Aki Pasinpoika Riihilahti was born on 9 September 1976 and is a Finnish sports executive and a former professional footballer.
10 Facts About Aki Riihilahti
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Aki Riihilahti was known as a hard working defensive midfielder.
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Aki Riihilahti was voted by leading European clubs to be the vice-chairman of European Club Association, and has important positions both in the UEFA club competition committee and in the FIFA stakeholders committee.
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Aki Riihilahti made his debut for the Finnish national team on 5 February 1998 against Cyprus.
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Aki Riihilahti was a regular for Finland for most of the 2000s, and earned 69 caps scoring 11 goals.
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Aki Riihilahti is part of the Finnish Golden generation in football, but mainly due to his work as football director at International level he has become one of the most well-known Finnish football person.
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Aki Riihilahti has worked as the CEO of HJK Helsinki's stadium Bolt Arena since 2011 and as the CEO of HJK Helsinki since 2013.
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Aki Riihilahti graduated from the MBA program of University of Liverpool in 2011 and has done some studies in Harvard University and Yale University as well.
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Aki Riihilahti divorced 2019 and is a father of two children.
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Aki Riihilahti is the older brother of Finnish TV and sports reporter Riku Riihilahti, and the uncle of professional footballer Daniel Riihilahti, playing in Brann II.