Langbahn Team – Weltmeisterschaft

Santeri Hostikka

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

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 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

Club

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

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

Lahti

HJK

Individual

References

  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)