Lassi Lappalainen
Lassi Lappalainen (born 24 August 1998) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Canadian Major League Soccer club CF Montréal. He also represents the Finland national team. Club career. Early career. Born in Espoo in 1998, Lappalainen started his football career with Espoon palloseura (EPS) and later moved to HJK youth team. Lappalainen played in Klubi 04, the reserve team of HJK. HJK. In 2016, Lappalainen was called up for HJK's first team. On 2 April 2016, he made his Veikkausliiga debut against IFK Mariehamn at Sonera Stadium, being substituted on by coach  Mika Lehkosuo in place of Nnamdi Oduamadi in the 90th minute. On 21 July 2017, Lappalainen was loaned to RoPS for remainder of the Veikkausliiga season. Two days later, he scored his first league goal for RoPS just five minutes into his debut after coming on as a substitute. Bologna. On 19 July 2019, Lappalainen signed to Italian Serie A club Bologna. HJK Helsinki stated it received "significant compensation" and that economically, the transfer was in the "top 7 of HJK's club history". Montreal. On 25 July 2019, it was announced that Lappalainen was loaned to Major League Soccer  (MLS) club Montreal Impact, later renamed as CF Montréal, for the remainder of the 2019 season using Targeted Allocation Money. The Impact have options to extend the loan until 30 June 2020, as well as until 31 December 2020. On 27 July 2019, he contributed two goals to Montreal Impact's 4–0 victory over the first-place Philadelphia Union on his Major League Soccer debut. On 3 December 2021, Lappalainen's move to Montréal was made permanent. International career. Lappalainen made his debut for the Finland national team on 8 January 2019 in a friendly against Sweden, as a starter . Lappalainen was called up for the UEFA Euro 2020 pre-tournament friendly match against Sweden on 29 May 2021. Honours. Montreal Impact