Antti Heikki Pohja (born 11 January 1977, Lahti) is a former Finnish professional footballer. His position was forward and midfielder. Pohja won the Finnish championship playing for Tampere United in 2001 and he was the top scorer of Veikkausliiga in 2004 when he scored 16 goals. Besides playing in Finland, he has represented Swedish club Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan and Liechtensteiner club FC Vaduz in Swiss Challenge League.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antti Heikki Pohja | ||
| Date of birth | 11 January 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Lahti, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994 | Kuusysi | 14 | (3) |
| 1995–1998 | MyPa | 74 | (16) |
| 1998 | FinnPa | 13 | (1) |
| 1999 | Jokerit | 11 | (0) |
| 1999 | → TPV (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1999 | → VPS (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 2000–2001 | Tampere United | 64 | (28) |
| 2002–2003 | Hammarby | 47 | (10) |
| 2004 | Tampere United | 25 | (16) |
| 2005 | Vaduz | 31 | (7) |
| 2006 | HJK | 22 | (11) |
| 2007–2010 | Tampere United | 65 | (9) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1996–2008 | Finland | 19 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 April 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 September 2010 | |||
On 9 September 2010 he announced that he will retire from the game after the 2010 season.[1]
He has won 19 international caps for Finland national football team, scoring two goals.
After his playing career, Pohja has worked as a football pundit for Yle.[2]
Career statistics
edit- As of 1 September 2024.
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kuusysi | 1994 | Veikkausliiga | 14 | 3 | – | – | – | 14 | 3 | |||
| MYPA | 1995 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 5 | – | – | 3[c] | 0 | 21 | 5 | ||
| 1996 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 9 | – | – | 4[d] | 0 | 29 | 9 | |||
| 1997 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 2 | – | – | 2[c] | 0 | 27 | 2 | |||
| 1998 | Veikkausliiga | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 65 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
| Lahti (loan) | 1998 | Ykkönen | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| FinnPa | 1998 | Veikkausliiga | 13 | 1 | – | – | 2[c] | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
| Jokerit | 1999 | Veikkausliiga | 11 | 0 | – | – | 1[e] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| TPV (loan) | 1999 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| VPS (loan) | 1999 | Veikkausliiga | 12 | 3 | – | – | 2[c] | 1 | 14 | 4 | ||
| Tampere United | 2000 | Veikkausliiga | 31 | 12 | – | – | – | 31 | 12 | |||
| 2001 | Veikkausliiga | 33 | 16 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 16 | |||
| Total | 64 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 28 | ||
| Hammarby | 2002 | Allsvenskan | 16 | 5 | – | – | 2[f] | 0 | 18 | 5 | ||
| 2003 | Allsvenskan | 24 | 2 | – | – | – | 24 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 7 | ||
| Tampere United | 2004 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 16 | – | – | 6[e] | 1 | 31 | 17 | ||
| Vaduz | 2004–05 | Swiss Challenge League | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 5 | ||
| 2005–06 | Swiss Challenge League | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 4[c] | 0 | 21 | 2 | ||
| Total | 33 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 7 | ||
| HJK Helsinki | 2006 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 11 | 1 | 0 | – | 2[c] | 0 | 26 | 11 | |
| Tampere United | 2007 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | – | 8[g] | 0 | 33 | 6 | |
| 2008 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 4[f] | 0 | 31 | 2 | ||
| 2009 | Veikkausliiga | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | – | 19 | 3 | ||
| 2010 | Veikkausliiga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 65 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 87 | 11 | ||
| Career total | 369 | 101 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 425 | 105 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup and Liechtensteiner Cup
- ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
- ^ a b c d e f Appearances in UEFA Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup
Honours
editTampere United
- Veikkausliiga: 2001, 2007
- Finnish Cup: 2007
HJK
- Finnish Cup: 2006
Vaduz
MyPa
- Finnish Cup: 1995
Individual
- Veikkausliiga top scorer: 2004