Anssi Suhonen

Anssi Tapio Suhonen (born 14 January 2001) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 2. Bundesliga club Hamburger SV and the Finland national team.[4]

Anssi Suhonen
Personal information
Full name Anssi Tapio Suhonen
Date of birth (2001-01-14) 14 January 2001
Place of birth Järvenpää, Finland[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hamburger SV
Number 36
Youth career
0000–2012 JäPS
2012–2016 KäPa
2017–2021 Hamburger SV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Hamburger SV II 4 (3)
2021– Hamburger SV 47 (2)
International career‡
2015 Finland U16 3 (0)
2016–2017 Finland U17 9 (0)
2018–2019 Finland U18 2 (0)
2018–2019 Finland U19 11 (0)
2021–2022 Finland U21 7 (2)
2022– Finland 8 (0)
Medal record
Hamburger SV
2. Bundesliga2021–22[2]
2. Bundesliga2022–23[3]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 June 2024

Early years

Born in Järvenpää, Suhonen started playing football in a youth team of the local club JäPS, before joining the Helsinki-based renowned Käpylän Pallo academy in 2012.

Club career

Hamburger SV

Suhonen joined the youth academy of Hamburger SV in 2017, moving from the Finnish club KäPa.[5] Suhonen was the first player to move abroad from KäPa for a "significant transfer fee".[6]

He advanced through the ranks of HSV U17 and U19 academy teams, playing 62 youth league matches and scoring 12 goals in total for both teams combined.[7]

Suhonen made his professional debut with the club's first team in a 2–1 DFB-Pokal win over Eintracht Braunschweig 8 August 2021.[8] He scored his first goal for HSV in 2. Bundesliga on 23 April 2022, in a 2–4 away win against Jahn Regensburg.[9]

His major breakthrough has been delayed due to multiple consecutive injuries. In July 2020, while playing with the HSV II reserve team, Suhonen suffered a knee injury in training and was ruled out roughly for six months, eventually missing the whole 2020–21 season.[10] In May 2022, he suffered a broken fibula in training and was ruled out for months.[11] In July 2023, Suhonen suffered a broken fibula again in a HSV training camp in Austria.[12] In October 2023, while still recovering, the same injury occurred again and required a surgery.[13]

On 3 February 2024, Suhonen made his first official appearance since June 2023, as a late substitute to Jean-Luc Dompé, in a 2–1 away win against Hertha Berlin.[14]

International career

Suhonen represented Finland at various youth national team levels.

He made his debut for the Finland senior national team on 17 November 2022, in a friendly match against North Macedonia in Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje.[15]

Career statistics

Club
As of 19 May 2024[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Other Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hamburger SV II 2019–20 Regionalliga Nord 10———10
2021–22 Regionalliga Nord 33———43
Total 4300000043
Hamburger SV 2021–22 2. Bundesliga 182200[lower-alpha 2]0—202
2022–23 2. Bundesliga 160101[lower-alpha 2]0—180
2023–24 2. Bundesliga 13000——130
Total 472301000512
Career total 515301000555
  1. Includes DFB-Pokal
  2. Includes Bundesliga Promotion Play-Offs

International
As of match played on 4 June 2024.[17]
National teamYearCompetitive Friendly Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Finland 202200 2 0 2 0
20234[lower-alpha 1]0 0 0 4 0
202400 2 0 2 0
Total 4 0 4 0 8 0

Notes

  1. Appearances in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying.

References
  1. "Yhdeksän lenkkiä viikossa! Suomalaislupaus sai seuraltaan kovan treeniohjelman – "kyllä siinä saa juosta"". www.iltalehti.fi.
  2. 2. BUNDESLIGA table
  3. 2. BUNDESLIGA table
  4. "U21-miehet" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  5. "HSV: Anssi Suhonen ist ein GeFINNEr der Saison Vorbereitung". bild.de. July 11, 2021.
  6. 16-vuotias Anssi Suhonen siirtyy HSV:n akatemiaan, Turun Sanomat, 13 February 2017
  7. Anssi Suhonen » Club matches, worldfootball.net
  8. "Eintracht Braunschweig vs. Hamburg - 8 August 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  9. "All goals of Anssi Suhonen". Bundesliga. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  10. HSV:n suomalaislupaus koki kovia – paha polvivamma harjoituksissa/HSV's Finnish promise had a tough time - a severe knee injury in training, Iltalehti, 30 July 2020
  11. Anssi Suhoselle, HSV:lle ja Pikkuhuuhkajille valtava takaisku – komean läpimurron tehneen suomalaispelaajan pohjeluu murtunut, Yle, 12 May 2022
  12. Huuhkajapelaajan surkea epäonni jatkuu – seuralta lohduton tiedote/The Eagle-Owl player's bad luck continues - a disconsolate announcement from the club, Ilta-Sanomat, 13 July 2023
  13. ANSSI SUHONEN HAS SUCCESSFUL SURGERY AFTER REPEAT INJURY, hsv.de/en, 13 October 2023
  14. Hertha – HSV 1–2, soccerway
  15. "Huuhkajat pelasi Pohjois-Makedonian kanssa tasan – Antman teki Suomen maalin" [Eagle Owls played a draw with North Macedonia - Antman scored Finland's goal] (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  16. A. SUHONEN, int.soccerway.com
  17. "Anssi Suhonen". Football Association of Finland (in Finnish). Retrieved 25 April 2023.
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