Veli Lampi (born 18 July 1984) is a Finnish former professional football

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. Lampi was born in Seinäjoki,

Southern Ostrobothnia South Ostrobothnia ( fi, Etelä-Pohjanmaa; sv, Södra Österbotten) is one of the 19 regions of Finland. It borders the regions of Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Pirkanmaa, and Satakunta. Among the Finnish regions, South ...

, Finland where he played for the local youth teams before moving to VPS.

Club career

Youth clubs

Lampi started his football career in

Sepsi-78 Sepsi-78 is a Finnish association football club from Seinäjoki. The club was founded in 1978 after bankruptcy of its predecessor, Seinäjoen Palloseura (SePS). The first teams of Sepsi-78 and TP-Seinäjoki merged into Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho i ...

. He has also played for

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debut in VPS where he played 47 matches and scored 6 goals between 2002 and 2004.

HJK Helsinki

In 2005 Lampi transferred from VPS to HJK. He represented HJK in 49 matches and achieved two Veikkausliiga silver medals and a cup victory.

FC Zürich

He was part of the 2006–07 and 2008–09 Swiss Championship winning team with

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Willem II

He relegated from the

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with Willem II.

FC Arsenal Kyiv

On 10 September 2011, Lampi made his Ukrainian Premier League début for Arsenal Kyiv playing against

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Return to HJK

In December 2013 HJK announced that Lampi would return to HJK and that he had signed a two-year contract.

International career

Lampi was a regular member in the

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. In 2006, he made his debut for the full national side in a game against

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. He played five games in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Honours

Club

;HJK Helsinki *

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: 2006,

;FC Zürich * Swiss Super League: 2006–07, 2008–09

Country

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* 2014 Baltic Cup Bronze

Career statistics

Club

International

References

External links

Veli Lampi
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Profile at FA of Finland's official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lampi, Veli 1984 births Living people People from Seinäjoki Association football fullbacks Finnish footballers Finland international footballers Finnish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players FC Zürich players FC Aarau players Vaasan Palloseura players Willem II (football club) players FC Arsenal Kyiv players Swiss Super League players Eredivisie players Ukrainian Premier League players Sportspeople from South Ostrobothnia