Anssi Tapio Suhonen (born 14 January 2001) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 2. Bundesliga club Hamburger SV and the Finland national team.[4]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anssi Tapio Suhonen | ||
| Date of birth | 14 January 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Järvenpää, Finland[1] | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hamburger SV | ||
| Number | 36 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2012 | JäPS | ||
| 2012–2016 | KäPa | ||
| 2017–2021 | Hamburger SV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2022 | Hamburger SV II | 4 | (3) |
| 2021– | Hamburger SV | 43 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Finland U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Finland U17 | 9 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Finland U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Finland U19 | 11 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Finland U21 | 7 | (2) |
| 2022– | Finland | 7 | (0) |
Medal record | |||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 | |||
Early years edit
Born in Järvenpää, Suhonen started playing football in a youth team of the local club JäPS, before joining the Helsinki-based renowned Käpylän Pallo academy in 2012.
Club career edit
Hamburger SV edit
Suhonen joined the youth academy of Hamburger SV in 2017, moving from the Finnish club KäPa.[5] Suhonen was the first player to move abroad from KäPa for a "significant transfer fee".[6]
He advanced through the ranks of HSV U17 and U19 academy teams, playing 62 youth league matches and scoring 12 goals in total for both teams combined.[7]
Suhonen made his professional debut with the club's first team in a 2–1 DFB-Pokal win over Eintracht Braunschweig 8 August 2021.[8] He scored his first goal for HSV in 2. Bundesliga on 23 April 2022, in a 2–4 away win against Jahn Regensburg.[9]
His major breakthrough has been delayed due to multiple consecutive injuries. In July 2020, while playing with the HSV II reserve team, Suhonen suffered a knee injury in training and was ruled out roughly for six months, eventually missing the whole 2020–21 season.[10] In May 2022, he suffered a broken fibula in training and was ruled out for months.[11] In July 2023, Suhonen suffered a broken fibula again in a HSV training camp in Austria.[12] In October 2023, while still recovering, the same injury occurred again and required a surgery.[13]
On 3 February 2024, Suhonen made his first official appearance since June 2023, as a late substitute to Jean-Luc Dompé, in a 2–1 away win against Hertha Berlin.[14]
International career edit
Suhonen represented Finland at various youth national team levels.
He made his debut for the Finland senior national team on 17 November 2022, in a friendly match against North Macedonia in Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje.[15]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of 22 April 2024[16]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Other | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hamburger SV II | 2019–20 | Regionalliga Nord | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Regionalliga Nord | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Hamburger SV | 2021–22 | 2. Bundesliga | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0[b] | 0 | — | 20 | 2 | |
| 2022–23 | 2. Bundesliga | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | 2. Bundesliga | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Total | 43 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 47 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 5 | ||
- ^ Includes DFB-Pokal
- ^ a b Includes Bundesliga Promotion Play-Offs
International edit
- As of match played on 26 March 2024.[17]
| National team | Year | Competitive | Friendly | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Finland | 2022 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
Notes
- ^ Appearances in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying.
References edit
- ^ "Yhdeksän lenkkiä viikossa! Suomalaislupaus sai seuraltaan kovan treeniohjelman – "kyllä siinä saa juosta"". www.iltalehti.fi.
- ^ 2. BUNDESLIGA table
- ^ 2. BUNDESLIGA table
- ^ "U21-miehet" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "HSV: Anssi Suhonen ist ein GeFINNEr der Saison Vorbereitung". bild.de. July 11, 2021.
- ^ 16-vuotias Anssi Suhonen siirtyy HSV:n akatemiaan, Turun Sanomat, 13 February 2017
- ^ Anssi Suhonen » Club matches, worldfootball.net
- ^ "Eintracht Braunschweig vs. Hamburg - 8 August 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "All goals of Anssi Suhonen". Bundesliga. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ HSV:n suomalaislupaus koki kovia – paha polvivamma harjoituksissa/HSV's Finnish promise had a tough time - a severe knee injury in training, Iltalehti, 30 July 2020
- ^ Anssi Suhoselle, HSV:lle ja Pikkuhuuhkajille valtava takaisku – komean läpimurron tehneen suomalaispelaajan pohjeluu murtunut, Yle, 12 May 2022
- ^ Huuhkajapelaajan surkea epäonni jatkuu – seuralta lohduton tiedote/The Eagle-Owl player's bad luck continues - a disconsolate announcement from the club, Ilta-Sanomat, 13 July 2023
- ^ ANSSI SUHONEN HAS SUCCESSFUL SURGERY AFTER REPEAT INJURY, hsv.de/en, 13 October 2023
- ^ Hertha – HSV 1–2, soccerway
- ^ "Huuhkajat pelasi Pohjois-Makedonian kanssa tasan – Antman teki Suomen maalin" [Eagle Owls played a draw with North Macedonia - Antman scored Finland's goal] (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ A. SUHONEN, int.soccerway.com
- ^ "Anssi Suhonen". Football Association of Finland (in Finnish). Retrieved 25 April 2023.
