Onni Tiihonen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Onni Jalmari Tiihonen | ||
| Date of birth | 6 June 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Vantaa, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AC Oulu | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2014 | KOPSE | ||
| 2015 | Legirus Inter | ||
| 2016–2017 | PK-35 | ||
| 2017 | PK Keski-Uusimaa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | Gnistan | 61 | (1) |
| 2018 | → Gnistan II | 2 | (1) |
| 2020 | → NJS (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2020 | → PK Keski-Uusimaa (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2022 | AB Argir | 14 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Viitorul Dăești[1] | 1 | (1) |
| 2023 | ASU Politehnica Timișoara | 8 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Viitorul Târgu Jiu | 24 | (1) |
| 2024 | Unirea Ungheni | 10 | (0) |
| 2025– | AC Oulu | 18 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 November 2025 | |||
Onni Jalmari Tiihonen (born 6 June 2000) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Veikkausliiga club AC Oulu.
Club career
Tiihonen started his senior career with IF Gnistan in 2018.[2][3] He played with the club in the third-tier Kakkonen and in the second-tier Ykkönen after the promotion. Tiihonen was loaned out to his former youth club PKKU in 2020.[4]
After a short stint with AB Argir in the Faroe Islands Premier League in 2022, Tiihonen moved to Romania.[5][6][7]
In July 2023, Tiihonen signed with Viitorul Târgu Jiu in Romanian second-tier Liga II.[8]
For the 2024–25 season, he joined a newly promoted Liga II club Unirea Ungheni.
On 9 November 2024, Tiihonen left Unirea Ungheni due to unpaid salaries, and signed with Veikkausliiga club AC Oulu on a one-year deal with a one-year option.[9][10]
Career statistics
- As of 16 July 2025
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Gnistan II | 2018 | Nelonen | 2 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | ||
| Gnistan | 2018 | Kakkonen | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | 20 | 1 | |
| 2019 | Kakkonen | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| 2020 | Ykkönen | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2021 | Ykkönen | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 28 | 1 | ||
| Total | 61 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 79 | 3 | ||
| NJS (loan) | 2020 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| PKKU (loan) | 2020 | Kakkonen | 6 | 1 | – | – | 6 | 1 | ||
| AB Argir | 2022 | Faroe Islands Premier League | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |
| Viitorul Dăești | 2022–23 | Liga III | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | |
| ASU Politehnica Timișoara | 2022–23 | Liga II | 8 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| Viitorul Târgu Jiu | 2023–24 | Liga II | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 25 | 1 | |
| Unirea Ungheni | 2024–25 | Liga II | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | |
| AC Oulu | 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Career total | 140 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 169 | 7 | ||
- ↑ Includes Suomen Cup, Faroe Islands Cup and Cupa României
- ↑ Includes Kakkonen Cup
Honours
Gnistan
- Kakkonen: 2019
References
- ↑ x
- ↑ ONNI TIIHONEN JATKOSOPIMUKSEEN, gnistan.fi, 31 May 2020
- ↑ MATSIPÄIVÄN HAASTATTELUSSA ONNI TIIHONEN: – "KOKO JOUKKUE ON TÄYNNÄ TAISTELUTAHTOA", gnistan.fi, 25 May 2018
- ↑ Tyly ratkaisu rankkarista – PKKU kiusasi sarjajohtajaa: "Kaikki sanoivat, että palloon osui", Keski-Uusimaa, 11 September 2020
- ↑ Finlandezul de la Dăeşti a semnat cu Poli Timişoara, debanat.ro, 23 January 2023
- ↑ Politehnica a oficializat înregimentarea finlandezului Onni Tiihonen. Druckerii din diaspora trimit un ajutor financiar clubului, pressalert.ro, 23 January 2023
- ↑ Viitorul Daesti, tribunavalceana.ro, 9 October 2022
- ↑ EXCLUSIV | Viitorul Pandurii intenționează să se mute în alt oraș. Momentan, și-a mutat acolo următorul amical, liga2.prosport.ro, 21 July 2023
- ↑ ONNI TIIHONEN SAAPUU LAIVASTONSINISIIN, acoulu.fi, 9 November 2024
- ↑ AC Oulu teki keskikentälleen yllättävän kotimaisen hankinnan Romanian divarista, Kaleva, 9 November 2024
External links
- Onni Tiihonen at Soccerway
- Onni Tiihonen at WorldFootball.net
- Onni Tiihonen at Football Association of Finland
- Living people
- 2000 births
- Finnish men's footballers
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Men's association football midfielders
- Kakkonen players
- Ykkönen players
- Faroe Islands Premier League players
- Liga II players
- Liga III players
- Veikkausliiga players
- PK-35 (men) players
- Pallokerho Keski-Uusimaa players
- Nurmijärven Jalkapalloseura players
- IF Gnistan players
- Argja Bóltfelag players
- SSU Politehnica Timișoara players
- ACS Viitorul Târgu Jiu players
- CS Unirea Ungheni players
- Korson Palloseura players
- FC Legirus Inter players
- AC Oulu players
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Faroe Islands
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the Faroe Islands