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Veli Lampi (born 18 July 1984) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Lampi was born in Seinäjoki, Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland where he played for the local youth teams before moving to VPS.
Club career
= Youth clubs
=Lampi started his football career in Sepsi-78. He has also played for TP-Seinäjoki.
He made his Veikkausliiga debut in VPS where he played 47 matches and scored 6 goals between 2002 and 2004.
In 2005 Lampi transferred from VPS to HJK. He represented HJK in 49 matches and achieved two Veikkausliiga silver medals and a cup victory.
He was part of the 2006–07 and 2008–09 Swiss Championship winning team with FC Zürich.
He relegated from the Eredivisie with Willem II.
On 10 September 2011, Lampi made his Ukrainian Premier League début for Arsenal Kyiv playing against Metalist Kharkiv.
In December 2013 HJK announced that Lampi would return to HJK and that he had signed a two-year contract.
International career
Lampi was a regular member in the Finland national under-21 football team. In 2006, he made his debut for the full national side in a game against Saudi Arabia. He played five games in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.
Personal life
His father is a former footballer Mikko Lampi.
Career statistics
= Club
=As of 31 December 2017
= International
=As of 3 March 2015
Honours
HJK Helsinki
Veikkausliiga: 2014
Finnish Cup: 2006, 2014
Finnish League Cup: 2015
FC Zürich
Swiss Super League: 2006–07, 2008–09
Finland
Baltic Cup bronze: 2014
References
External links
Veli Lampi – UEFA competition record (archive)
Veli Lampi – FIFA competition record (archived)
Veli Lampi at Soccerbase
Veli Lampi at National-Football-Teams.com
Veli Lampi at Soccerway
Veli Lampi at WorldFootball.net
Profile at FA of Finland's official website (in Finnish)