Aki Riihilahti
| Aki Riihilahti | ||
 Aki Riihilahti in 2010
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Aki Pasinpoika Riihilahti | |
| birthday | September 9, 1976 | |
| place of birth | Helsinki , Finland | |
| size | 185 cm | |
| position | midfield player | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1993 | HJK Helsinki | 0 (0) |
| 1994 | Vantaan Pallo-70 | (0) |
| 1994-1995 | FC Honka | (5) |
| 1995-1999 | HJK Helsinki | 62 (11) |
| 1996 | → FC Honka (loan) | 3 (0) |
| 1999-2001 | Vålerenga Oslo | 49 (5) |
| 2001-2006 | Crystal Palace | 160 (14) |
| 2006-2007 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 10 (1) |
| 2007-2009 | Djurgårdens IF | 13 (0) |
| 2009-2011 | HJK Helsinki | 40 (6) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1992–199? | Finland U-15 | 4 (0) |
| Finland U-15 | 8 (0) | |
| Finland U-21 | 2 (0) | |
| 1998-2007 | Finland | 69 (11) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Aki Pasinpoika Riihilahti (born September 9, 1976 in Helsinki ) is a former Finnish football player. With HJK Helsinki he won the Finnish league title four times and in the 1998/99 season was part of the team that so far was the only Finnish participant to reach the group stage of the UEFA Champions League .
Career
The midfielder began his career in 1982 with the football club HJK Helsinki , with which he won the Finnish championship once and the Finnish cup twice. In 1999 he moved to Vålerenga IF . He stayed there for a season and then moved to the English second division club Crystal Palace . After a season at 1. FC Kaiserslautern , he went to Djurgårdens IF in Sweden in 2007 .
On July 31, 2009, Riihilahti signed a contract with the HJK Helsinki. There he ran until the end of 2011 in the first team and with the reserve team Klubi 04 , whose player- coach he was temporarily.
Later he was CEO of Sonera Stadium , the home arena of HJK and Klubi 04.
National team
For the Finnish national team, Riihilahti made 69 international appearances from 1998 to 2007 and scored eleven goals. He played his first international match against Cyprus on February 5, 1998. He ran twice for the U-21 national team, eight times for the U-18 national team and four times for the U-15 national team. He played his first international game on September 2, 1992 against Poland for the U-15 national team.
successes
- Finnish champion: 1997, 2009
- Finnish Cup Winner: 1996, 1998
- Finnish league cup winner: 1996, 1997, 1998
Others
Riihilahti writes articles for various newspapers, including the Times and the Finnish Iltalehti . He also works as a studio expert for Finnish television . Today he works as managing director at HJK Helsinki.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aki Riihilahti palaa Klubiin ( Memento from August 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), veikkausliiga.com, July 31, 2009
Web links
- Photos by Aki Riihilahti
- Aki Riihilahti Official Website (Finnish)
- Aki Riihilahti ( Memento from April 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on the official website of the Finnish Football Association (Finnish)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Riihilahti, Aki |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Riihilahti, Aki Pasinpoika |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Helsinki , Finland |