Olga Ahtinen

Olga Adela Ahtinen (Finnish: [ˈolɡɑ ˈɑhtinen]; born 15 August 1997) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Finland national team.

Olga Ahtinen

Ahtinen with Linköping in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Olga Adela Ahtinen
Date of birth	(1997-08-15) 15 August 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Kokkola, Finland
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Tottenham Hotspur
Number	20
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013	GBK	10	(1)
2014	Kokkola Futis 10	23	(3)
2015–2016	Pallokissat	46	(8)
2017	PK-35 Vantaa	16	(3)
2017–2019	Brøndby IF	45	(13)
2019	IF Limhamn Bunkeflo	14	(0)
2020–2023	Linköpings FC	64	(7)
2023–	Tottenham Hotspur	28	(2)
International career‡
2017–	Finland	66	(4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 03:01, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

She started her career with GBK Kokkola and was playing for Swedish side Linköpings FC during Euro 2022.^[1]

Career

Ahtinen is one of six players from GBK Kokkola who have made their debut for the Finland national team.^[2] In 2014, she joined another local club Kokkola Futis 10.

On 13 December 2016, Ahtinen was announced at PK-35 Vantaa.^[3] On 19 August 2017, it was announced that Ahtinen would be joining her new club in a week.^[4]

Ahtinen made six appearances in the UEFA Women's Champions League, as well as winning the Women's Cup in 2018 and the Danish Women's League in 2019 during her time at Brøndby IF.^[5]

On 19 July 2019, Ahtinen was announced at IF Limhamn Bunkeflo.^[6]

Ahtinen was named The Most Valuable Player of the 2021 Damallsvenskan season.^[7]

Tottenham Hotspur

In August 2023, Ahtinen signed with Tottenham Hotspur.^[8] She scored her first goal for Tottenham on 8 October 2023, in a 3–1 home victory against Bristol City.^[9] In a 1-1 draw with Liverpool F.C. Women saw her stretched off. It was announced she had damaged her MCL, but would not require surgery.

International career

Ahtinen was capped by the Finland national team in 2017, and she appeared for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle.^[10]

She played for Finland at the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.^[11]

On 19 June 2025, Ahtinen was called up to the Finland squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.^[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of 2 July 2025^[13][14]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Continental[c]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GBK	2013	Kansallinen Liiga	10	1	0	0	—		—		10	1
Kokkola Futis 10	2014	Kansallinen Liiga	23	3	1	0	—		—		24	3
Pallokissat	2015	Kansallinen Liiga	23	4	3	2	—		—		26	6
	2016	Kansallinen Liiga	23	4	4	0	—		—		27	4
			46	8	7	2	—		—		53	10
PK-35 Vantaa	2017	Kansallinen Liiga	16	3	0	0	—		0	0	16	3
Brøndby	2017–18	Danish Women's League	22	8	6	1	—		2	0	30	9
	2018–19	Danish Women's League	23	5	5	0	—		4	0	32	5
			45	13	11	1	—		6	0	62	14
Limhamn Bunkeflo	2019	Damallsvenskan	14	0	0	0	—		—		14	0
Linköping	2020	Damallsvenskan	20	0	1	0	—		—		21	0
	2021	Damallsvenskan	17	0	4	0	—		—		21	0
	2022	Damallsvenskan	22	5	4	0	—		—		26	5
	2023	Damallsvenskan	7	2	4	0	—		—		11	2
	Total		64	7	13	0	—		—		79	7
Tottenham Hotspur	2023–24	Women's Super League	16	1	4	0	0	0	—		20	1
	2024–25	Women's Super League	12	1	0	0	3	0	—		15	1
	Total		28	2	4	0	3	0	—		35	2
Career total			246	37	36	3	3	0	6	0	291	40

1. Includes Finnish Women's Cup, Danish Women's Cup, Svenska cupen women, Women's FA Cup
2. Includes FA Women's League Cup
3. Includes UEFA Women's Champions League

International

As of match played 16 July 2024^[15]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Finland	2017	9	0
	2018	11	1
	2019	9	2
	2020	1	0
	2021	5	0
	2022	13	0
	2023	9	1
	2024	8	0
Total		66	4

Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ahtinen goal.

List of international goals scored by Olga Ahtinen

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	12 June 2018	Yongchuan Sports Center, Chongqing, China	China	1–0	1–2	2018 Yongchuan International Tournament
2.	1 March 2019	AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca, Cyprus	Czech Republic	1–0	1–2	2019 Cyprus Women's Cup
3.	6 March 2019	Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus	South Africa	3–0	3–0
4.	16 February 2023	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Croatia	3–1	4–1	2023 Cyprus Women's Cup