Toni Lehtinen

Toni Lehtinen

Personal information
Full name	Toni Pekka Lehtinen
Date of birth	(1984-05-05) 5 May 1984
Place of birth	Helsinki, Finland
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	SJK
Number	14
Youth career
0000–2000	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−	SJK	100	(36)
International career
2004–	Finland	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2015

Toni Pekka Lehtinen (born 5 May 1984) is a Finnish professional football player who plays for Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho in Finland. Lehtinen plays as a striker.

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, 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.

External links

• Profile at UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database