Toni Lehtinen

Toni-Pekka Lehtinen (born 5 May 1984) is a Finnish football manager and former player. He is currently an assistant coach of Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho (SJK). Lehtinen was previously the manager of JJK Jyväskylä.

Playing career

Early career

Lehtinen has previously played for TP-Seinäjoki and was a youth player at English club Peterborough United. He returned to TP-Seinäjoki in 2002.

FC Haka

Toni signed for FC Haka in 2003. He won the Veikkausliiga in 2004 and finished runners up in 2007. He finished as the second highest scorer in the Veikkausliiga in 2004, 2007 and 2008 with 11 league goals in each of those seasons. He won the Veikkausliiga Rookie of the Year award in 2004. He won the Finnish Cup in 2005.

Levadiakos FC, FC Aarau

He joined the Greek club Levadiakos FC in the Super League Greece in January 2009, and joined FC Aarau in the Swiss Super League later that year after the Greek season had ended.

Return to Finland

He returned to FC Haka after the 09/10 season with FC Aarau had finished. Signed for IFK Mariehamn in January 2011.

After only one season with IFK, he left the Mariehamn-based club and signed a five-year contract with SJK in Ykkönen.

International career

Toni made his debut for the Finnish national team against Bahrain in December 2004. He has made 3 appearances for his country.

Coaching career

The last years of his playing career, Lehtinen was in SJK Akatemia squad on a player-coach contract. He worked as an assistant coach and youth coach in SJK organisation, before he was named the head coach of JJK Jyväskylä in August 2021.

On 12 January 2024, Lehtinen returned to Seinäjoki after he was named the manager of SJK first team.

Career statistics

As of 15 May 2024

International

As of match played 21 March 2024

Honours

As a player
Haka

• Veikkausliiga: 2004
• Finnish Cup: 2005

SJK

• Veikkausliiga: 2015
• Finnish Cup: 2016
• Finnish League Cup: 2014

Individual

• Veikkausliiga Manager of the Month: April 2024

References

External links

• Profile at UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database

1. Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho
2. 2024 Veikkausliiga
3. Lehtinen
4. IFK Mariehamn
5. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
6. Jarmo Lehtinen
7. JJK Jyväskylä
8. 2008 Veikkausliiga
9. 2007 Veikkausliiga
10. Sweden national futsal team results
11. 2016 SJK season
12. 2014 Veikkausliiga
13. 2017 Veikkausliiga
14. 2018 Veikkausliiga
15. List of foreign Super League Greece players
16. Arttu Aromaa
17. List of foreign Swiss Super League players
18. 2017 SJK season
19. 2013 Ykkönen
20. 2016 Nordic Futsal Cup