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Lassi Lappalainen (born 24 August 1998) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Canadian Major League Soccer club CF Montréal.[2] He also represents the Finland national team.

Lassi Lappalainen

Personal information
Date of birth	(1998-08-24) 24 August 1998 (age 24)
Place of birth	Espoo, Finland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Winger
Club information
Current team	CF Montréal
Number	21
Youth career
0000–2010	Espoon Palloseura
2011–2015	HJK
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2019	HJK	30	(3)
2015–2016	→ Klubi 04	21	(10)
2017–2018	→ RoPS (loan)	39	(12)
2019–2021	Bologna	0	(0)
2019–2021	→ CF Montréal[lower-alpha 1] (loan)	39	(10)
2021–	CF Montréal	28	(3)
National team‡
2013–2014	Finland U16	5	(1)
2014	Finland U17	7	(0)
2016	Finland U18	2	(0)
2016–2017	Finland U19	6	(5)
2017–	Finland U21	7	(3)
2019–	Finland	9	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:57, 11 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:25, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Born in Espoo in 1998,[3] Lappalainen started his football career with Espoon palloseura (EPS)[4] and later moved to HJK youth team. Lappalainen played in Klubi 04, the reserve team of HJK.

HJK

In 2016, Lappalainen was called up for HJK's first team. On 2 April 2016, he made his Veikkausliiga debut against IFK Mariehamn at Sonera Stadium, being substituted on by coach Mika Lehkosuo in place of Nnamdi Oduamadi in the 90th minute.[5]

On 21 July 2017, Lappalainen was loaned to RoPS for remainder of the Veikkausliiga season.[6] Two days later, he scored his first league goal for RoPS just five minutes into his debut after coming on as a substitute.[7]

Bologna

On 19 July 2019, Lappalainen signed to Italian Serie A club Bologna. HJK Helsinki stated it received "significant compensation" and that economically, the transfer was in the "top 7 of HJK's club history".[8][9]

Montreal

On 25 July 2019, it was announced that Lappalainen was loaned to Major League Soccer (MLS) club Montreal Impact, later renamed as CF Montréal, for the remainder of the 2019 season using Targeted Allocation Money. The Impact have options to extend the loan until 30 June 2020, as well as until 31 December 2020.[10] On 27 July 2019, he contributed two goals to Montreal Impact's 4–0 victory over the first-place Philadelphia Union on his Major League Soccer debut.[11]

On 3 December 2021, Lappalainen's move to Montréal was made permanent.[12]

International career

Lappalainen made his debut for the Finland national team on 8 January 2019 in a friendly against Sweden, as a starter.[13]

Lappalainen was called up for the UEFA Euro 2020 pre-tournament friendly match against Sweden on 29 May 2021.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of 18 November 2021[2]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
HJK	2015	Veikkausliiga	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–		1	0
	2016		14	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	–		19	0
	2017		0	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	–		6	1
	2019		16	3	5	1	0	0	1	2	–		22	6
	Total		30	3	11	2	5	0	2	2	0	0	48	7
Klubi 04	2015	Kakkonen	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		14	7
	2016		5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		5	1
	2017		2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		2	2
	Total		21	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	10
RoPS (loan)	2017	Veikkausliiga	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		13	4
	2018		26	8	5	3	0	0	0	0	–		31	11
	Total		39	12	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	15
Montreal Impact (loan)	2019	MLS	11	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	5
	2020		13	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14	4
	2021		15	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	1
	Total		39	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	46	10
Career total			129	35	22	5	5	0	2	2	1	0	159	42

International

As of match played on 16 June 2021.[15]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Finland	2019	7	0
	2020	0	0
	2021	2	0
Total		9	0

Honours

Montreal Impact

• Canadian Championship: 2019[16] 2021[17]

Notes

References

External links

• Lassi Lappalainen at National-Football-Teams.com

На других языках

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[de] Lassi Lappalainen

Lassi Lappalainen (* 24. August 1998 in Espoo) ist ein finnischer Fußballspieler, der aktuell als Leihspieler vom italienischen Erstligisten FC Bologna bei der kanadischen MLS-Franchise CF Montreal unter Vertrag steht. Der Flügelspieler ist seit Januar 2019 finnischer Nationalspieler.

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- [en] Lassi Lappalainen

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[es] Lassi Lappalainen

Lassi Lappalainen (Espoo, Finlandia, 24 de agosto de 1998) es un futbolista finlandés que juega en la demarcación de delantero para el CF Montréal de la Major League Soccer.[1]

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[fr] Lassi Lappalainen

Lassi Lappalainen est un footballeur international finlandais né le 24 août 1998 à Espoo en Finlande. Il joue au CF Montréal en MLS.

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[it] Lassi Lappalainen

Lassi Lappalainen (Espoo, 24 agosto 1998) è un calciatore finlandese, attaccante del CF Montréal e della nazionale finlandese.

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[ru] Лаппалайнен, Ласси

Ласси Лаппалайнен (фин. Lassi Lappalainen; родился 24 апреля 1998, Эспоо) — финский футболист, вингер итальянского клуба «Болонья» и национальной сборной Финляндии. В настоящее время выступает за клуб MLS «Клёб де Фут Монреаль» на правах аренды.

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