{{short description|Finnish footballer (born 1984)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Toni Lehtinen | image = | fullname = Toni-Pekka Lehtinen | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1984|5|5}} | birth_place = [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]<ref>[http://www.ifkmariehamn.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2355:mina-vaenner-2011-toni-lehtinen&catid=29&Itemid=199 Mina vänner 2011: Toni Lehtinen]</ref> | height = {{height|m=1.82}} | currentclub = [[Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho|SJK]] (manager) | clubnumber = | position = [[Forward (association football)#Striker|Striker]] | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2000 | youthyears2 = 2000–2002 | youthclubs1 = [[Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho|TP-Seinäjoki]] | youthclubs2 = [[Peterborough United F.C.|Peterborough]] | years1 = 2002–2003 | years2 = 2003–2008 | years3 = 2009 | years4 = 2009–2010 | years5 = 2010 | years6 = 2011 | years7 = 2012−2016 | clubs1 = [[Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho|TP-Seinäjoki]] | clubs2 = [[FC Haka|Haka]] | clubs3 = [[Levadiakos F.C.|Levadiakos]] | clubs4 = [[FC Aarau|Aarau]] | clubs5 = [[FC Haka|Haka]] | clubs6 = [[IFK Mariehamn]] | clubs7 = [[Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho|SJK]] | caps1 = 19 | caps2 = 130 | caps3 = 9 | caps4 = 8 | caps5 = 6 | caps6 = 30 | caps7 = 117 | goals1 = 3 | goals2 = 50 | goals3 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | goals5 = 1 | goals6 = 7 | goals7 = 39 | years8 = 2015–2017 | clubs8 = [[SJK Akatemia|SJK II]] | caps8 = 10 | goals8 = 5 | totalcaps = 329 | totalgoals = 105 | nationalyears1 = 2004–2008 | nationalteam1 = [[Finland national football team|Finland]] | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 2017 | manageryears2 = 2017-2018 | manageryears3 = 2018-2019 | manageryears4 = 2020 | manageryears5 = 2021 | manageryears6 = 2021 | manageryears7 = 2021–2023 | manageryears8 = 2024 | managerclubs1 = [[SJK Akatemia]] (player-coach) | managerclubs2 = [[Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho|SJK]] (assistant) | managerclubs3 = [[SJK Akatemia]] (assistant) | managerclubs4 = [[SJK Akatemia|SJK U19]] | managerclubs5 = [[SJK Akatemia]] | managerclubs6 = [[Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho|SJK]] (assistant) | managerclubs7 = [[JJK Jyväskylä|JJK]] | managerclubs8 = [[Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho|SJK]] | manageryears9 = 2024– | managerclubs9 = [[Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho|SJK]] (assistant) | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }}
'''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).<ref>[https://sjk.fi/yleinen/stevie-grieve-kantaa-jatkossa-paavalmentajan-tittelia/ Stevie Grieve kantaa jatkossa päävalmentajan titteliä], sjk.fi, 28 May 2024</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= https://sjk.fi/uutiset/seinajoen-jalkapallokerhon-paavalmentaja-kaudella-2024-on-toni-lehtinen/ |title=Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerhon päävalmentaja kaudella 2024 on Toni Lehtinen |date=12 January 2024 }}</ref> Lehtinen was previously the manager of [[JJK Jyväskylä]].
==Playing career== ===Early career=== Lehtinen has previously played for [[Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho|TP-Seinäjoki]] and was a youth player at English club [[Peterborough United F.C.|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 Aarau=== He joined the Greek club [[Levadiakos F.C.|Levadiakos]] in the [[Super League Greece]] in January 2009,<ref>http://footballinfinland.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/toni-lehtinen-signs-for-levadiakos/ Toni Lehtinen signs for Levadiakos – Football in Finland-</ref> 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 [[Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho|SJK]] in [[Ykkönen]].
