Toni Lehtinen
Toni Pekka Lehtinen (born 5 May 1984) is a retired Finnish professional football player who most lately played for Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho in Finland. Lehtinen played as a striker. Lehtinen was the manager of SJK alongside Brian Page in 2017, because Manuel Roca was sacked.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Toni Pekka Lehtinen | ||
| Date of birth | 5 May 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland[1] | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2000 | TP-Seinäjoki | ||
| 2000–2002 | Peterborough | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2003 | TP-Seinäjoki | 19 | (3) |
| 2003–2008 | FC Haka | 130 | (50) |
| 2009 | Levadiakos FC | 9 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | FC Aarau | 8 | (0) |
| 2010 | FC Haka | 6 | (1) |
| 2011 | IFK Mariehamn | 30 | (7) |
| 2012−2016 | SJK | 117 | (39) |
| National team | |||
| 2004–? | Finland | 3 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2017 | SJK Akatemia (player-coach) | ||
| 2017-2018 | SJK (assistant) | ||
| 2018-2019 | SJK Akatemia (assistant) | ||
| 2020 | SJK U19 | ||
| 2021- | SJK Akatemia | ||
| 2021- | SJK (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 November 2015 | |||
Playing career
Early career
Lehtinen has previously played for TP-Seinäjoki and was a youth player at English side Peterborough United. He returned to TP-Seinäjoki in 2002.
FC Haka
Toni signed for FC Haka in 2003. He won the Veikkausliiga in 2004 and finished runners up in 2007. He finished as the second highest scorer in the Veikkausliiga in 2004, 2007 and 2008 with 11 league goals in each of those seasons. He won the Veikkausliiga Rookie of the Year award in 2004. He won the Finnish Cup in 2005.
Levadiakos FC, FC Aarau
He joined the Greek club Levadiakos FC in the Super League Greece in January 2009,[2] and joined FC Aarau in the Swiss Super League later that year after the Greek season had ended.
Return to Finland
He returned to FC Haka after the 09/10 season with FC Aarau had finished. Signed for IFK Mariehamn in January 2011.
After only one season with IFK, he left the Mariehamn-based club and signed a five-year contract with SJK in Ykkönen.
International career
Toni made his debut for the Finnish national team against Bahrain in December 2004. He has made 3 appearances for his country.
References
- Mina vänner 2011: Toni Lehtinen
- http://footballinfinland.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/toni-lehtinen-signs-for-levadiakos/ Toni Lehtinen signs for Levadiakos - Football in Finland-