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My Take
Teemu Pukki is a folk hero in Finnish football, and rightly so. He debuted for KTP at just fifteen, had a frustrating spell at Sevilla where he barely featured, and then reinvented himself into a clinical striker. His Norwich City years, especially the goals that fired them up, were genuine joy to watch. Being named Finland's Footballer of the Year in 2019 and 2020 underlines how central he became to that golden generation. I always rooted for him because his game is built on movement and timing, not size, and seeing him return to HJK feels like a fitting full circle.
Overview
Teemu Eino Antero Pukki (born 29 March 1990) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Veikkausliiga club HJK. Pukki began his career with KTP and made his debut on senior level on 23 June 2005 at the age of 15 in a fifth round match of the Finnish Cup. He then moved to Sevilla in 2008, where he played only one La Liga game for the first team before returning to Finland with HJK.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Teemu Pukki
- Name (Japanese)
- テーム・プッキ
- Reading
- てーむ・ぷっき
- Born
- March 29, 1990 (age 36)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Horse
- Origin
- Kotka, Kymenlaakso, Finland
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 180 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2019 Finnish Sports Journalists' Footballer of the Year
- 2019 Finnish FA's Men's Footballer of the Year
- 2020 Finnish FA's Men's Footballer of the Year
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Finland →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.