| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Onni Jalmari Tiihonen | ||
| Date of birth | 6 June 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Vantaa, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AC Oulu | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2014 | KOPSE | ||
| 2015 | Legirus Inter | ||
| 2016–2017 | PK-35 | ||
| 2017 | PK Keski-Uusimaa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | Gnistan | 61 | (1) |
| 2018 | → Gnistan II | 2 | (1) |
| 2020 | → NJS (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2020 | → PK Keski-Uusimaa (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2022 | AB Argir | 14 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Viitorul Dăești [1] | 1 | (1) |
| 2023 | ASU Politehnica Timișoara | 8 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Viitorul Târgu Jiu | 24 | (1) |
| 2024 | Unirea Ungheni | 10 | (0) |
| 2025– | AC Oulu | 13 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 July 2025 | |||
Onni Jalmari Tiihonen (born 6 June 2000) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Veikkausliiga club AC Oulu.
Tiihonen started his senior career with IF Gnistan in 2018. [2] [3] He played with the club in the third-tier Kakkonen and in the second-tier Ykkönen after the promotion. Tiihonen was loaned out to his former youth club PKKU in 2020. [4]
After a short stint with AB Argir in the Faroe Islands Premier League in 2022, Tiihonen moved to Romania. [5] [6] [7]
In July 2023, Tiihonen signed with Viitorul Târgu Jiu in Romanian second-tier Liga II. [8]
For the 2024–25 season, he joined a newly promoted Liga II club Unirea Ungheni.
On 9 November 2024, Tiihonen left Unirea Ungheni due to unpaid salaries, and signed with Veikkausliiga club AC Oulu on a one-year deal with a one-year option. [9] [10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup [a] | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Gnistan II | 2018 | Nelonen | 2 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | ||
| Gnistan | 2018 | Kakkonen | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | 20 | 1 | |
| 2019 | Kakkonen | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 [b] | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| 2020 | Ykkönen | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2021 | Ykkönen | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 28 | 1 | ||
| Total | 61 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 79 | 3 | ||
| NJS (loan) | 2020 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| PKKU (loan) | 2020 | Kakkonen | 6 | 1 | – | – | 6 | 1 | ||
| AB Argir | 2022 | Faroe Islands Premier League | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |
| Viitorul Dăești | 2022–23 | Liga III | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | |
| ASU Politehnica Timișoara | 2022–23 | Liga II | 8 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| Viitorul Târgu Jiu | 2023–24 | Liga II | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 25 | 1 | |
| Unirea Ungheni | 2024–25 | Liga II | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | |
| AC Oulu | 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Career total | 140 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 169 | 7 | ||
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