Aki Lahtinen

Aki Lahtinen
Personal information
Date of birth (1958-10-31) 31 October 1958
Place of birth Jyväskylä, Finland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1981 OPS 149 (5)
1981–1985 Notts County 45 (2)
1985–1987 KePS 49 (3)
1988–1990 OTP 58 (1)
International career
1979–1989 Finland 51 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aki Lahtinen (born 31 October 1958) is a Finnish former footballer. Lahtinen was the second-ever Finnish player to play in the English top division.[1] He was inducted to the Finnish Football Hall of Fame in 2022.[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[3]
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
OPS 1975 Ykkönen 29 3 – – – 29 3
1976 Mestaruussarja 21 1 – – – 21 1
1977 Mestaruussarja 19 0 – – – 19 0
1978 Mestaruussarja 29 0 – – – 29 0
1979 Mestaruussarja 28 0 – – – 28 0
1980 Mestaruussarja 23 1 – – 2[a] 0 25 1
Total 149 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 151 5
Notts County 1981–82 First Division 8 0 1 0 0 0 – 9 0
1982–83 First Division 17 2 0 0 1 0 – 18 2
1983–84 First Division 6 0 1 0 0 0 – 7 0
1984–85 Second Division 14 0 – 14 0
Total 45 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 48 2
KePS 1985 Mestaruussarja 10 0 – – – 10 0
1986 Mestaruussarja 17 3 – – – 17 3
1987 Mestaruussarja 22 0 – – – 22 0
Total 49 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 3
OTP 1988 Mestaruussarja 25 0 – – – 25 0
1989 Mestaruussarja 15 1 – – – 15 1
1990 Veikkausliiga 7 0 – – – 7 0
Total 47 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 1
Career total 290 11 2 0 1 0 2 0 295 11
  1. ^ Appearances in European Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Finland 1979 1 0
1980 8 0
1981 9 0
1982 6 0
1983 3 0
1984 3 0
1985 4 0
1986 6 0
1987 3 0
1988 5 0
1989 3 0
Total 51 0

Honours

OPS

References

  1. ^ Aki Lahtinen - 1980-luvun uranuurtaja, Kaleva, 13 August 2009
  2. ^ Kari Ukkonen ja Aki Lahtinen Hall of Fameen, Football Association of Finland, 7 June 2022
  3. ^ Aki Lahtinen at National-Football-Teams.com


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