Antti Pohja
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 January 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Lahti, Finland | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder, Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994 | Kuusysi | 14 | (3) |
1995–1997 | MyPa | 67 | (16) |
1998 | FinnPa | 13 | (1) |
1998 | MyPa | 7 | (0) |
1999 | FC Jokerit | 11 | (0) |
1999 | TPV | 1 | (0) |
1999 | VPS | 12 | (3) |
2000–2001 | Tampere United | 64 | (28) |
2002–2003 | Hammarby IF | 47 | (10) |
2004 | Tampere United | 25 | (16) |
2005 | FC Vaduz | 31 | (7) |
2006 | HJK | 22 | (11) |
2007–2010 | Tampere United | 65 | (9) |
National team‡ | |||
1996–2008 | Finland | 19 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 April 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 September 2010 |
Antti Pohja (born 11 January 1977, Lahti) is a retired Finnish footballer. His position is forward. Pohja represents Tampere United playing in Finnish premier league Veikkausliiga. He returned to the club for the season 2007 having represented the club earlier in 2000–2001 and 2004. 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 Hammarby IF in Sweden and FC Vaduz in Liechtenstein.
On 9 September 2010 he announced that he will retire from the game after the 2010 season.[1]
He has also played 19 international caps for Finland scoring two goals.
References[]
When a journalist had asked him in a press conference about his skills for next game against Azerbaidzan, Pohja answered knowing very clearly his skill level: "I am fast enough," before world cup qualifications match in fall 2008.
- Finnish footballers
- Finland international footballers
- Sportspeople from Lahti
- Veikkausliiga players
- Allsvenskan players
- Swiss Challenge League players
- Hammarby Fotboll players
- Tampere United players
- Myllykosken Pallo −47 players
- FC Jokerit players
- Vaasan Palloseura players
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
- FC Vaduz players
- Finnish expatriate footballers
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate footballers in Sweden
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Liechtenstein
- Expatriate footballers in Liechtenstein
- 1977 births
- Living people
- FinnPa players
- Association football forwards
- Association football midfielders
- Finnish football midfielder stubs
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