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Santeri Hostikka

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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 66 (8)
International career
Finland U21
2021– Finland 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 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]

Club career

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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

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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.[5]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 12 December 2024[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 9[g] 0 27 2
Total 66 8 5 0 6 0 38 3 115 11
Career total 230 25 19 4 12 1 40 3 301 33
  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, seven appearances in UEFA Conference League

International

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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

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Lahti

HJK

Individual

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h 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)
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