Lassi Lappalainen
Finnish footballer (born 1998)
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Lassi Roni Kasperi Lappalainen (born 24 August 1998) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Veikkausliiga club HJK. [3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lassi Roni Kasperi Lappalainen [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 August 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Espoo, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | HJK | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2010 | EPS | ||
| 2011–2015 | HJK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Klubi 04 | 21 | (10) |
| 2015–2019 | HJK | 30 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | → RoPS (loan) | 39 | (12) |
| 2019–2021 | Bologna | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | → CF Montréal[a] (loan) | 39 | (10) |
| 2022–2024 | CF Montréal | 60 | (5) |
| 2025 | Columbus Crew | 20 | (1) |
| 2026– | HJK | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2014 | Finland U16 | 5 | (1) |
| 2014 | Finland U17 | 7 | (0) |
| 2016 | Finland U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Finland U19 | 6 | (5) |
| 2017–2018 | Finland U21 | 7 | (3) |
| 2019–2021 | Finland | 9 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10:30, 6 February 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:25, 16 June 2021 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Early career
Born in Espoo in 1998,[4] Lappalainen started his football career with Espoon Palloseura (EPS)[5] 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.[6] Lappalainen also represented HJK youth in UEFA Youth League twice, in 2015–16 and 2016–17.[4]
RoPS (loan)
On 21 July 2017, Lappalainen was loaned to RoPS for remainder of the Veikkausliiga season.[7] Two days later, he scored his first league goal for RoPS just five minutes into his debut after coming on as a substitute.[8]
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".[9][10] The transfer fee was later reported to be €700.000.[11]
CF Montreal
On 25 July 2019, it was announced that Lappalainen was loaned to Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise Montreal Impact, later renamed as CF Montréal, for the remainder of the 2019 season using $180,000 of the Targeted Allocation Money. The Impact have options to extend the loan until 30 June 2020, as well as until 31 December 2020.[12] On 27 July 2019, he contributed two goals to Montreal Impact's 4–0 victory over the first-place Philadelphia Union on his MLS debut.[13]
On 3 December 2021, Lappalainen's move to Montréal was made permanent, on a deal until the end of 2024, with an option to extend it.[14] In late November 2024 it was announced he would leave the club after the 2024 season.[15]
Columbus Crew
Lappalainen joined Major League Soccer side Columbus Crew on 8 January 2025, on a one-year contract with a club option for 2026.[16] At the end of season Lappalainen's contract option was declined.[17]
Second Stint at HJK
On 5 February 2026, he re-signed for Veikkausliiga side HJK on a two-year contract. [18]
International career
Lappalainen made his debut for the Finland national team on 8 January 2019 in a friendly against Sweden, as a starter.[19]
Lappalainen was called up for the UEFA Euro 2020 pre-tournament friendly match against Sweden on 29 May 2021.[20]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 11 October 2024[21]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[b] | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Klubi 04 | 2015 | Kakkonen | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 14 | 7 | |||
| 2016 | Kakkonen | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 2017 | Kakkonen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 | ||
| HJK | 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| 2016 | Veikkausliiga | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | 1[d] | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | |||
| 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 3 | 5 | 1 | – | 2[e] | 2 | – | 23 | 6 | |||
| Total | 30 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 7 | ||
| RoPS (loan) | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 13 | 4 | |||
| 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 8 | 5 | 3 | – | – | – | 31 | 11 | ||||
| Total | 39 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 15 | ||
| Bologna | 2019–20 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| CF Montréal[a] (loan) | 2019 | MLS | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | ||
| 2020 | MLS | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1[f] | 0 | 14 | 4 | |||
| 2021 | MLS | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |||
| Total | 39 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 10 | ||
| CF Montréal | 2022 | MLS | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 4[g] | 0 | 2[h] | 0 | 34 | 3 | |
| 2023 | MLS | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2[i] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | ||
| 2024 | MLS | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Total | 60 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 5 | ||
| Columbus Crew | 2025 | MLS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 144 | 36 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 176 | 43 | ||
- "Montreal Impact" before name change to CF Montréal in 2021
- Includes Suomen Cup, Finnish League Cup and Canadian Championship
- Appearance(s) in Finnish League Cup
- Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League
- Appearance(s) in the UEFA Champions League
- Appearance(s) in the MLS is Back Tournament
- Appearance(s) in the CONCACAF Champions League
- Appearance(s) in the MLS Cup Playoffs
- Appearance(s) in Leagues Cup
International
- As of match played on 16 June 2021.[22]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 2019 | 7 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 0 | |
Honours
Montreal Impact
