Teemu Pukki is a Finnish professional football player, who is the all-time leading goalscorer of the Finland national football team. As of 7 June 2024, Pukki has scored 42 goals in 122 international appearances, since making his senior national team debut on 4 February 2009.[1]
In 2019, in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualification campaign, Pukki scored ten goals in ten appearances, helping Finland to qualify for the postponed UEFA Euro 2020 final tournament, for the first time in the nation's history.[2]
Pukki surpassed Jari Litmanen as Finland's top goalscorer on 12 October 2021, by scoring a brace in a 2–0 away win against Kazakhstan in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, with his 32nd and 33rd international goals.[3][4][5]
- ^ JAPAN VS. FINLAND 5 - 1, int.soccerway.com
- ^ Teemu Pukki kovassa seurassa – tässä ovat EM-karsintojen parhaat maalintekijät, valioliiga.com, 20 November 2019
- ^ Teemu Pukki on nyt Suomen kaikkien aikojen maalitykki – muistatko Gijonin ihmeen ja muut upeat osumat?, Helsingin Sanomat, 13 October 2021
- ^ Teemu Pukki iski kahdesti ja nousi kaikkien aikojen maalipörssin kärkeen ohi Jari Litmasen – Suomi kaatoi Kazakstanin, Helsingin Sanomat, Ari Virtanen, 12 October 2021
- ^ KAZAKHSTAN VS. FINLAND 0 - 2, int.soccerway.com