==International career== Toni made his debut for the [[Finland national football team|Finnish national team]] against [[Bahrain national football team|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.<ref>[https://www.ksml.fi/urheilu/6388792 Päävalmentaja Toni Lehtinen jättää JJK:n – siirtyy Veikkausliigaan], [[Keskisuomalainen]], 30 November 2023</ref>
On 12 January 2024, Lehtinen returned to [[Seinäjoki]] after he was named the manager of [[Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho|SJK]] first team.<ref>[https://sjk.fi/uutiset/seinajoen-jalkapallokerhon-paavalmentaja-kaudella-2024-on-toni-lehtinen/ Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerhon päävalmentaja kaudella 2024 on Toni Lehtinen], sjk.fi, 12 January 2024</ref><ref>[https://yle.fi/a/74-20082331 SJK aloittaa Veikkausliiga-kauden uuden valmentajan johdolla – Toni Lehtinen: ”Pääsy europeleihin realistinen tavoite”], [[Yle]], 5 April 2024</ref>
== Career statistics == {{updated|15 May 2024.}}<ref>[https://tulospalvelu.palloliitto.fi/person/75931/player/seasons Toni Lehtinen], [[Football Association of Finland|Finnish FA]]</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes [[Suomen Cup]] and [[Iranian Hazfi Cup]]}} !colspan="2"|League Cup{{efn|Includes [[Finnish League Cup]]}} !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- ||[[TP-Seinäjoki]] |[[2002 Ykkönen|2002]] |[[Ykkönen]] |19||3||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–|||| |- |rowspan="7"|[[FC Haka|Haka]] |[[2003 Veikkausliiga|2003]] |[[Veikkausliiga]] |7||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||1{{efn|Includes [[UEFA Cup]]|name=uc}}||0||8||0 |- |[[2004 Veikkausliiga|2004]] |Veikkausliiga |26||11||0||0||colspan="2"|–||3{{efn|name=uc}}||0||29||11 |- |[[2005 Veikkausliiga|2005]] |Veikkausliiga |23||8||1||0||colspan="2"|–||3{{efn|Includes [[UEFA Champions League]]|name=ucl}}||1||27||9 |- |[[2006 Veikkausliiga|2006]] |Veikkausliiga |23||9||0||0||colspan="2"|–||2||0||25||9 |- |[[2007 Veikkausliiga|2007]] |Veikkausliiga |25||11||0||0||colspan="2"|–||4{{efn|name=uc}}||1||29||12 |- |[[2008 Veikkausliiga|2008]] |Veikkausliiga |26||11||2||0||colspan="2"|–||4{{efn|name=uc}}||1||32||12 |- !colspan="2"|Total !130!!50!!3!!0!!0!!0!!17!!3!!150!!53 |- |[[Levadiakos F.C.|Levadiakos]] |[[2008–09 Super League Greece|2008–09]] |[[Super League Greece]] |9||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||9||0 |- |[[FC Aarau|Aarau]] |[[2009–10 Swiss Super League|2009–10]] |[[Swiss Super League]] |8||0||2||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||10||1 |- |Aarau II |2009–10 |[[2. Liga Interregional]] |2||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||2||1 |- |[[FC Haka|Haka]] |[[2010 Veikkausliiga|2010]] |Veikkausliiga |6||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||6||1 |- |[[IFK Mariehamn]] |[[2011 Veikkausliiga|2011]] |Veikkausliiga |30||7||2||2||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||32||9 |- |rowspan="6"|[[Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho|SJK]] |[[2012 Ykkönen|2012]] |Ykkönen |21||13||1||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||22||14 |- |[[2013 Ykkönen|2013]] |Ykkönen |25||10||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||25||10 |- |[[2014 Veikkausliiga|2014]] |Veikkausliiga |30||8||0||0||3{{efn|Includes [[Finnish League Cup]]|name=flc}}||0||colspan="2"|–||33||8 |- |[[2015 Veikkausliiga|2015]] |Veikkausliiga |23||6||1||0||3{{efn|name=flc}}||0||2{{efn|Includes [[UEFA Europa League]]|name=uel}}||0||29||6 |- |[[2016 Veikkausliiga|2016]] |Veikkausliiga |8||1||1||0||0||0||0||0||9||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !107!!41!!3!!1!!6!!0!!2!!0!!52!!10 |- |rowspan="4"|[[SJK Akatemia|SJK II]] |2015 |Kakkonen |1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||1||0 |- |2016 |[[Kolmonen]] |3||2||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||3||2 |- |2017 |Kolmonen |6||3||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||6||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !10!!5!!–!!–!!–!!–!!–!!–!!10!!5 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !321!!108!!10!!4!!6!!0!!19!!3!!356!!115 |} {{notelist}}
===International=== {{updated|match played 21 March 2024}} {| class=wikitable style=text-align:center |- ! colspan=4|[[Finland national football team|Finland]] |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |2004||2||0 |- |2005||0||0 |- |2006||0||0 |- |2007||0||0 |- |2008||2||0 |- !colspan=1|Total||4||0 |}
==Honours== As a player<br> '''Haka''' *[[Veikkausliiga]]: [[2004 Veikkausliiga|2004]] *[[Finnish Cup]]: 2005 '''SJK''' *Veikkausliiga: [[2015 Veikkausliiga|2015]] *Finnish Cup: [[2016 Finnish Cup|2016]] *[[Finnish League Cup]]: 2014
'''Individual''' *Veikkausliiga Manager of the Month: April 2024
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070914052815/http://www.uptheposh.com/people/4071/ Profile]}} at {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070205233152/http://www.uptheposh.com/ UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database]}}
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