Ari Heikkinen (footballer, born 1964)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 April 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Vuolijoki, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| KaPa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1983 | KaPa | ||
| 1984–1989 | TPS | 126 | (4) |
| 1990 | Germinal Ekeren | 8 | (0) |
| 1990–1993 | TPS | 105 | (7) |
| 1994–1998 | Haka | 99 | (5) |
| International career | |||
| 1984–1988 | Finland U21 | 11 | (0) |
| 1989–1994 | Finland | 51 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 May 2024 | |||
Ari Heikkinen (born 8 April 1964) is a Finnish former professional footballer, who played as a defender. He was capped 51 times for Finland national football team during 1989–1994, scoring one goal in an away game against Poland in 1993.
Heikkinen started playing football with Kajaanin Palloilijat (KaPa) in lower divisions. He has made a total of 309 appearances in Finnish top-tiers Mestaruussarja and Veikkausliiga for Turun Palloseura (TPS) and FC Haka, additionally winning two Finnish championship titles with Haka. In 1990, he played for Germinal Ekeren in top-tier Belgian First Division.[1]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 23 September 2024.
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| TPS | 1984 | Mestaruussarja | 5 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1985 | Mestaruussarja | 24 | 1 | – | 2[b] | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| 1986 | Mestaruussarja | 22 | 2 | – | – | 22 | 2 | |||
| 1987 | Mestaruussarja | 22 | 0 | – | 4[b] | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 1988 | Mestaruussarja | 26 | 1 | – | 6 | 0 | 32[b] | 1 | ||
| 1989 | Mestaruussarja | 27 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 0 | |||
| Total | 126 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 138 | 4 | ||
| Germinal Ekeren | 1989–90 | Belgian First Division | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | |
| TPS | 1990 | Veikkausliiga | 13 | 0 | – | 2[b] | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| 1991 | Veikkausliiga | 33 | 4 | – | – | 33 | 4 | |||
| 1992 | Veikkausliiga | 33 | 1 | – | 2[c] | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
| 1993 | Veikkausliiga | 27 | 2 | – | – | 27 | 2 | |||
| Total | 106 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 130 | 7 | ||
| Haka | 1994 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 0 | ||
| 1995 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 0 | |||
| 1996 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 1 | – | 4[b] | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
| 1997 | Ykkönen | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 22 | 4 | ||
| 1998 | Veikkausliiga | 17 | 0 | – | 4[c] | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Total | 99 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 108 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 336 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 362 | 16 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup and Belgian Cup
- ^ a b c d e Appearances in UEFA Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Honours
[edit]Haka
- Veikkausliiga: 1995, 1998
- Finnish Cup: 1997
- Ykkönen: 1997
Individual
References
[edit]- ^ Kohti EM-karsintoja: Ari Heikkinen uskoo tuplavoittoon, mtvuutiset.fi, MTV Oy, 29 May 2007
External links
[edit]- Ari Heikkinen at Soccerway
- Ari Heikkinen at National Football Teams
Categories:
- Living people
- 1964 births
- Finnish men's footballers
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Veikkausliiga players
- Turun Palloseura footballers
- FC Haka players
- Salon Palloilijat players
- Beerschot A.C. players
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Finland men's international footballers
- Finland men's under-21 international footballers
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Mestaruussarja players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Sportspeople from Kajaani
- Ykkönen players