Topi Keskinen

Topi Keskinen (born 7 March 2003) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Veikkausliiga club HJK and Finland under-21 national team.[1][2]

Topi Keskinen
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-03-07) 7 March 2003
Place of birth Espoo, Finland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 HJK
Number 18
Youth career
–2020 MP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 MP 68 (13)
2020 → SavU 3 (0)
2023– HJK 25 (2)
International career‡
2022 Finland U19 2 (1)
2022– Finland U21 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023

Club career

Mikkelin Palloilijat

Keskinen was born in Espoo, Finland, but soon after his family moved to Mikkeli. He played in the youth sector of his hometown club MP before being named in the club's senior squad for the 2020 Ykkönen season, in Finland's second tier.

HJK Helsinki

He signed a three-year deal with Finnish champions HJK on 23 November 2022, ahead of the 2023 Veikkausliiga season.[3]

Keskinen scored four goals in his second competetive game for the club, a 5–2 Finnish League Cup win over FC Lahti. Keskinen scored the only goal as HJK defeated Molde 1–0 in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying round.[4]

Honours

Club

HJK

Individual
  • Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2023[5]

Career statistics
As of 21 October 2023[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Other Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
MP 2019 Kakkonen 1000——10
2020 Ykkönen 19020——210
2021 24330——273
2022 2410323[lower-alpha 2]0—3012
Total 68138230007915
SavU 2020 Kolmonen 3000——30
HJK 2023 Veikkausliiga 252104[lower-alpha 3]411[lower-alpha 4]1417
Career total 9615927411112322
  1. Includes Suomen Cup
  2. Appearances in Ykkönen Cup
  3. Appearances in Finnish League Cup
  4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League

References
  1. "Topi Keskinen: Tiesin kyllä, että tulen pärjäämään liigassa". Finnish FA (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  2. Palomäki, Janne (5 April 2023). "20-vuotias Topi Keskinen sai todellisen unelmadebyytin HJK-paidassa: "Se oli ihan jees"" (in Finnish). Iltalehti. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  3. "Topi Keskinen HJK:hon kolmen vuoden sopimuksella". HJK (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  4. Miettinen, Heikki (25 July 2023). "HJK:lle tärkeä voitto Moldesta" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  5. Toimittajat äänestivät: Tässä on Veikkausliigan tähdistöjoukkue, Iltalehti, 21 October 2023
  6. "Topi Keskinen". flashscore.
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