Tommi Jäntti (born 7 March 2000) is a Finnish professional

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who plays as a

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Career

Jäntti played in a youth sector and the youth academy of

HJK Helsinki Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki (), or simply as HJK (), is a Finnish football club based in Helsinki. The club competes in Veikkausliiga, the top division of the Finnish football league system. Founded in 1907, the ...

.HJK Klubi 04 vahvistuu – Tommi Jäntti sopimukseen
hjk.fi, 12 February 2021 He also represented HJK youth in the

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, scoring one goal in two matches against Altınordu youth.TOMMI JÄNTTI GNISTANIN KESKIKENTÄLLE
gnistan.fi, 13 January 2022 He played for HJK's reserve team

Klubi 04 Klubi 04 is a Finnish football club based in Helsinki. It is the reserve team of HJK Helsinki for whom a number of the players are also registered. History Klubi 04 was founded in 2004 when HJK bought FC Jokerit. Initially Klubi 04 played in K ...

in third-tier

Kakkonen Kakkonen or II divisioona is the fourth level in the league system of Finnish football and comprises 36 Finnish football teams. Until the end of 2023, ''Kakkonen'' was the third-highest level in Finland, but after the creation of new second-t ...

and second-tier

Ykkönen ''Ykkönen'' (Finnish language, Finnish for 'Number One'; , previously I divisioona) is the third highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga and Ykkösliiga), managed by the Football Association of Finland. Until ...

, but without making a single appearance for the first team, he left the club in the end of 2018, and joined

Rovaniemen Palloseura Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) is a football club founded in 1950 and based in Rovaniemi, Finland. RoPS played in the Finnish Premier Division, (''Veikkausliiga'') for 32 years, from 1981 to 2021. In 2021, RoPS withdrew from professional football ...

(RoPS) in

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga () is a professional association football league in Finland and the highest level of the Finnish football league system. The league comprises the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agenc ...

. Jäntti debuted in the league in 2019, and represented RoPS in

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qualifiers, scoring a goal against

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. For the 2021 season, he returned to Klubi 04, playing in Ykkönen. On 13 January 2022, Jäntti signed with fellow Ykkönen club

IF Gnistan IF Gnistan (''Kipinä'' in Finnish; ''The Spark'' in English), commonly known as Gnistan, is a Finnish football club from the city of Helsinki, founded in 1924. The club is currently playing in the Veikkausliiga, the first tier of the Finnish le ...

. On 10 January 2023, he moved to

Lahti Lahti (; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Päijät-Häme. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Lahti is approximately , while the Lahti sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the mo ...

and joined

FC Lahti FC Lahti is a Finnish professional football club based in the city of Lahti. It currently plays in the Finnish second tier Ykkösliiga, after relegating from Veikkausliiga after the 2024 season. The homeground of Lahti is Toolpoint Arena. La ...

on a one-year deal, reuniting with his former coach

Mikko Mannila Mikko Mannila (born 2 March 1975) is a Finnish football manager of Ykkönen club OLS and a former player. Coaching career Mannila started coaching his home town clubs Porin Palloilijat and FC Jazz in 2001–2010. In 2011, he coached a local wo ...

. After the season, Lahti exercised their option and Jäntti's contract was extended for the

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

season.FC Lahti katsoo jo kauteen 2024 - Daniel Koskipalo ja Tommi Jäntti jatkosopimuksiin

, 4 October 2023

International career

Jäntti has represented Finland at various youth international levels.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jäntti, Tommi Living people 2000 births Footballers from Helsinki Finnish men's footballers 21st-century Finnish sportsmen Men's association football midfielders Kakkonen players Ykkönen players Veikkausliiga players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Klubi 04 players Rovaniemen Palloseura players IF Gnistan players FC Lahti players Finland men's youth international footballers