| Anssi Suhonen | |
| Full Name: | Anssi Tapio Suhonen |
| Birth Date: | 2001 1, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Järvenpää, Finland[1] |
| Height: | 1.75m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Hamburger SV |
| Clubnumber: | 36 |
| Youthyears1: | –2012 |
| Youthclubs1: | JäPS |
| Youthyears2: | 2012–2016 |
| Youthclubs2: | KäPa |
| Youthyears3: | 2017–2021 |
| Youthclubs3: | Hamburger SV |
| Years1: | 2019–2022 |
| Caps1: | 4 |
| Goals1: | 3 |
| Years2: | 2021– |
| Caps2: | 47 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015 |
| Nationalteam1: | Finland U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2016–2017 |
| Nationalteam2: | Finland U17 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam3: | Finland U18 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam4: | Finland U19 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 11 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2021–2022 |
| Nationalteam5: | Finland U21 |
| Nationalcaps5: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 2 |
| Nationalyears6: | 2022– |
| Nationalteam6: | Finland |
| Nationalcaps6: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals6: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 19 May 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 4 June 2024 |
Anssi Tapio Suhonen (born 14 January 2001) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 2. Bundesliga club Hamburger SV and the Finland national team.[2]
Born in Järvenpää, Suhonen started playing football in a youth team of the local club JäPS, before joining the Helsinki-based renowned Käpylän Pallo academy in 2012.
Suhonen joined the youth academy of Hamburger SV in 2017, moving from the Finnish club KäPa.[3] Suhonen was the first player to move abroad from KäPa for a "significant transfer fee".[4]
He advanced through the ranks of HSV U17 and U19 academy teams, playing 62 youth league matches and scoring 12 goals in total for both teams combined.[5]
Suhonen made his professional debut with the club's first team in a 2–1 DFB-Pokal win over Eintracht Braunschweig 8 August 2021.[6] He scored his first goal for HSV in 2. Bundesliga on 23 April 2022, in a 2–4 away win against Jahn Regensburg.[7]
His major breakthrough has been delayed due to multiple consecutive injuries. In July 2020, while playing with the HSV II reserve team, Suhonen suffered a knee injury in training and was ruled out roughly for six months, eventually missing the whole 2020–21 season.[8] In May 2022, he suffered a broken fibula in training and was ruled out for months.[9] In July 2023, Suhonen suffered a broken fibula again in a HSV training camp in Austria.[10] In October 2023, while still recovering, the same injury occurred again and required a surgery.[11] On 3 February 2024, Suhonen made his first official appearance since June 2023, as a late substitute to Jean-Luc Dompé, in a 2–1 away win against Hertha Berlin.[12]
Suhonen represented Finland at various youth national team levels.
He made his debut for the Finland senior national team on 17 November 2022, in a friendly match against North Macedonia in Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje.[13]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Hamburger SV II | 2019–20 | Regionalliga Nord | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Regionalliga Nord | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Hamburger SV | 2021–22 | 2. Bundesliga | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | 2. Bundesliga | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | 2. Bundesliga | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 47 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 51 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 5 | |||
| National team | Year | Competitive | Friendly | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Finland | 2022 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 4[16] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||