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Veli Lampi

Veli Lampi
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-07-18) 18 July 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Seinäjoki, Finland
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
1995–2002 Sepsi-78
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 VPS 47 (6)
2005–2006 HJK 49 (0)
2007–2010 Zürich 75 (0)
2010Aarau (loan) 16 (0)
2010–2011 Willem II 28 (0)
2011–2013 Arsenal Kyiv 20 (1)
2014–2015 HJK 37 (1)
2016–2017 VPS 44 (0)
International career
Finland U16 5 (0)
Finland U19 3 (0)
Finland U21 19 (1)
2006–2015 Finland 33 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Veli Lampi (born 18 July 1984) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Lampi was born in Seinäjoki, Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland where he played for the local youth teams before moving to VPS.

Club career

Youth clubs

Lampi started his football career in Sepsi-78. He has also played for TP-Seinäjoki.

He made his Veikkausliiga debut in VPS where he played 47 matches and scored 6 goals between 2002 and 2004.

In 2005 Lampi transferred from VPS to HJK. He represented HJK in 49 matches and achieved two Veikkausliiga silver medals and a cup victory.

He was part of the 2006–07 and 2008–09 Swiss Championship winning team with FC Zürich.

He relegated from the Eredivisie with Willem II.

On 10 September 2011, Lampi made his Ukrainian Premier League début for Arsenal Kyiv playing against Metalist Kharkiv.

In December 2013 HJK announced that Lampi would return to HJK and that he had signed a two-year contract.[1]

International career

Lampi was a regular member in the Finland national under-21 football team. In 2006, he made his debut for the full national side in a game against Saudi Arabia. He played five games in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Personal life

His father is a former footballer Mikko Lampi.[2]

Career statistics

Club

As of 31 December 2017[3][4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cups[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sepsi-78 2001 Kakkonen 12 3 0 0 12 3
VPS 2002 Veikkausliiga 7 0 0 0 7 0
2003 Veikkausliiga 18 2 0 0 18 2
2004 Veikkausliiga 22 4 0 0 22 4
Total 47 6 0 0 0 0 47 6
HJK Helsinki 2005 Veikkausliiga 26 0 0 0 26 0
2006 Veikkausliiga 23 0 1 0 2[b] 0 26 0
Total 49 0 1 0 2 0 52 0
FC Zürich 2006–07 Swiss Super League 11 0 1 0 12 0
2007–08 Swiss Super League 24 0 3 0 5[c] 0 32 0
2008–09 Swiss Super League 28 0 3 0 3[c] 0 34 0
2009–10 Swiss Super League 12 0 2 0 4[d] 0 18 0
Total 75 0 9 0 12 0 82 0
Aarau (loan) 2009–10 Swiss Super League 16 0 16 0
Willem II 2010–11 Eredivisie 28 0 1 0 29 0
Arsenal Kyiv 2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League 12 1 1 0 13 1
2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League 3 0 0 0 3 0
2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League 5 0 1 0 6 0
Total 20 1 2 0 0 0 22 1
HJK Helsinki 2014 Veikkausliiga 23 1 3 0 10[e] 0 36 1
2015 Veikkausliiga 14 0 7 0 0 0 21 0
Total 37 1 10 0 10 0 57 1
VPS 2016 Veikkausliiga 21 0 5 0 26 0
2017 Veikkausliiga 24 0 5 0 4[f] 0 33 0
Total 45 0 10 0 4 0 59 0
Career total 331 11 33 0 28 0 392 11

International

As of 3 March 2015[5]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Finland 2006 3 0
2007 1 0
2008 8 0
2009 4 0
2010 6 0
2011 4 0
2012 1 0
2013 4 0
2014 1 0
2015 1 0
Total 33 0

Honours

HJK Helsinki

FC Zürich

Finland

References

  1. ^ "Markus Heikkinen ja Veli Lampi sopimuksiin HJK:n kanssa" (in Finnish). HJK Helsinki. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Mikko Lampi täyttää 60 vuotta". palloliitto.fi (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. 3 June 2012. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Finland - V. Lampi - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
  4. ^ "Veli Lampi (Player)".
  5. ^ Veli Lampi at National-Football-Teams.com