Aki Lahtinen

Aki Lahtinen

Personal information
Date of birth	(1958-10-31) 31 October 1958
Place of birth	Jyväskylä, Finland
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1981	OPS	149	(5)
1981–1985	Notts County	45	(2)
1985–1987	KePS	49	(3)
1988–1990	OTP	58	(1)
International career
1979–1989	Finland	51	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aki Lahtinen (born 31 October 1958) is a Finnish former footballer. Lahtinen was the second-ever Finnish player to play in the English top division. He was inducted to the Finnish Football Hall of Fame in 2022.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		EFL Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
OPS	1975	Ykkönen	29	3	–		–		–		29	3
	1976	Mestaruussarja	21	1	–		–		–		21	1
	1977	Mestaruussarja	19	0	–		–		–		19	0
	1978	Mestaruussarja	29	0	–		–		–		29	0
	1979	Mestaruussarja	28	0	–		–		–		28	0
	1980	Mestaruussarja	23	1	–		–		2	0	25	1
	Total		149	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	151	5
Notts County	1981–82	First Division	8	0	1	0	0	0	–		9	0
	1982–83	First Division	17	2	0	0	1	0	–		18	2
	1983–84	First Division	6	0	1	0	0	0	–		7	0
	1984–85	Second Division	14	0					–		14	0
	Total		45	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	48	2
KePS	1985	Mestaruussarja	10	0	–		–		–		10	0
	1986	Mestaruussarja	17	3	–		–		–		17	3
	1987	Mestaruussarja	22	0	–		–		–		22	0
	Total		49	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	3
OTP	1988	Mestaruussarja	25	0	–		–		–		25	0
	1989	Mestaruussarja	15	1	–		–		–		15	1
	1990	Veikkausliiga	7	0	–		–		–		7	0
	Total		47	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	47	1
Career total			290	11	2	0	1	0	2	0	295	11

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Finland	1979	1	0
	1980	8	0
	1981	9	0
	1982	6	0
	1983	3	0
	1984	3	0
	1985	4	0
	1986	6	0
	1987	3	0
	1988	5	0
	1989	3	0
Total		51	0

Honours

OPS

• Mestaruussarja (2): 1979, 1980

External links

• Finland - International Player Records
• Veikkausliiga player statistics