# Toni Lehtinen > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Toni_Lehtinen > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Toni_Lehtinen.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Lehtinen > Source revision: 1323563011 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Finnish footballer (born 1984) Toni Lehtinen Personal information Full name Toni-Pekka Lehtinen Date of birth (1984-05-05) 5 May 1984 (age 42) Place of birth Helsinki, Finland[1] Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) Position Striker Team information Current team SJK (manager) Youth career 0000–2000 TP-Seinäjoki 2000–2002 Peterborough Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 2002–2003 TP-Seinäjoki 19 (3) 2003–2008 Haka 130 (50) 2009 Levadiakos 9 (0) 2009–2010 Aarau 8 (0) 2010 Haka 6 (1) 2011 IFK Mariehamn 30 (7) 2012−2016 SJK 117 (39) 2015–2017 SJK II 10 (5) Total 329 (105) International career 2004–2008 Finland 4 (0) Managerial career 2017 SJK Akatemia (player-coach) 2017-2018 SJK (assistant) 2018-2019 SJK Akatemia (assistant) 2020 SJK U19 2021 SJK Akatemia 2021 SJK (assistant) 2021–2023 JJK 2024 SJK 2024– SJK (assistant) * Club domestic league appearances and goals **Toni-Pekka Lehtinen** (born 5 May 1984) is a Finnish football manager and former player. He is currently an assistant coach of [Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho](/source/Sein%C3%A4joen_Jalkapallokerho) (SJK).[2][3] Lehtinen was previously the manager of [JJK Jyväskylä](/source/JJK_Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4). ## Playing career ### Early career Lehtinen has previously played for [TP-Seinäjoki](/source/Sein%C3%A4joen_Jalkapallokerho) and was a youth player at English club [Peterborough United](/source/Peterborough_United_F.C.). He returned to TP-Seinäjoki in 2002. ### FC Haka Toni signed for [FC Haka](/source/FC_Haka) in 2003. He won the [Veikkausliiga](/source/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](/source/Finnish_Cup) in 2005. ### Levadiakos, FC Aarau He joined the Greek club [Levadiakos](/source/Levadiakos_F.C.) in the [Super League Greece](/source/Super_League_Greece) in January 2009,[4] and joined [FC Aarau](/source/FC_Aarau) in the [Swiss Super League](/source/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 [SJK](/source/Sein%C3%A4joen_Jalkapallokerho) in [Ykkönen](/source/Ykk%C3%B6nen). ## International career Toni made his debut for the [Finnish national team](/source/Finland_national_football_team) against [Bahrain](/source/Bahrain_national_football_team) 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](/source/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](/source/JJK_Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4) in August 2021.[5] On 12 January 2024, Lehtinen returned to [Seinäjoki](/source/Sein%C3%A4joki) after he was named the manager of [SJK](/source/Sein%C3%A4joen_Jalkapallokerho) first team.[6][7] ## Career statistics - *As of 15 May 2024.*[8] Appearances and goals by club, season and competition Club Season League National cup[a] League Cup[b] Continental Total Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals TP-Seinäjoki 2002 Ykkönen 19 3 0 0 – – Haka 2003 Veikkausliiga 7 0 0 0 – 1[c] 0 8 0 2004 Veikkausliiga 26 11 0 0 – 3[c] 0 29 11 2005 Veikkausliiga 23 8 1 0 – 3[d] 1 27 9 2006 Veikkausliiga 23 9 0 0 – 2 0 25 9 2007 Veikkausliiga 25 11 0 0 – 4[c] 1 29 12 2008 Veikkausliiga 26 11 2 0 – 4[c] 1 32 12 Total 130 50 3 0 0 0 17 3 150 53 Levadiakos 2008–09 Super League Greece 9 0 0 0 – – 9 0 Aarau 2009–10 Swiss Super League 8 0 2 1 – – 10 1 Aarau II 2009–10 2. Liga Interregional 2 1 – – – 2 1 Haka 2010 Veikkausliiga 6 1 – – – 6 1 IFK Mariehamn 2011 Veikkausliiga 30 7 2 2 – – 32 9 SJK 2012 Ykkönen 21 13 1 1 – – 22 14 2013 Ykkönen 25 10 – – – 25 10 2014 Veikkausliiga 30 8 0 0 3[e] 0 – 33 8 2015 Veikkausliiga 23 6 1 0 3[e] 0 2[f] 0 29 6 2016 Veikkausliiga 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 Total 107 41 3 1 6 0 2 0 52 10 SJK II 2015 Kakkonen 1 0 – – – 1 0 2016 Kolmonen 3 2 – – – 3 2 2017 Kolmonen 6 3 – – – 6 3 Total 10 5 – – – – – – 10 5 Career total 321 108 10 4 6 0 19 3 356 115 