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.jpg) Pukki with Norwich City in 2022 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Teemu Eino Antero Pukki[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 March 1990[2] | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kotka, Finland | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Minnesota United | |||||||||||||
| Number | 22 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–2000[3] | KoNa | |||||||||||||
| 2000–2005 | KTP | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | KTP | 29 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Sevilla | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | → Sevilla Atlético | 17 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | HJK | 25 | (13) | |||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Schalke 04 | 37 | (8) | |||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Celtic | 26 | (7) | |||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | → Brøndby (loan) | 27 | (9) | |||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Brøndby | 103 | (46) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2023 | Norwich City | 198 | (87) | |||||||||||
| 2023– | Minnesota United | 33 | (14) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Finland U15 | 4 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2006 | Finland U16 | 13 | (7) | |||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Finland U17 | 12 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Finland U18 | 18 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2009 | Finland U19 | 3 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Finland U21 | 23 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 2009– | Finland | 122 | (42) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 July 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2024 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
Teemu Eino Antero Pukki (born 29 March 1990) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer club Minnesota United and the Finland national team.
Pukki began his career with KTP and made his debut on senior level on 23 June 2005 at the age of 15 in a fifth round match of the Finnish Cup.[4] He then moved to Sevilla in 2008, where he played only one La Liga game for the first team before returning to Finland with HJK. In HJK he won the Veikkausliiga championship and the Finnish Cup. He then played in the top divisions of Germany for Schalke 04, Scotland for Celtic and Denmark for Brøndby. In 2018 he signed for Norwich City on a free transfer and was named The Player of the Season in the 2018–19 EFL Championship.
Pukki made his international debut for Finland in 2009. Since then, has earned over 120 caps and scored 42 goals, making him the all-time leading male Finnish goalscorer. Pukki scored ten goals in ten matches in Finland's UEFA Euro 2020 qualification campaign, helping the side reach their first ever major international tournament.
- ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/07/2018 and 31/07/2018". The Football Association. p. 31. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Teemu Pukki: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "Ensimmäiset siiveniskut" [The first blows of wings] (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ^ "Vuoden jutut: Ensimmäinen miesten peli" [Stories of the Year: The first men's game] (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.