Lassi Lappalainen

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Lassi Lappalainen
Personal information
Full name Lassi Lappalainen
Date of birth (1998-08-24) 24 August 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth Espoo, Finland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 CF Montréal
Number 21
Youth career
0000–2010 Espoon Palloseura
2011–2015 HJK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 HJK 30 (3)
2015–2016 → Klubi 04 21 (10)
2017–2018 → RoPS (loan) 39 (12)
2019–2021 Bologna 0 (0)
2019–2021 → CF Montréal[a] (loan) 39 (10)
2021– CF Montréal 0 (0)
National team‡
2013–2014 Finland U16 5 (1)
2014 Finland U17 7 (0)
2016 Finland U18 2 (0)
2016–2017 Finland U19 6 (5)
2017– Finland U21 7 (3)
2019– Finland 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:53, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:25, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

Lassi Lappalainen (born 24 August 1998) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Canadian Major League Soccer club CF Montréal,.[1] He also represents the Finland national team.

Club career[]

Early career[]

Born in Espoo in 1998,[2] Lappalainen started his football career with Espoon palloseura (EPS)[3] and later moved to HJK youth team. Lappalainen played in Klubi 04, the reserve team of HJK.

HJK[]

In 2016, Lappalainen was called up for HJK's first team. On 2 April 2016, he made his Veikkausliiga debut against IFK Mariehamn at Sonera Stadium, being substituted on by coach Mika Lehkosuo in place of Nnamdi Oduamadi in the 90th minute.[4]

On 21 July 2017, Lappalainen was loaned to RoPS for remainder of the Veikkausliiga season.[5] Two days later, he scored his first league goal for RoPS just five minutes into his debut after coming on as a substitute.[6]

Bologna[]

On 19 July 2019, Lappalainen signed to Italian Serie A club Bologna. HJK Helsinki stated it received "significant compensation" and that economically, the transfer was in the "top 7 of HJK's club history".[7][8]

Montreal[]

On 25 July 2019, it was announced that Lappalainen was loaned to Major League Soccer (MLS) club Montreal Impact, later renamed as CF Montréal, for the remainder of the 2019 season using Targeted Allocation Money. The Impact have options to extend the loan until 30 June 2020, as well as until 31 December 2020.[9] On 27 July 2019, he contributed two goals to Montreal Impact's 4–0 victory over the first-place Philadelphia Union on his Major League Soccer debut.[10]

On 3 December 2021, Lappalainen's move to Montréal was made permanent.[11]

International career[]

Lappalainen made his debut for the Finland national team on 8 January 2019 in a friendly against Sweden, as a starter.[12]

Lappalainen was called up for the UEFA Euro 2020 pre-tournament friendly match against Sweden on 29 May 2021.[13]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 18 November 2021[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
HJK 2015 Veikkausliiga 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 – 1 0
2016 14 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 – 19 0
2017 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 – 6 1
2019 16 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 – 22 6
Total 30 3 11 2 5 0 2 2 0 0 48 7
Klubi 04 2015 Kakkonen 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 14 7
2016 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 5 1
2017 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 2 2
Total 21 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 10
RoPS (loan) 2017 Veikkausliiga 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 13 4
2018 26 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 – 31 11
Total 39 12 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 15
Montreal Impact (loan) 2019 MLS 11 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 5
2020 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 4
2021 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
Total 39 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 46 10
Career total 129 35 22 5 5 0 2 2 1 0 159 42

International[]

As of match played on 16 June 2021.[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Finland 2019 7 0
2020 0 0
2021 2 0
Total 9 0

Honours[]

Montreal Impact

Notes[]

  1. ^ Montreal Impact changed its name to CF Montréal in 2021

References[]

  1. ^ a b Lassi Lappalainen at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  2. ^ Lassi Lappalainen at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ "Lapista tulleella Lappalaisella kovat tavoitteet Stadissa – "Toivon ykköslaiturin roolia"" [Lappalainen from Lapland sets hard goals at Stadio - "I hope to be number one"]. vantaansanomat.fi (in Finnish). Vantaan Sanomat. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  4. ^ "HJK vs. Mariehamn - 2 April 2016 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  5. ^ "RoPS lainasi Lappalaisen Helsingin Jalkapalloklubista". rops.fi. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  6. ^ "RoPS - SJK 23 July 2017". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  7. ^ "UFFICIALE: Bologna, tesserato il finlandese Lappalainen" (in Italian). Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Arrivederci, Lassi Lappalainen!". HJK Helsinki (in Finnish). 17 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Lappalainen on loan". Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Lappalainen scores twice in MLS debut, Impact hammer Union". 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  11. ^ https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/lassi-lappalainen-transferred-from-bologna-to-cf-montreal-signs-long-term-deal[bare URL]
  12. ^ "Sweden v Finland game report". Eurosport. 8 January 2019.
  13. ^ "Näillä pelaajilla Huuhkajat lähtevät kohti EM-kisoja – kaksi nimeä kiinnostivat yli muiden" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Lassi Lappalainen". National Football Teams. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Montréal takes 2019 Canadian Championship title". Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  16. ^ "Montreal beats Toronto FC 1-0 to win Canadian Championship Voyageurs Cup". Retrieved 21 November 2021.

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