| Lassi Lappalainen | |
| Full Name: | Lassi Roni Kasperi Lappalainen |
| Birth Date: | 24 August 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Espoo, Finland |
| Height: | 1.83 m[1] |
| Position: | Winger |
| Currentclub: | CF Montréal |
| Clubnumber: | 21 |
| Youthyears1: | –2010 |
| Youthclubs1: | EPS |
| Youthyears2: | 2011–2015 |
| Youthclubs2: | HJK |
| Years1: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs1: | Klubi 04 |
| Caps1: | 21 |
| Goals1: | 10 |
| Years2: | 2015–2019 |
| Clubs2: | HJK |
| Caps2: | 30 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs3: | → RoPS (loan) |
| Caps3: | 39 |
| Goals3: | 12 |
| Years4: | 2019–2021 |
| Clubs4: | Bologna |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2019–2021 |
| Clubs5: | → CF Montréal (loan) |
| Caps5: | 39 |
| Goals5: | 10 |
| Years6: | 2022– |
| Clubs6: | CF Montréal |
| Caps6: | 57 |
| Goals6: | 5 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2013–2014 |
| Nationalteam1: | Finland U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2014 |
| Nationalteam2: | Finland U17 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2016 |
| Nationalteam3: | Finland U18 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2016–2017 |
| Nationalteam4: | Finland U19 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 5 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2017– |
| Nationalteam5: | Finland U21 |
| Nationalcaps5: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 3 |
| Nationalyears6: | 2019– |
| Nationalteam6: | Finland |
| Nationalcaps6: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals6: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 4 July 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 22:25, 16 June 2021 (UTC) |
Lassi Roni Kasperi Lappalainen (born 24 August 1998) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club CF Montréal.
Born in Espoo in 1998, Lappalainen started his football career with Espoon Palloseura (EPS)[2] and later moved to HJK youth team. Lappalainen played in Klubi 04, the reserve team of 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.[3] Lappalainen also represented HJK youth in UEFA Youth League twice, in 2015–16 and 2016–17.
On 21 July 2017, Lappalainen was loaned to RoPS for remainder of the Veikkausliiga season.[4] Two days later, he scored his first league goal for RoPS just five minutes into his debut after coming on as a substitute.[5]
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".[6] [7] The transfer fee was later reported to be €700.000.[8]
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 $180,000 of the Targeted Allocation Money. The Impact have options to extend the loan until 30 June 2020, as well as until 31 December 2020.[9] On 27 July 2019, he contributed two goals to Montreal Impact's 4–0 victory over the first-place Philadelphia Union on his MLS debut.[10]
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.[11]
Lappalainen made his debut for the Finland national team on 8 January 2019 in a friendly against Sweden, as a starter.[12]
Lappalainen was called up for the UEFA Euro 2020 pre-tournament friendly match against Sweden on 29 May 2021.[13]
| 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 | Kakkonen | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 2017 | Kakkonen | 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 | Veikkausliiga | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 19 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | ||||
| 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 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 | Veikkausliiga | 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 | MLS | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | ||||
| 2021 | MLS | 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 | MLS | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | |||
| 2024 | MLS | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 57 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 5 | |||
| Career total | 141 | 36 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 173 | 43 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 2019 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 9 | 0 | ||
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