Leading goalscorers of all time in the Finnish Football League 2025

Published by J. Clausnitzer, Jan 16, 2025

As of January 2025, Valeri Popovitsh lead the scoreboard of the Finnish Football League (Veikkausliiga) with 166 scored goals. The former Russian footballer played in the Finnish top-division football team FC Haka. The second on the top scorer list is Rafael Vieira with 136 goals, who was a member of the Helsinki football club HJK around the year 2000. 

Football is a beloved hobby sport in Finland, but it falls behind ice hockey in popularity as a professional spectator sport.

Leading goalscorers in the Finnish Football League ('Veikkausliiga') as of January 2025, by number of scored goals

CharacteristicNumber of scored goals
Valeri Popovitsh 166
Rafael Vieira 136
Saku Puhakainen 114
Juho Mäkelä 111
Luiz Antonio 94
Antti Pohja 87
Timo Furuholm 85
Jari Vanhala 85
Ismo Lius 84
Roope Riski 82
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