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Matias Ritari
Personal information
Full name Matias Tapio Ritari[1]
Date of birth (2005-07-15) 15 July 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth Finland
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Gnistan (on loan from HJK)
Youth career
2011 PPJ
2011–2023 HJK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– Klubi 04 51 (9)
2023– HJK 3 (0)
2025– → Gnistan (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2023 Finland U18 2 (0)
2023 Finland U19 3 (0)
2024– Finland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 August 2024

Matias Tapio Ritari (born 15 July 2005) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Gnistan, on loan from HJK Helsinki.

Early career

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Ritari started football in a youth team of PPJ in 2011 when aged five, but after a few training sessions he joined a newly established district youth team of HJK Helsinki in Töölö neighbourhood.[2][3]

Ritari captained the HJK U17 team in 2022, and helped the team to win the league of their age group. He signed his first contract with HJK organisation on 7 November 2022.[4]

Club career

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Ritari made his senior debut for HJK in a Finnish League Cup match against Inter Turku in February 2023. In the 2023 season, he played for the club's reserve team Klubi 04 in third-tier Kakkonen. He represented HJK in the 2023–24 UEFA Youth League in all four games,[5] where the team advanced by winning Malmö FF, but was eventually knocked out by Nantes in the 2nd round on penalties, after a 1–1 aggregate draw.

In 2024, Ritari captained Klubi 04 in the new third-tier Ykkönen. He also made two appearances scoring a goal in Finnish League Cup, and two appearances in Finnish Cup for HJK first team. On 30 August 2024, he signed a professional contract with the club, on a deal until the end of 2026 with a one-year option.[6] At the end of the season, Klubi 04 won the Ykkönen title and earned a promotion to Ykkösliiga. On 19 December 2024, in a UEFA Conference League match against Real Betis, Ritari came on from the bench as a late substitute to Georgios Kanellopoulos, in a 1–0 away loss at the Estadio Benito Villamarín. He made his league debut on 11 May 2025, in a 3–0 away win over Jaro.

On 9 July 2025, he was loaned to Gnistan.[7]

Career statistics

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As of 20 May 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Klubi 04 2023 Kakkonen 23 3 0 0 — — 23 3
2024 Ykkönen 25 6 — — — 25 6
2025 Ykkösliiga 3 0 — — — 3 0
Total 51 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 9
HJK 2023 Veikkausliiga 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2024 Veikkausliiga 0 0 2 0 2 1 1[c] 0 5 1
2025 Veikkausliiga 3 0 3 0 5 1 0 0 11 1
Total 3 0 5 0 8 2 1 0 17 2
Gnistan 2025 Veikkausliiga 0 0 – – – 0 0
Career total 54 9 5 0 8 2 1 0 68 11
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League

Honours

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HJK

Klubi 04

References

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  1. ^ Karkaamisesta tuomittu Onni Valakari valittiin Urheilukouluun, Helsingin Sanomat, 26 May 2025
  2. ^ Matias Ritari viihtyi kentällä tarvittaessa pimeässäkin, hjk.fi, 25 October 2023
  3. ^ Tartuta kipinä, älä valmenna, muista leipoa, Helsingin Sanomat, 15 February 2016
  4. ^ HJK ja Matias Ritari sopimukseen, hjk.fi, 7 November 2022
  5. ^ HJK:n nuoret tekivät suomalaista jalkapallohistoriaa, Finnish News Agency/STT, 26 October 2023
  6. ^ Matias Ritari jatkaa Klubissa, hjk.fi, 30 August 2024
  7. ^ Matias Ritari siirtyy loppukauden lainalle Gnistaniin, gnistan.fi, 9 July 2025
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