Santeri Hostikka

Santeri Hostikka

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*
Years	Team	Apps	(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]

Club career

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

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		League cup [b]		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
PK Keski-Uusimaa	2014	Kakkonen	4	1	0	0	—		—		4	1
	2015	Kakkonen	24	4	0	0	—		—		24	4
	Total		28	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	5
FC Lahti	2016	Veikkausliiga	29	4	2	1	6	1	—		37	6
	2017	Veikkausliiga	30	3	4	1	—		—		34	4
	2018	Veikkausliiga	28	4	6	2	—		2 [c]	0	36	6
	Total		87	11	12	4	6	1	2	0	107	16
Pogoń Szczecin	2018–19	Ekstraklasa	8	0	0	0	—		—		8	0
	2019–20	Ekstraklasa	27	1	0	0	—		—		27	1
	2020–21	Ekstraklasa	12	0	2	0	—		—		14	0
	Total		47	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	49	1
Pogoń Szczecin II	2020–21	III liga	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
HJK Helsinki	2021	Veikkausliiga	10	1	—		—		7 [d]	0	17	1
	2022	Veikkausliiga	20	2	3	0	0	0	13 [e]	1	36	3
	2023	Veikkausliiga	22	3	1	0	3	0	9 [f]	2	35	5
	2024	Veikkausliiga	14	2	1	0	3	0	10 [g]	0	28	2
	2025	Veikkausliiga	13	6	2	1	5	2	2 [h]	2	22	11
	Total		79	14	7	1	11	2	41	5	138	22
Career total			244	31	21	5	17	3	43	5	324	44

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 team	Year	Apps	Goals
Finland	2021	1	0
	2022	3	0
	2023	2	0
Total		6	0

Honours

Lahti

• Finnish League Cup: 2016 ^[1]

HJK

• Veikkausliiga: 2021, ^[1] 2022, ^[1] 2023 ^[7]
• Finnish League Cup: 2023 ^[1]

Individual

• Veikkausliiga Player of the Month: July 2017 ^[8]
• Veikkausliiga top assist provider: 2017 ^[9]

References

1. 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)

External links

• Media related to Santeri Hostikka at Wikimedia Commons
• Santeri Hostikka at WorldFootball.net