Ari Heikkinen (footballer, born 1964)

Not to be confused with Ari Heikkinen (footballer, born 1957).
Ari Heikkinen
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-04-08) 8 April 1964 (age 60)
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

As of 23 September 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup and Belgian Cup
  2. ^ a b c d e Appearances in UEFA Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Honours

Haka

Individual

References

  1. ^ Kohti EM-karsintoja: Ari Heikkinen uskoo tuplavoittoon, mtvuutiset.fi, MTV Oy, 29 May 2007