Santeri Hostikka
Hostikka with Lahti in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-09-30) 30 September 1997 (age 26)
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 52 (6)
International career‡
Finland U21
2021– Finland 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2023
‡ 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

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

He played for Finland under-21.[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

As of 3 February 2024[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Other 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 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[b] 1 — 37 6
2017 30 3 4 1 — — 34 4
2018 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 27 1 0 0 — — 27 1
2020–21 12 0 2 0 — — 14 0
Total 47 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 49 1
HJK Helsinki 2021 Veikkausliiga 10 1 — — 7[d] 0 17 1
2022 20 2 3 0 0 0 13[e] 1 36 3
2023 22 3 1 0 3[b] 0 9[f] 2 35 5
2024 0 0 0 0 2[b] 0 0 0 2 0
Total 52 6 4 0 5 0 29 3 90 9
Career total 214 23 18 4 11 1 31 3 274 31
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup and Polish Cup
  2. ^ a b c Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d 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. ^ [1] (in Finnish)
  7. ^ veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)}

External links

Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi – current squad
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