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Includes [Suomen Cup](/source/Suomen_Cup) and [Iranian Hazfi Cup](/source/Iranian_Hazfi_Cup) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Includes [Finnish League Cup](/source/Finnish_League_Cup) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-uc_11-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-uc_11-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-uc_11-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-uc_11-3) Includes [UEFA Cup](/source/UEFA_Cup) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ucl_12-0)** Includes [UEFA Champions League](/source/UEFA_Champions_League) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-flc_13-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-flc_13-1) Includes [Finnish League Cup](/source/Finnish_League_Cup) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-uel_14-0)** Includes [UEFA Europa League](/source/UEFA_Europa_League) ### International - *As of match played 21 March 2024* Finland Year Apps Goals 2004 2 0 2005 0 0 2006 0 0 2007 0 0 2008 2 0 Total 4 0 ## Honours As a player **Haka** - [Veikkausliiga](/source/Veikkausliiga): [2004](/source/2004_Veikkausliiga) - [Finnish Cup](/source/Finnish_Cup): 2005 **SJK** - Veikkausliiga: [2015](/source/2015_Veikkausliiga) - Finnish Cup: [2016](/source/2016_Finnish_Cup) - [Finnish League Cup](/source/Finnish_League_Cup): 2014 **Individual** - Veikkausliiga Manager of the Month: April 2024 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Mina vänner 2011: Toni Lehtinen](http://www.ifkmariehamn.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2355:mina-vaenner-2011-toni-lehtinen&catid=29&Itemid=199) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Stevie Grieve kantaa jatkossa päävalmentajan titteliä](https://sjk.fi/yleinen/stevie-grieve-kantaa-jatkossa-paavalmentajan-tittelia/), sjk.fi, 28 May 2024 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerhon päävalmentaja kaudella 2024 on Toni Lehtinen"](https://sjk.fi/uutiset/seinajoen-jalkapallokerhon-paavalmentaja-kaudella-2024-on-toni-lehtinen/). 12 January 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [http://footballinfinland.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/toni-lehtinen-signs-for-levadiakos/](http://footballinfinland.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/toni-lehtinen-signs-for-levadiakos/) Toni Lehtinen signs for Levadiakos – Football in Finland- 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Päävalmentaja Toni Lehtinen jättää JJK:n – siirtyy Veikkausliigaan](https://www.ksml.fi/urheilu/6388792), [Keskisuomalainen](/source/Keskisuomalainen), 30 November 2023 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerhon päävalmentaja kaudella 2024 on Toni Lehtinen](https://sjk.fi/uutiset/seinajoen-jalkapallokerhon-paavalmentaja-kaudella-2024-on-toni-lehtinen/), sjk.fi, 12 January 2024 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [SJK aloittaa Veikkausliiga-kauden uuden valmentajan johdolla – Toni Lehtinen: ”Pääsy europeleihin realistinen tavoite”](https://yle.fi/a/74-20082331), [Yle](/source/Yle), 5 April 2024 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [Toni Lehtinen](https://tulospalvelu.palloliitto.fi/person/75931/player/seasons), [Finnish FA](/source/Football_Association_of_Finland) ## External links - [Profile](https://web.archive.org/web/20070914052815/http://www.uptheposh.com/people/4071/) at [UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database](https://web.archive.org/web/20070205233152/http://www.uptheposh.com/) v t e Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho – managers Dunne (2008) Kujala (2008) Haanpää (2009) Kärkkäinen (2010) Kloo (2011–12) Valakari (2012–17) Boström (2017) Roca Cases (2017) Page & Lehtinen (2017) Kautonen (2017–18) Yeryomenko (2018–19) Page (2019) Honkavaara (2019–21) Gómez (2021–23) Lehtinen & Grieve (2024) Grieve (2024–) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Toni Lehtinen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Lehtinen) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Lehtinen?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.