Antti Pohja

Antti Pohja
Personal information
Full name	Antti Heikki Pohja
Date of birth	11 January 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Lahti, Finland
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994	Kuusysi
1995–1998	MyPa
1998	FinnPa
1999	Jokerit
1999	→ TPV (loan)
1999	→ VPS (loan)
2000–2001	Tampere United
2002–2003	Hammarby
2004	Tampere United
2005	Vaduz
2006	HJK
2007–2010	Tampere United
International career‡
1996–2008	Finland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 April 2009; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 September 2010

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.

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

As of 1 September 2024.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup^[a]		League cup^[b]		Europe		Total
Club	Season	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