Veli Lampi

Veli Lampi (born 18 July 1984) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He is currently working for VPS as team manager. Lampi was born in Seinäjoki, Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland where he played for the local youth teams before moving to VPS.

Veli Lampi

Lampi in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	(1984-07-18) 18 July 1984 (age 41)
Place of birth	Seinäjoki, Finland
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	VPS (team manager)
Youth career
1995–2002	Sepsi-78
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2004	VPS	47	(6)
2005–2006	HJK	49	(0)
2007–2010	Zürich	75	(0)
2010	→ Aarau (loan)	16	(0)
2010–2011	Willem II	28	(0)
2011–2013	Arsenal Kyiv	20	(1)
2014–2015	HJK	37	(1)
2016–2017	VPS	44	(0)
International career
	Finland U16	5	(0)
	Finland U19	3	(0)
	Finland U21	19	(1)
2006–2015	Finland	33	(0)
Managerial career
2025–	VPS (team manager)
Medal record Finland national football team Baltic Cup 2014 HJK Helsinki Runner-up Veikkausliiga 2005 Winner Finnish Cup 2006 Runner-up Veikkausliiga 2006 Winner Veikkausliiga 2014 FC Zürich Winner Swiss Super League 2007 Winner Swiss Super League 2009
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Youth clubs

Lampi started his football career in Sepsi-78. He has also played for TP-Seinäjoki.

He made his Veikkausliiga debut in VPS where he played 47 matches and scored 6 goals between 2002 and 2004.

In 2005 Lampi transferred from VPS to HJK. He represented HJK in 49 matches and achieved two Veikkausliiga silver medals and a cup victory.

He was part of the 2006–07 and 2008–09 Swiss Championship winning team with FC Zürich.

He relegated from the Eredivisie with Willem II.

On 10 September 2011, Lampi made his Ukrainian Premier League début for Arsenal Kyiv playing against Metalist Kharkiv.

In December 2013 HJK announced that Lampi would return to HJK and that he had signed a two-year contract.^[1]

International career

Lampi was a regular member in the Finland national under-21 football team. In 2006, he made his debut for the full national side in a game against Saudi Arabia. He played five games in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Coaching career

After his retirement, Lampi has coached in the youth sector of VPS. In the beginning of May 2025, Lampi was named the team manager for VPS first team.^[2]

Personal life

His father is a former footballer Mikko Lampi.^[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of 31 December 2017^[4][5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cups[a]		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sepsi-78	2001	Kakkonen	12	3	0	0	–		12	3
VPS	2002	Veikkausliiga	7	0	0	0	–		7	0
	2003	Veikkausliiga	18	2	0	0	–		18	2
	2004	Veikkausliiga	22	4	0	0	–		22	4
	Total		47	6	0	0	0	0	47	6
HJK Helsinki	2005	Veikkausliiga	26	0	0	0	–		26	0
	2006	Veikkausliiga	23	0	1	0	2[b]	0	26	0
	Total		49	0	1	0	2	0	52	0
FC Zürich	2006–07	Swiss Super League	11	0	1	0	–		12	0
	2007–08	Swiss Super League	24	0	3	0	5[c]	0	32	0
	2008–09	Swiss Super League	28	0	3	0	3[c]	0	34	0
	2009–10	Swiss Super League	12	0	2	0	4[d]	0	18	0
	Total		75	0	9	0	12	0	82	0
Aarau (loan)	2009–10	Swiss Super League	16	0	–		–		16	0
Willem II	2010–11	Eredivisie	28	0	1	0	–		29	0
Arsenal Kyiv	2011–12	Ukrainian Premier League	12	1	1	0	–		13	1
	2012–13	Ukrainian Premier League	3	0	0	0	–		3	0
	2013–14	Ukrainian Premier League	5	0	1	0	–		6	0
	Total		20	1	2	0	0	0	22	1
HJK Helsinki	2014	Veikkausliiga	23	1	3	0	10[e]	0	36	1
	2015	Veikkausliiga	14	0	7	0	0	0	21	0
	Total		37	1	10	0	10	0	57	1
VPS	2016	Veikkausliiga	21	0	5	0	–		26	0
	2017	Veikkausliiga	24	0	5	0	4[f]	0	33	0
	Total		45	0	10	0	4	0	59	0
Career total			331	11	33	0	28	0	392	11

1. Includes Suomen Cup, Finnish League Cup, Swiss Cup, KNVB Beker and Ukrainian Cup
2. Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup
3. Includes UEFA Cup
4. Includes UEFA Champions League
5. Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
6. Includes UEFA Europa League

International

As of 3 March 2015^[6]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Finland	2006	3	0
	2007	1	0
	2008	8	0
	2009	4	0
	2010	6	0
	2011	4	0
	2012	1	0
	2013	4	0
	2014	1	0
	2015	1	0
Total		33	0

Honours

HJK Helsinki

• Veikkausliiga: 2014
• Finnish Cup: 2006, 2014
• Finnish League Cup: 2015

FC Zürich

• Swiss Super League: 2006–07, 2008–09

Finland

• Baltic Cup bronze: 2014