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Lassi Lappalainen
Personal information
Full name Lassi Roni Kasperi Lappalainen
Date of birth (1998-08-24) 24 August 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Espoo, Finland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 CF Montréal
Number 21
Youth career
0000–2010 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– CF Montréal 57 (5)
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– Finland U21 7 (3)
2019– Finland 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 July 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:25, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

Lassi Roni Kasperi Lappalainen (born 24 August 1998) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club CF Montréal.[2]

Club career[edit]

Early career[edit]

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[edit]

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] Lappalainen also represented HJK youth in UEFA Youth League twice, in 2015–16 and 2016–17.[3]

RoPS (loan)[edit]

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[edit]

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] The transfer fee was later reported to be €700.000.[10]

Montreal[edit]

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 $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.[11] 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.[12]

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.[13]

International career[edit]

Lappalainen made his debut for the Finland national team on 8 January 2019 in a friendly against Sweden, as a starter.[14]

Lappalainen was called up for the UEFA Euro 2020 pre-tournament friendly match against Sweden on 29 May 2021.[15]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of 4 July 2024[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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 8 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 8 0
Total 57 5 2 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 67 5
Career total 141 36 23 5 5 0 3 2 1 0 173 43
  1. ^ a b "Montreal Impact" before name change to CF Montréal in 2021
  2. ^ Includes Suomen Cup, Finnish League Cup and Canadian Championship
  3. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Finnish League Cup
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Appearance(s) in the UEFA Champions League
  6. ^ Appearance(s) in the MLS is Back Tournament
  7. ^ Appearance(s) in the CONCACAF Champions League
  8. ^ Appearance(s) in the MLS Cup Playoffs
  9. ^ Appearance(s) in Leagues Cup

International[edit]

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

Montreal Impact

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Lassi Lappalainen". CF Montréal. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b Lassi Lappalainen at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  3. ^ a b Lassi Lappalainen at WorldFootball.net
  4. ^ "Lapista tulleella Lappalaisella kovat tavoitteet Stadissa – "Toivon ykköslaiturin roolia"" [Lappalainen from Lapland sets hard goals at Stadio - "I hope to be number one"]. vantaansanomat.fi (in Finnish). Vantaan Sanomat. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  5. ^ "HJK vs. Mariehamn - 2 April 2016 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  6. ^ "RoPS lainasi Lappalaisen Helsingin Jalkapalloklubista". rops.fi. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  7. ^ "RoPS - SJK 23 July 2017". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  8. ^ "UFFICIALE: Bologna, tesserato il finlandese Lappalainen" (in Italian). Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Arrivederci, Lassi Lappalainen!". HJK Helsinki (in Finnish). 17 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  10. ^ Maailmalle kasvamaan, Helsingin Sanomat, Juho Niemistö, 19 August 2023
  11. ^ "Lappalainen on loan". Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Lappalainen scores twice in MLS debut, Impact hammer Union". 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  13. ^ Lassi Lappalainen transferred from Bologna to CF Montréal, signs long-term deal MLS Sport. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2022
  14. ^ "Sweden v Finland game report". Eurosport. 8 January 2019.
  15. ^ "Näillä pelaajilla Huuhkajat lähtevät kohti EM-kisoja – kaksi nimeä kiinnostivat yli muiden" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  16. ^ "Lassi Lappalainen". National Football Teams. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  17. ^ "Montréal takes 2019 Canadian Championship title". Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  18. ^ "Montreal beats Toronto FC 1-0 to win Canadian Championship Voyageurs Cup". Retrieved 21 November 2021.

External links[edit]

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