finnish association football player

Teemu Eino Antero Pukki ( give birth 29 March 1990 ) is a finnish professional football player who plays as a hitter for Premier League club Norwich City and the Finland national team. Pukki began his career with KTP and made his debut on aged flat on 23 June 2005 at the historic period of 15 in a fifth orotund match of the finnish Cup. [ 3 ] He then moved to Sevilla in 2008, where he played only one La Liga game for the first gear team before returning to Finland with HJK. He then played in the top divisions of Germany for Schalke 04, Scotland for Celtic and Denmark for Brøndby. In 2018 he signed for Norwich City on a free transportation and was named player of the temper in the 2018–19 EFL Championship.

Pukki made his international debut for Finland in 2009 and has earned 100 caps, scoring 33 goals. He is the all-time lead finnish goalscorer. Pukki scored ten-spot goals in ten-spot matches in Finland ‘s UEFA Euro 2020 qualification campaign, helping the side reach their first ever external tournament .

Club career [edit ]

KTP [edit ]

Pukki began his football career in childhood in HOPS ( Hovinsaaren Palloseura ) while support in Hovinsaari, Kotka. As a youth he joined his official hometown club, KTP, playing for their under-19 side. He made his debut for the beginning team at 16 years erstwhile and his performances saw him called up to play for Finland ‘s young person external sides. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In two seasons of first-team football, Pukki made 29 appearances in the finnish Premier League ( Veikkausliiga ) and scored three goals. [ 5 ]

sevilla [edit ]

Pukki moved to Sevilla from KTP [ 5 ] and was called up for the Sevilla first team for the away match against Real Madrid on 7 December 2008, [ 6 ] but was an idle substitute. He received his La Liga debut at home against Racing on 25 January 2009. [ 7 ] He found himself unused in Sevilla playing by and large for the reserve english Sevilla Atlético and he decided to return to Finland .

HJK [edit ]

Pukki playing for HJK in 2011 On 28 August 2010, Pukki signed a three-and-half-year contract with the finnish Veikkausliiga club HJK. [ 8 ] Pukki made his introduction 30 August a equal against IFK Mariehamn. He managed to score his first goal for HJK in the adjacent peer against FF Jaro which was his beginning goal in a league match for about two years. During season 2010 he managed to play in seven games and score two goals for HJK in the 2010 season. At the end of the season HJK and Pukki won the finnish Veikkausliiga and silver medal in the finnish Cup. During season 2011 he scored 11 goals and erose eight assists in 18 league matches out of which he was in the start line up in 13. He was chosen to 2011 Veikkausliiga All Stars -team. [ 9 ] Pukki was besides a key name in HJK ‘s UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League qualifications. He scored two goals against Bangor City and HJK ‘s both goals in a 2–0 home win against FC Schalke 04. [ 10 ] Pukki besides scored HJK ‘s alone goal in the 6–1 aside get the better of against Schalke. [ 11 ]

Schalke 04 [edit ]

On 31 August 2011, Pukki joined Schalke on a three-year compress. [ 12 ] He made his debut on 18 September, when he came in as a substitute for Klaas-Jan Huntelaar on 66th minute in a 0–2 kill against Bayern Munich. [ 13 ] On 6 November, he scored two goals for Schalke as he debuted in the starting 11 against Hannover 96. By doing so, he became the third gear Finn to score a brace in the german Bundesliga, after Ari Hjelm and Pasi Rautiainen. [ 14 ]

celtic [edit ]

Pukki signed a four-year hand with Celtic from FC Schalke 04 for an undisclosed tip on 31 August 2013. [ 15 ] He scored on his debut in a 3–1 succeed against Hearts on 14 September 2013 [ citation needed ] and again on his home debut against St Johnstone on 21 September. On 26 January 2014 he scored against Hibernian. [ 16 ] Overall though, Pukki ‘s first season at Celtic was considered something of a disappointment as he struggled with form and failed to fill the void left by Gary Hooper who had left at the start of the season. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Pukki himself late acknowledged the miss of affect he had made, admitting he initially felt playing in Scotland would be “ easier ” than in Germany. [ 19 ] He found the rush and physical nature of the game in Scotland difficult to adjust to, and stated “ scottish football is not slowly. It ’ s not a bad league at all ”. [ 19 ] On 8 July 2014, Pukki scored his foremost Celtic hat trick in a pre-season friendly against LASK Linz in a 5–2 victory for Celtic. [ 18 ] Pukki scored twice in Celtic ‘s victory against KR Reykjavik at Murrayfield Stadium in Celtic ‘s UEFA Champions League qualifying match, the pit ended 4–0 with Celtic winning 5–0 on aggregate. [ 20 ] however, he struggled to make any impact in the adjacent passing round matches against Legia Warsaw and was substituted at half-time in the league defeat to Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 6 August 2014. [ 21 ] [ 22 ]

Brøndby [edit ]

