maajoukkue-pelaajan". Ilta-Sanomat . 16 August 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
22. "Tottenham Hotspur Women 3–1 Bristol City Women". BBC Sport. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
23. "Women World Cup Qualifiers Europe 2017/2018 » Teams (Finland)". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
24. "Helmareiden EM-kisajoukkue valittu" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 9 June 2022.
25. "Tulospalvelu".
26. "Finland - O. Ahtinen - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
27. "Tulospalvelu".

External links

• Olga Ahtinen – UEFA competition record ( archive )
• Olga Ahtinen at WorldFootball.net
• Olga Ahtinen at Soccerway