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Football player Veli Leskinen

Veli Erkki Leskinen

Veli Leskinen, Veikko Leskinen

Born on 5 May 1907, Saint Petersburg
Died on 31 December 1989, Lahti (aged 82)

National team appearances of Veli Leskinen

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Finland	1932 - 1943	20	11	1	2
Total:		20	11	1	2

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
HT, Helsinki	17 Jun 1932 - 22 Sep 1940	19	11	1	2
Haka, Valkeakoski	03 Oct 1943	1

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Capt.

Sub. in

Sub. off

Nordic Championship (NC)

Friendly matches and other tournaments

Total:

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
17 Jun 1932	Norway	debut	25 years 1 month 12 days
4 Jul 1938	Sweden	first cap as captain	31 years 1 month 29 days
3 Oct 1943	Sweden	last appearance	36 years 4 months 28 days

Record of national team matches played by Veli Leskinen

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Finland national team	20	6	2	12	30	54	35.0

Veli Leskinen's international caps

as player of HT, Helsinki:

debut age - 25 years 1 month 12 days

17 Jun 1932 19:30 (+1:00)

Aker, Ullevaal Stadion

2-1

Norway vs Finland

Nordic Football Championship 1929-1932

01 Jul 1932 19:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Töölön Pallokenttä

1-4

Finland vs Germany

Friendly International

03 Jul 1934 19:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Töölön Pallokenttä

2-1

Finland vs Denmark

Nordic Football Championship 1933-1936

20 Aug 1936 18:00 (+2:00)

Tallinn, Kadrioru Staadion

2-2

Estonia vs Finland

Friendly International

06 Sep 1936 13:15 (+1:00)

Aker, Ullevaal Stadion

0-2

Norway vs Finland

Nordic Football Championship 1933-1936

27 Sep 1936 13:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Töölön Pallokenttä

1-2

Finland vs Sweden

Nordic Football Championship 1933-1936

17 Oct 1937 13:30 (+1:00)

Copenhagen, Københavns Idrætspark

2-1

Denmark vs Finland

Nordic Football Championship 1937-1947

04 Jul 1938 19:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

2-4

Finland vs Sweden

Nordic Football Championship 1937-1947

17 Aug 1938 18:30 (+2:00)

Tallinn, Kadrioru Staadion

1-3

Estonia vs Finland

Friendly International

31 Aug 1938 18:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Töölön Pallokenttä

2-1

Finland vs Denmark

Nordic Football Championship 1937-1947

18 Sep 1938 14:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

3-1

Finland vs Lithuania

Friendly International

09 Jun 1939 19:30 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

5-1

Sweden vs Finland

Nordic Football Championship 1937-1947

15 Jun 1939 19:00 (+1:00)

Copenhagen, Københavns Idrætspark

5-0

Denmark vs Finland

Dansk Boldspil-Union 50th Anniversary Tournament, Semifinal

20 Jul 1939 19:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

2-3

Finland vs Italy

Friendly International

04 Aug 1939 19:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

4-2

Finland vs Estonia

Friendly International

03 Sep 1939 17:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

1-2

Finland vs Norway

Nordic Football Championship 1937-1947

17 Sep 1939 13:30 (+1:00)

Copenhagen, Københavns Idrætspark

8-1

Denmark vs Finland

Nordic Football Championship 1937-1947

24 Sep 1939 14:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

0-3

Finland vs Latvia

Friendly International

22 Sep 1940 14:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

5-0

Sweden vs Finland

Friendly International

as player of Haka, Valkeakoski:

03 Oct 1943 14:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

1-1

Finland vs Sweden

Friendly International

Comments

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Finland upcoming fixtures

World Cup 2026 Qualification

Finland vs Poland

Helsinki, Tuesday 10 June 2025

Friendly International

Norway vs Finland

Oslo, Thursday 4 September 2025

World Cup 2026 Qualification

Poland vs Finland

Chorzów, Sunday 7 September 2025

World Cup 2026 Qualification

Finland vs Lithuania

Thursday 9 October 2025

Finland football fixtures

Veli Leskinen's most often teammates

Kurt Weckström (1936 - 1943) - 13 games
Aatos Lehtonen (1936 - 1939) - 13 games
Pentti Eronen (1936 - 1939) - 11 games
Eino Lahti (1936 - 1940) - 11 games
Antero Rinne (1936 - 1939) - 10 games
Holger Granström (1938 - 1940) - 10 games
Frans Karjagin (1934 - 1940) - 10 games

Finland players born on 17 April

Raimo Kauppinen (1936) - 1 cap
Olavi Litmanen (1945) - 5 caps
Aki Hyryläinen (1968) - 25 caps, 1 goal
Jarkko Wiss (1972) - 45 caps, 3 goals
Robin Lod (1993) - 76 caps, 6 goals
Matej Hradecký (1995) - 2 caps