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 26)
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)
2020–2021Pogoń Szczecin II 2 (0)
2021– HJK 59 (7)
International career
Finland U21
2021– Finland 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 July 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct 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]

Contents

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]

International career

He played for Finland under-21. [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. [5]

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 July 2024 [1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
PK Keski-Uusimaa 2014 Kakkonen 410041
2015 Kakkonen24400244
Total285000000285
FC Lahti 2016 Veikkausliiga 2942161376
2017 Veikkausliiga30341344
2018 Veikkausliiga284622 [lower-alpha 3] 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 [lower-alpha 4] 0171
2022 Veikkausliiga202300013 [lower-alpha 5] 1363
2023 Veikkausliiga22310309 [lower-alpha 6] 2355
2024 Veikkausliiga7100301 [lower-alpha 7] 0111
Total59740603039910
Career total2232418412132328532

International

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

Honours

HJK

Lahti

Individual

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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. "Finland v Wales game report". ESPN. 1 September 2021.
  6. HJK on Suomen mestari!, Iltalehti, 21 October 2023
  7. Santeri Hostikka kuukauden pelaajaksi (in Finnish)
  8. veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)}