| Matias Ritari | |
| Birth Date: | 2005 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Finland |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Klubi 04 |
| Youthclubs1: | PPJ |
| Youthyears1: | 2011 |
| Youthclubs2: | HJK |
| Youthyears2: | 2011–2023 |
| Years1: | 2023– |
| Clubs1: | Klubi 04 |
| Caps1: | 48 |
| Goals1: | 9 |
| Years2: | 2023– |
| Clubs2: | HJK |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Nationalteam1: | Finland U18 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2023 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalteam2: | Finland U19 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2023 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalteam3: | Finland U21 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2024– |
| Nationalcaps3: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 25 November 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 30 August 2024 |
Matias Ritari (born 15 July 2005) is a Finnish professional footballer, playing as a midfielder for Klubi 04.
Ritari started football in a youth team of PPJ in 2011 when aged five, but after a few training sessions he joined a newly established district youth team of HJK Helsinki in Töölö neighbourhood.[1] [2]
Ritari captained the HJK U17 team in 2022, and helped the team to win the league of their age group. He signed his first contract with HJK organisation on 7 November 2022.[3]
Ritari made his senior debut for HJK in a Finnish League Cup match against Inter Turku in February 2023. In the 2023 season, he played for the club's reserve team Klubi 04 in third-tier Kakkonen. He represented HJK in the 2023–24 UEFA Youth League in all four games,[4] where the team advanced by winning Malmö FF, but was eventually knocked out by Nantes in the 2nd round on penalties, after a 1–1 aggregate draw.
In 2024, Ritari captained Klubi 04 in the new third-tier Ykkönen. He also made two appearances scoring a goal in Finnish League Cup, and two appearances in Finnish Cup for HJK first team. On 30 August 2024, he signed a professional contract with the club, on a deal until the end of 2026 with a one-year option.[5] At the end of the season, Klubi 04 won the Ykkönen title and earned a promotion to Ykkösliiga.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Klubi 04 | 2023 | Kakkonen | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 3 | |||
| 2024 | Ykkönen | 25 | 6 | — | — | — | 25 | 6 | |||||
| Total | 48 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 9 | |||
| HJK | 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 48 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 10 | |||
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