Santeri Hostikka

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Santeri Hostikka
Santeri Hostikka.jpg
Hostikka with Lahti in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-09-30) 30 September 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Järvenpää, Finland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team
HJK
Number 7
Youth career
PKKU
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2015 PKKU 28 (5)
2016–2018 Lahti 87 (11)
2019–2021 Pogoń Szczecin 47 (1)
2020–2021 Pogoń Szczecin II 2 (0)
2021– HJK 79 (14)
International career
Finland U21
2021– Finland 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 July 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 June 2023

Santeri Hostikka (born 30 September 1997) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays for Veikkausliiga club HJK as a midfielder and forward. [2]

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Club career

Hostikka receiving bronze medal with Pogon Szczecin at the end of the 2020-21 Ekstraklasa season. 16Hostikka.jpg
Hostikka receiving bronze medal with Pogoń Szczecin at the end of the 2020–21 Ekstraklasa season.

Hostikka has played for PKKU and Lahti. [1]

In December 2018, Hostikka signed with Polish club Pogoń Szczecin with effect from January 2019. [3]

In August 2021, he returned to Finland with HJK. [4]

After having missed over two weeks with pneumonia, Hostikka returned to the HJK line-up on 17 July 2025, in a UECL qualifying match against NSÍ Runavík, scoring two goals and providing an assist as a substitute, and helping HJK to advance with a 5–4 aggregate win. [5]

International career

He played for the Finland under-21 team. [1]

He was first called up to the Finland national football team in January 2018 for a friendly against Jordan, but did not play then. He made his debut on 1 September 2021 in a friendly against Wales. He started the game and was substituted after 64 minutes of play in a 0–0 draw at home. [6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 28 July 2025 [1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
PK Keski-Uusimaa 2014 Kakkonen 410041
2015 Kakkonen24400244
Total285000000285
FC Lahti 2016 Veikkausliiga 2942161376
2017 Veikkausliiga30341344
2018 Veikkausliiga284622 [c] 0366
Total8711124612010716
Pogoń Szczecin 2018–19 Ekstraklasa 800080
2019–20 Ekstraklasa27100271
2020–21 Ekstraklasa12020140
Total471200000491
Pogoń Szczecin II 2020–21 III liga 2020
HJK Helsinki 2021 Veikkausliiga1017 [d] 0171
2022 Veikkausliiga202300013 [e] 1363
2023 Veikkausliiga22310309 [f] 2355
2024 Veikkausliiga142103010 [g] 0282
2025 Veikkausliiga13621522 [h] 22211
Total79147111241513822
Career total2443121517343532444
  1. Includes Suomen Cup and Polish Cup
  2. Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. Two appearances in UEFA Europa League, five appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  6. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa Conference League
  7. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Conference League
  8. Appearances in UEFA Conference League

International

As of match played 20 November 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Finland 202110
202230
202320
Total60

Honours

Lahti

HJK

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Santeri Hostikka at Soccerway . Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  2. Eräänlainen tuhkimotarina, Helsingin Sanomat, Ari Virtanen, 8 September 2022
  3. Santeri Hostikka piłkarzem Pogoni. Klub musiał zapłacić za transfer [ZDJĘCIA], gs24.pl, 19 December 2018
  4. "Santeri Hostikka Klubiin!". HJK Helsinki. 4 August 2021.
  5. ”Kaksi viikkoa sängyn pohjalla” – Keuhkokuumekaan ei pysäyttänyt HJK:n sankaria, Iltalehti, 17 July 2025
  6. "Finland v Wales game report". ESPN. 1 September 2021.
  7. HJK on Suomen mestari!, Iltalehti, 21 October 2023
  8. Santeri Hostikka kuukauden pelaajaksi (in Finnish)
  9. veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)