On 1 September 2014, Pukki signed a annual loan share with option to buy with danish english Brøndby IF. [ 21 ] He made his debut 13 days late in a league meet at home against Randers [ 23 ] and scored his first goal two weeks later in a 2–2 draw away against Esbjerg. [ 23 ] He went on to score another four goals in his future four games, [ 23 ] [ 24 ] and was rewarded for his form by being voted the Superliga Player of the Month for October, [ 25 ] finishing the season as the golf club ‘s acme scorer, with nine goals. [ 26 ] On 19 June 2015, Pukki signed a three-year contract with Brøndby for an undisclosed fee. [ 26 ] On 4 August 2016, Pukki scored three goals when Brøndby knocked out Hertha BSC in the third round off of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifiers, winning 3–1, thereby overcoming a 0–1 deficit from the first peg in Berlin. [ 27 ] On 13 July 2017, he scored one goal against VPS in the first leg of the second base qualify round for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, Brøndby would go on to win the match 2–0. [ 28 ] On 10 May 2018 he played as Brøndby drum Silkeborg IF 3–1 in the 2017–18 danish Cup final. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] He was released at the end of the 2017–18 season after failing to agree a new deal with the club. [ 31 ]

Norwich City [edit ]

2018–19 season [edit ]

On 30 June 2018, Pukki joined EFL Championship golf club Norwich City on a unblock transfer, signing a three-year deal. [ 32 ] He made his introduction on 4 August, playing the broad 90 minutes of a 2–2 draw at Birmingham City, [ 33 ] and a workweek late he scored his foremost goal in a 4–3 dwelling passing to West Bromwich Albion. [ 34 ] From January to February 2019, Pukki scored eight goals across six back-to-back matches, ending with two goals in a 4–0 acquire at Bolton Wanderers. [ 35 ] This play included two goals on 10 February in a 3–0 succeed over Ipswich Town in the East Anglian Derby, with which he became the Finn with the most goals in a Championship season, overtaking early Ipswich actor Shefki Kuqi ‘s 20 in 2004–05. [ 36 ] In April 2019, Pukki was named EFL Championship Player of the Season and was included in the 2018–19 Championship Team of the Season. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] He was besides named Norwich City F.C. Player of the Season by Norwich City ‘s supporters for 2018–19 and received the Barry Butler Memorial Trophy .

2019–20 temper

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On 3 July 2019, Pukki signed a fresh three-year contract with the Premier League newcomers. [ 39 ] On 9 August, he scored his first Premier League finish in a 4–1 away loss to Liverpool on the opening day of the new season. [ 40 ] Eight days late, he scored a hat-trick against Newcastle United in a 3–1 victory, Norwich ‘s first hat-trick in the Premier League since Efan Ekoku against Everton in September 1993. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] For the month of August he was named the Premier League Player of the Month, [ 43 ] and the PFA Premier League Player of the Month. [ 44 ] Pukki scored football team Premier League goals in total for Norwich but was unable to prevent the Canaries from being relegated to the Championship. [ 45 ] [ 46 ]

2020–21 temper [edit ]

Pukki remained at Norwich following their delegating to the Championship and scored his first goal of the season in a 2–2 draw with Preston North End at Carrow Road. [ 47 ] Pukki continued his fecund form in the Championship and hit his fiftieth finish for the Canaries with a brace in a 2–1 win at Blackburn Rovers. [ 48 ] Pukki was named Championship Player of the Month for February 2021, scoring seven goals in seven games. [ 49 ] On 6 April 2021, he scored his first ever Championship hat-trick and his twenty-fifth goal of the season in a 7–0 beating of Huddersfield Town. [ 50 ] In April 2021, he was named on the EFL Team of the Season and nominated for the EFL Championship Player of the Season. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] The award was however won by his team checkmate Emiliano Buendía. [ 52 ]

International career [edit ]

Finland youth teams [edit ]

Pukki made his introduction in international football on 10 August 2005 at the long time 15 scoring both goals of the match for Finland U15 in a 0–2 away victory in Cardiff against Wales U15. [ 53 ]

Finland first base team [edit ]

Pukki debuted in the Finland national team on 4 February 2009 when Stuart Baxter used him as a alternate against Japan in a friendly match played in Tokyo. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] He scored his fifth goal for his country on 22 March 2013, scoring the counterweight as Finland recorded a 1–1 string at reigning world and european champions Spain in World Cup qualifying. [ 56 ] In the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League, Finland won forwarding from League C. Pukki scored the only goal of each of the Finns ‘ first three matches, at family against Hungary and home and away to Estonia. [ 57 ] Pukki scored ten-spot goals in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers to help Finland to qualify for the first major tournament, UEFA Euro 2020, in their history. [ 58 ] Pukki was called up for the UEFA Euro 2020 pre-tournament friendly equal against Sweden on 29 May 2021. [ 59 ] Pukki played in all 3 international games at the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament. He failed to score in any of these matches however, and Finland was placed 3rd in Group B following a 2–0 kill to Belgium on 21 June 2021. [ 60 ] They were subsequently knocked out of the tournament .

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 28 November 2021[23][61][62]

International [edit ]

As of match played 17 November 2021[63]
National team Year Competitive Friendly Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Finland 2009 0 0 1 0 1 0
2010 0 0 2 0 2 0
2011 4 0 2 0 6 0
2012 4 0 5 4 9 4
2013 6 2 4 0 10 2
2014 6 0 3 2 9 2
2015 5 0 2 0 7 0
2016 4 1 6 0 10 1
2017 5 1 3 0 8 1
2018 6 3 2 2 8 5
2019 10 10 0 0 10 10
2020 6 2 1 0 7 2
2021 11 6 2 0 13 6
Total 67 25 33 8 100 33
As of match played 17 November 2021.
Finland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Pukki goal[63]

Honours [edit ]

Sevilla Youth
HJK
Celtic
Brøndby IF
Norwich City
Individual

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