Antti Pohja

Antti Pohja
Personal information
Full name Antti Heikki Pohja
Date of birth (1977-01-11) 11 January 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Lahti, Finland
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994 Kuusysi 14 (3)
1995–1998 MyPa 74 (16)
1998 FinnPa 13 (1)
1999 Jokerit 11 (0)
1999TPV (loan) 1 (0)
1999VPS (loan) 12 (3)
2000–2001 Tampere United 64 (28)
2002–2003 Hammarby 47 (10)
2004 Tampere United 25 (16)
2005 Vaduz 31 (7)
2006 HJK 22 (11)
2007–2010 Tampere United 65 (9)
International career
1996–2008 Finland 19 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 April 2009
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 September 2010

Antti Heikki Pohja (born 11 January 1977, Lahti) is a former Finnish professional footballer. His position was forward and midfielder. Pohja won the Finnish championship playing for Tampere United in 2001 and he was the top scorer of Veikkausliiga in 2004 when he scored 16 goals. Besides playing in Finland, he has represented Swedish club Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan and Liechtensteiner club FC Vaduz in Swiss Challenge League.

On 9 September 2010 he announced that he will retire from the game after the 2010 season.[1]

He has won 19 international caps for Finland national football team, scoring two goals.

After his playing career, Pohja has worked as a football pundit for Yle.[2]