ALL TIME BEST TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORERS - FINLAND (Part 45)


All-time best top division goal-scorers: Finland (part 45)

Heikki Suhonen (Picture) is the record holder of the national league of Finland since its inception in 1930. He has scored 206 goals in 427 top flight games between 1969 and 1986.
Suhonen is the player with most goals for a single club (200 for TPS Turku) and the only one to reach the mark of 200 goals. 
Six players managed to score 150+ goals, 22 players reached 100 goals.
There are no active players in the “Club 100+”.
The best foreign goal scorer is Valery Popovich (166); he takes the 5th position in all-time ranking.
Two other foreign players in “Club 100+” are Rafael (Brazil, full name: Rafael Pires Vieira) with 136 goals and Michael Belfield (England) with 119. 
FC Lahti is a product of the merger in 1996 of two rival clubs from Lahti, Kuusysi and Reipas.

 FINLAND 1930- ALL-TIME BEST TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORERS 
      
 PlayerPeriodGoalsGamesBreakdown by clubs
      
1Heikki Suhonen       1969-1986206427TPS Turku 200, HJK Helsinki 6
2Kai Pahlman          1956-1972191288HPS Helsinki 110, HJK Helsinki 75, Reipas Lahti 6
3Ismo Lius           1983-1999189335Kuusysi Lahti 116, HJK Helsinki 62, RoPS Rovaniemi 10, FC Lahti 1
4Olavi Rissanen       1969-1987185403Elo Kuopio 16, KuPS Kuopio 125, Koparit  Kuopio 44
5Valery Popovich  1993-2009166394TPV Tampere 9, Ilves Tampere 3, Haka Valkeakoski 150, HJK Helsinki 3
6Ari Hjelm            1981-1996152288Ilves Tampere 140, HJK Helsinki 12
7Rafael 1997-2016136358HJK Helsinki 30, Jazz Pori 7, FC Lahti 99
8Arto Tolsa           1963-1982126201KTP Kotka 126
9Stig-Göran Myntti    1944-1962121250VIFK Vaasa 121
10Martti Hyvärinen     1958-1972119270KuPS Kuopio, Reipas Lahti
11Michael Belfield  1981-1998119355Koparit Kuopio 20, Ilves Tampere 23, Reipas Lahti 30, Kuusysi Lahti 36, 
     Haka Valkeakoski 7, PK-35 Helsinki 3
12Saku Puhakainen  1995-2009114382Kuusysi Lahti 9, TPS Turku 30, MyPa Myllykoski 75
13Atik Ismail          1975-1987112201HJK Helsinki 97, Kiffen Helsinki 14, Koparit Kuopio 1
14Hannu Lamberg        1967-1980111277KPV Kokkola 111
15Juho Mäkelä          2003-2018111287HJK Helsinki 74, VPS Vaasa 16, HIFK Helsinki 14, PS Kemi 7
16Aatos Lehtonen       1934-1947109115HJK Helsinki 109
17Juhani Peltonen      1954-1972109311Haka Valkeakoski 109
18Matti Paatelainen    1970-1977108138HIFK Helsinki 36, Haka Valkeakoski 72
19Mauri Vanhanen 1948-1964107171KTP Kotka 107
20Olof Strömsten       1930-1939102 Kiffen Helsinki, HIFK Helsinki
21Holger Salin         1930-1943100128HIFK Helsinki 100
22Tommy Lindholm       1966-1978100213TPS Turku 68, HIFK Helsinki 19, Reipas Lahti 13