Lassi Lappalainen

Lassi Lappalainen

Personal information
Date of birth	24 August 1998
Place of birth	Espoo, Finland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	CF Montréal
Number	21
Youth career
0000–2010	EPS
2011–2015	HJK
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2016	Klubi 04	21	(10)
2015–2019	HJK	30	(3)
2017–2018	→ RoPS (loan)	39	(12)
2019–2021	Bologna	0	(0)
2019–2021	→ CF Montréal (loan)	39	(10)
2022–	CF Montréal	49	(5)
International career‡
2013–2014	Finland U16	5	(1)
2014	Finland U17	7	(0)
2016	Finland U18	2	(0)
2016–2017	Finland U19	6	(5)
2017–	Finland U21	7	(3)
2019–	Finland	9	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 October 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:25, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

Lassi Lappalainen (born 24 August 1998) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club CF Montréal.

Club career

Early career

Born in Espoo in 1998, Lappalainen started his football career with Espoon palloseura (EPS) and later moved to HJK youth team. Lappalainen played in Klubi 04, the reserve team of HJK.

HJK

In 2016, Lappalainen was called up for HJK's first team. On 2 April 2016, he made his Veikkausliiga debut against IFK Mariehamn at Sonera Stadium, being substituted on by coach Mika Lehkosuo in place of Nnamdi Oduamadi in the 90th minute. Lappalainen also represented HJK youth in UEFA Youth League twice, in 2015–16 and 2016–17.

RoPS (loan)

On 21 July 2017, Lappalainen was loaned to RoPS for remainder of the Veikkausliiga season. Two days later, he scored his first league goal for RoPS just five minutes into his debut after coming on as a substitute.

Bologna

On 19 July 2019, Lappalainen signed to Italian Serie A club Bologna. HJK Helsinki stated it received "significant compensation" and that economically, the transfer was in the "top 7 of HJK's club history". The transfer fee was later reported to be €700.000.

Montreal

On 25 July 2019, it was announced that Lappalainen was loaned to Major League Soccer (MLS) club Montreal Impact, later renamed as CF Montréal, for the remainder of the 2019 season using Targeted Allocation Money. The Impact have options to extend the loan until 30 June 2020, as well as until 31 December 2020. On 27 July 2019, he contributed two goals to Montreal Impact's 4–0 victory over the first-place Philadelphia Union on his Major League Soccer debut.

On 3 December 2021, Lappalainen's move to Montréal was made permanent, on a deal until the end of 2024, with an option to extend it.

International career

Lappalainen made his debut for the Finland national team on 8 January 2019 in a friendly against Sweden, as a starter.

Lappalainen was called up for the UEFA Euro 2020 pre-tournament friendly match against Sweden on 29 May 2021.

Career statistics

Club

As of 8 October 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Klubi 04	2015	Kakkonen	14	7	0	0	–		–		–		14	7
	2016		5	1	0	0	–		–		–		5	1
	2017		2	2	0	0	–		–		–		2	2
	Total		21	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	10
HJK	2015	Veikkausliiga	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–		1	0
	2016		14	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	–		19	0
	2017		0	0	5	1	–		1	0	–		6	1
	2019		16	3	5	1	–		2	2	–		23	6
	Total		30	3	11	2	5	0	3	2	0	0	49	7
RoPS (loan)	2017	Veikkausliiga	13	4	0	0	–		–		–		13	4
	2018		26	8	5	3	–		–		–		31	11
	Total		39	12	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	15
Bologna	2019–20	Serie A	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0	0	0
CF Montréal (loan)	2019	MLS	11	5	4	0	–		–		0	0	15	5
	2020		13	4	0	0	–		–		1	0	14	4
	2021		15	1	3	0	–		–		0	0	18	1
	Total		39	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	47	10
CF Montréal	2022	MLS	28	3	0	0	–		4	0	2	0	34	3
	2023		21	2	2	0	2	0	–		0	0	25	2
	Total		49	5	2	0	2	0	4	0	2	0	59	5
Career total			133	36	23	5	5	0	3	2	1	0	165	43

International

As of match played on 16 June 2021.

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Finland	2019	7	0
	2020	0	0
	2021	2	0
Total		9	0

Honours

Montreal Impact

• Canadian Championship: 2019 2021