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{{short description|Finnish footballer (born 1977)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Antti Pohja
| image =
| fullname = Antti Heikki Pohja
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1977|1|11}}
| birth_place = [[Lahti]], Finland
| height = {{Height|m=1.72|precision=0}}
| position = [[Midfielder]], [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
|  years1 =   1994
| years2 =  1995–1998
| years3 =  1998
| years5 =  1999
| years6 =  1999
| years7 =  1999
| years8 =  2000–2001
| years9 =  2002–2003
| years10 =  2004
| years11 =  2005
| years12 =  2006
| years13 =  2007–2010
| clubs1 =   [[Kuusysi]]
| clubs2 =  [[MYPA]]
| clubs3 =  [[FinnPa]]
| clubs5 =  [[FC Jokerit|Jokerit]]
| clubs6 =  → [[Tampereen Pallo-Veikot|TPV]] (loan)
| clubs7 =  → [[Vaasan Palloseura|VPS]] (loan)
| clubs8 =  [[Tampere United]]
| clubs9 =  [[Hammarby Fotboll|Hammarby]]
| clubs10 =  [[Tampere United]]
| clubs11 =  [[FC Vaduz|Vaduz]]
| clubs12 =  [[Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi|HJK]]
| clubs13 =  [[Tampere United]]
| caps1 =    14
| caps2 =  74
| caps3 =  13
| caps5 =  11
| caps6 =  1
| caps7 =  12
| caps8 =  64
| caps9 =  47
| caps10 =  25
| caps11 =  31
| caps12 =  22
| caps13 =   65
| goals1 =  3
| goals2 =  16
| goals3 =  1
| goals5 =  0
| goals6 =  0
| goals7 =  3
| goals8 =  28
| goals9 =  10
| goals10 =  16
| goals11 =  7
| goals12 =  11
| goals13 =  9
| nationalyears1 =   1996–2008
| nationalteam1 =   [[Finland national football team|Finland]]
| nationalcaps1 =    23
| nationalgoals1 =   3
| ntupdate = 14 September 2010
| pcupdate = 11 April 2009
}}

'''Antti Heikki Pohja''' (born 11 January 1977) is a [[Finland|Finnish]] former professional [[association football|football]] player. His position was forward and midfielder. Pohja won the Finnish championship playing for [[Tampere United]] in 2001 and he was the top scorer of [[Veikkausliiga]] in 2004 when he scored 16 goals. Besides playing in Finland, he has represented Swedish club [[Hammarby Fotboll|Hammarby IF]] in [[Allsvenskan]] and Liechtensteiner club [[FC Vaduz]] in [[Swiss Challenge League]].

On 9 September 2010 he announced that he will retire from the game after the [[Veikkausliiga 2010|2010 season]].<ref>[http://www.mtv3.fi/urheilu/futis/uutiset.shtml/arkistot/futis/2010/09/1183870 Antti Pohja ripustaa nappulakengät naulaan (Antti Pohja plans to retire after the season)]; MTV3.com, 9.9.2010</ref>

He has won 23 international caps for [[Finland national football team]], scoring three goals.

After his playing career, Pohja has worked as a football [[pundit]] for [[Yle]].<ref>[https://yle.fi/a/74-20005218 Yle Urheilun asiantuntija Antti Pohja ei halua, että Qatarin MM-kisat toistuvat: ”Saako lähetyksissä hymyillä?”], [[Yle]], 20 November 2022</ref>

