Onni Tiihonen

Onni Tiihonen
Personal information
Full name Onni Jalmari Tiihonen
Date of birth (2000-06-06) 6 June 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Vantaa, Finland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 AC Oulu
Youth career
–2014 KOPSE
2015 Legirus Inter
2016–2017 PK-35
2017 PK Keski-Uusimaa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Gnistan 61 (1)
2018 → Gnistan II 2 (1)
2020 → NJS (loan) 1 (0)
2020 → PK Keski-Uusimaa (loan) 6 (1)
2022 AB Argir 14 (0)
2022–2023 Viitorul Dăești[1] 1 (1)
2023 ASU Politehnica Timișoara 8 (0)
2023–2024 Viitorul Târgu Jiu 24 (1)
2024 Unirea Ungheni 10 (0)
2025– AC Oulu 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 November 2024

Onni Jalmari Tiihonen (born 6 June 2000) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Veikkausliiga club AC Oulu.

Club career

Tiihonen started his senior career with IF Gnistan in 2018.[2][3] He played with the club in the third-tier Kakkonen and in the second-tier Ykkönen after the promotion. Tiihonen was loaned out to his former youth club PKKU in 2020.[4]

After a short stint with AB Argir in the Faroe Islands Premier League in 2022, Tiihonen moved to Romania.[5][6][7]

In July 2023, Tiihonen signed with Viitorul Târgu Jiu in Romanian second-tier Liga II.[8]

For the 2024–25 season, he joined a newly promoted Liga II club Unirea Ungheni.

On 9 November 2024, Tiihonen left Unirea Ungheni due to unpaid salaries, and signed with Veikkausliiga club AC Oulu on a one-year deal with a one-year option.[9][10]

Career statistics

As of 2 November 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Gnistan II 2018 Nelonen 2 1 – – 2 1
Gnistan 2018 Kakkonen 16 1 4 0 – 20 1
2019 Kakkonen 15 0 1 0 4[b] 0 20 0
2020 Ykkönen 6 0 5 1 – 11 1
2021 Ykkönen 24 0 4 1 – 28 1
Total 61 1 14 2 4 0 79 3
NJS (loan) 2020 Kakkonen 1 0 – – 1 0
PKKU (loan) 2020 Kakkonen 6 1 – – 6 1
AB Argir 2022 Faroe Islands Premier League 14 0 2 0 – 16 0
Viitorul Dăești 2022–23 Liga III 1 1 0 0 – 1 1
ASU Politehnica Timișoara 2022–23 Liga II 8 0 – – 8 0
Viitorul Târgu Jiu 2023–24 Liga II 24 1 1 0 – 25 1
Unirea Ungheni 2024–25 Liga II 10 0 4 0 – 14 0
AC Oulu 2025 Veikkausliiga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 127 5 21 2 4 0 152 7
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup, Faroe Islands Cup and Cupa României
  2. ^ Includes Kakkonen Cup

Honours

Gnistan

References

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  2. ^ ONNI TIIHONEN JATKOSOPIMUKSEEN, gnistan.fi, 31 May 2020
  3. ^ MATSIPÄIVÄN HAASTATTELUSSA ONNI TIIHONEN: – "KOKO JOUKKUE ON TÄYNNÄ TAISTELUTAHTOA", gnistan.fi, 25 May 2018
  4. ^ Tyly ratkaisu rankkarista – PKKU kiusasi sarjajohtajaa: "Kaikki sanoivat, että palloon osui", Keski-Uusimaa, 11 September 2020
  5. ^ Finlandezul de la Dăeşti a semnat cu Poli Timişoara, debanat.ro, 23 January 2023
  6. ^ Politehnica a oficializat înregimentarea finlandezului Onni Tiihonen. Druckerii din diaspora trimit un ajutor financiar clubului, pressalert.ro, 23 January 2023
  7. ^ Viitorul Daesti, tribunavalceana.ro, 9 October 2022
  8. ^ EXCLUSIV | Viitorul Pandurii intenționează să se mute în alt oraș. Momentan, și-a mutat acolo următorul amical, liga2.prosport.ro, 21 July 2023
  9. ^ ONNI TIIHONEN SAAPUU LAIVASTONSINISIIN, acoulu.fi, 9 November 2024
  10. ^ AC Oulu teki keskikentälleen yllättävän kotimaisen hankinnan Romanian divarista, Kaleva, 9 November 2024