== Career statistics ==
===Club===
{{updated|31 December 2010}}<ref>{{NFT player|id=2416}}</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"|Cup{{efn|Includes [[Suomen Cup]] and [[Liechtensteiner Cup]]}}
!colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes [[Finnish League Cup]]}}
!colspan="2"|Europe
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[FC Kuusysi|Kuusysi]]
|[[1994 Veikkausliiga|1994]]
|[[Veikkausliiga]]
|14||3||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||14||3
|-
|rowspan=5|[[MYPA]]
|[[1995 Veikkausliiga|1995]]
|Veikkausliiga
|18||5||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||3{{efn|Appearances in [[UEFA Cup]]|name=uc}}||0||21||5
|-
|[[1996 Veikkausliiga|1996]]
|Veikkausliiga
|25||9||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||4{{efn|Appearances in [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]|name=ucwc}}||0||29||9
|-
|[[1997 Veikkausliiga|1997]]
|Veikkausliiga
|25||2||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||2{{efn|name=uc}}||0||27||2
|-
|[[1998 Veikkausliiga|1998]]
|Veikkausliiga
|7||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||7||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!65!!16!!0!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0!!15!!1
|-
|[[FC Lahti|Lahti]] (loan)
|1998
|[[Ykkönen]]
|3||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||3||0
|-
|[[FinnPa]]
|[[1998 Veikkausliiga|1998]]
|Veikkausliiga
|13||1||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||2{{efn|name=uc}}||0||15||1
|-
|[[FC Jokerit|Jokerit]]
|[[1999 Veikkausliiga|1999]]
|Veikkausliiga
|11||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||1{{efn|Appearances in [[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]|name=ui}}||0||12||0
|-
|[[Tampereen Pallo-Veikot|TPV]] (loan)
|1999
|Veikkausliiga
|1||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||1||0
|-
|[[Vaasan Palloseura|VPS]] (loan)
|1999
|Veikkausliiga
|12||3||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||2{{efn|name=uc}}||1||14||4
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Tampere United]]
|[[2000 Veikkausliiga|2000]]
|Veikkausliiga
|31||12||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||31||12
|-
|[[2001 Veikkausliiga|2001]]
|Veikkausliiga
|33||16||1||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||34||16
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!64!!28!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!65!!28
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Hammarby IF Fotboll|Hammarby]]
|[[2002 Allsvenskan|2002]]
|[[Allsvenskan]]
|16||5||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||2{{efn|Appearances in [[UEFA Champions League]]|name=ucl}}||0||18||5
|-
|[[2003 Allsvenskan|2003]]
|Allsvenskan
|24||2||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||24||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!40!!7!!0!!0!!0!!0!!2!!0!!42!!7
|-
|Tampere United
|[[2004 Veikkausliiga|2004]]
|Veikkausliiga
|25||16||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||6{{efn|name=ui}}||1||31||17
|-
|rowspan=3|[[FC Vaduz|Vaduz]]
|[[2004–05 Swiss Challenge League|2004–05]]
|[[Swiss Challenge League]]
|18||5||1||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||19||5
|-
|[[2005–06 Swiss Challenge League|2005–06]]
|Swiss Challenge League
|15||2||2||0||colspan=2|–||4{{efn|name=uc}}||0||21||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!33!!7!!3!!0!!0!!0!!4!!0!!40!!7
|-
|[[HJK Helsinki]]
|[[2006 Veikkausliiga|2006]]
|Veikkausliiga
|23||11||1||0||colspan=2|–||2{{efn|name=uc}}||0||26||11
|-
|rowspan=5|Tampere United
|[[2007 Veikkausliiga|2007]]
|Veikkausliiga
|24||6||1||0||colspan=2|–||8{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup|name=uclc}}||0||33||6
|-
|[[2008 Veikkausliiga|2008]]
|Veikkausliiga
|26||2||1||0||colspan=2|–||4{{efn|name=ucl}}||0||31||2
|-
|[[2009 Veikkausliiga|2009]]
|Veikkausliiga
|10||1||2||0||7||2||colspan=2|–||19||3
|-
|[[2010 Veikkausliiga|2010]]
|Veikkausliiga
|5||0||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||5||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!65!!9!!4!!0!!7!!2!!12!!0!!87!!11
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!369!!101!!9!!0!!7!!2!!40!!2!!425!!105
|}
{{notelist}}

===International===
{{updated|match played 19 November 2008}}
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|-
! colspan=4|[[Finland national football team|Finland]]
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|1996||1||1
|-
|1997||0||0
|-
|1998||0||0
|-
|1999||2||1
|-
|2000||0||0
|-
|2001||1||0
|-
|2002||4||0
|-
|2003||3||0
|-
|2004||7||1
|-
|2005||1||0
|-
|2006||4||0
|-
!colspan=1|Total||23||3
|}

===International goals===
:''As of match played 1 December 2004. Finland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Pohja goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Antti Pohja
|-
!scope=col|No.
!scope=col|Date
!scope=col|Venue
!scope=col|Opponent
!scope=col|Score
!scope=col|Result
!scope=col|Competition
|-
|align=center|1||30 October 1996||Kotka Staadion, [[Tallinn]], Estonia||{{fb|EST}}||align=center|'''2'''–2||align=center|2–2||[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
|align=center|2||5 February 1999||[[Paralimni Stadium]], [[Paralimni]], Cyprus||{{fb|CYP}}||align=center|'''1'''–0||align=center|1–2||Friendly
|-
|align=center|3||1 December 2004||[[Bahrain National Stadium]], [[Riffa]], Bahrain||{{fb|BHR}}||align=center|'''1'''–1||align=center|2–1||Friendly
|}

==Honours==
'''Tampere United'''
*[[Veikkausliiga]]: [[2001 Veikkausliiga|2001]], [[2007 Veikkausliiga|2007]]
*[[Finnish Cup]]: 2007

'''HJK'''
*Finnish Cup: [[2006 Finnish Cup|2006]]

'''Vaduz'''
*[[Liechtenstein Football Cup|Liechtenstein Cup]]: [[2004–05 Liechtenstein Cup|2004–05]], [[2005–06 Liechtenstein Cup|2005–06]]

'''MyPa'''
*Finnish Cup: [[1995 Finnish Cup|1995]]

'''Individual'''
*Veikkausliiga top scorer: [[2004 Veikkausliiga|2004]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120921170756/http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=55&CPID=72&pStr=Player&PLID=47838&TEID=3212 Guardian Football]

{{Veikkausliiga top scorers}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pohja, Antti}}
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