Robin Lod

Robin Lod (Swedish pronunciation: [lu:d]; born 17 April 1993) is a Finnish professional football attacking midfielder who plays for Minnesota United and the Finland national team. Lod was born in Helsinki, Finland. He began his senior club career playing for Klubi 04, before making his league debut for HJK at age 18 in 2011. After winning his first trophy, the Veikkausliiga, during his second season on league level, he helped HJK win three successive Veikkausliiga titles, Cup and League Cup.

Robin Lod
Personal information
Full name Robin Lod
Date of birth (1993-04-17) 17 April 1993
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, winger
Club information
Current team
 Minnesota United
Number 17
Youth career
1998–2006 SUMU
2006–2011 HJK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Klubi 04 34 (16)
2011–2015 HJK 75 (15)
2012 → VPS (loan) 11 (2)
2015–2018 Panathinaikos 75 (12)
2018–2019 Sporting Gijón 23 (4)
2019– Minnesota United 30 (7)
National team‡
2011 Finland U18 16 (4)
2012–2014 Finland U21 14 (1)
2013– Finland 42 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2020

Lod made his international debut for Finland in October 2013, at the age of 20 and has since had over 30 caps, including appearing in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifications.

Career

HJK Helsinki

Lod scored his first goal on his senior debut for HJK on 22 October 2011 in a 4−1 home win against MYPA.[1]

During the 2012 season he played for VPS on loan from HJK. Having initially been loaned out on 9 August 2012 until 3 September 2012, the loan was extended subsequently until the end of the season.[2]

After the 2014 season Lod was selected as Player of the Year for Veikkausliiga. Additionally, he was selected as both the best midfield player and the best player of the U21 National Team for the season.[3] Lod featured in 120 games for HJK and netted 21 goals, while also contributing 17 assists.

Panathinaikos

On 6 May 2015, Lod agreed to terms with Panathinaikos to move to the club in the summer transfer window,[4] signing a three-year contract.[5] On 3 October 2015, he made his Superleague Greece debut against Xanthi. On 28 May 2017, he scored in a 1–0 win against Panionios at Leoforos Stadium. Three days later, another goal by Lod helped his club to secure a 3–2 away win against rivals PAOK on the last matchday of the 2016–17 Playoffs depriving PAOK of the possibility to participate in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.[6][7] After the first half of the 2017–18 season, Lod didn’t seem to want to sign a new deal in Greece, and Panathinaikos have financial troubles and could be forced to sell in January transfer window. On 19 February 2018, Panathinaikos finally won away from home in the SuperLeague, defeating AEL 1–0 thanks to a goal from the Finland international midfielder. Lod's goal ended an 11-match run without a victory away from their home stadium.[8] On 10 March 2018, Lod struck a superb late equaliser to salvage a vital point for Panathinaikos against an impressive Asteras Tripolis at the Apostolos Nikolaidis stadium.[9]

Following Lod's contract expiry with Panathinaikos on 30 June 2018, and despite attempts to reach a renewal agreement, the player left the club on a free transfer considering the debt-related limitations imposed on Panathinaikos regarding the transfer and re-signing of players over the age of 23.[10]

Sporting de Gijón

On July 23, 2018 Lod signed with Segunda División team Sporting de Gijon.[11] He made his debut appearance and also scored his first goal for Gijon on 26 August 2018 in a match against Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[12]

Minnesota United FC

On July 16, 2019, Lod signed with MLS side Minnesota United.[13]

International career

He made his debut for the Finnish national team on 30 October 2013 in a friendly match in Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego against Mexico.[14] On 7 October 2016, Lod scored his first international goal in a 2018 FIFA World Cup preliminary game by giving a lead to Finland before they lost 3–2 in the very last minute from Iceland.[15]

Career statistics

Club
As of 8 December 2020[16][17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cups Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Klubi 04 2011 Kakkonen 27140000—2714
2012 720000—72
Total 34160000003416
HJK Helsinki 2011 Veikkausliiga 213000—51
2012 70901[lower-alpha 1]0— 17 0
2013 2875000—337
2014 2869112[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]2—499
2015 1017300—174
Total 75153341320012121
VPS Vaasa (loan) 2012 Veikkausliiga 1120000—112
Panathinaikos 2015–16 Superleague Greece 162403[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]0—232
2016–17 295709[lower-alpha 2]0—455
2017–18 305304[lower-alpha 2]2—377
Total 75121401620010514
Sporting Gijón 2018–19 Segunda División 2342000—254
Minnesota United 2019 MLS 10021001[lower-alpha 3]0131
2020 20700003[lower-alpha 3]1238
Total 307210041369
Career total 248565152944133266
  1. Appearances in the Champions League
  2. Appearances in the Europa League
  3. Appearances in the MLS Cup Playoffs

International

Statistics accurate as of matches played on 18 November 2020[18]

National teamYearCompetitive Friendly Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Finland 201300 1 0 1 0
201400 0 0 0 0
201510 3 0 4 0
201641 4 0 8 1
201750 2 2 7 2
201860 4 0 10 0
2019100 0 0 10 0
2020 2 1 0 0 2 1
Total 28 2 14 2 42 4

International goals
As of match played 18 November 2020. Finland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Lod goal.[19]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 6 October 2016Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland
11
 Iceland
2–1
2–3
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 9 November 2017Telia 5G -areena, Helsinki, Finland
20
 Estonia
2–0
3–0
Friendly
3
3–0
4 18 November 2020 Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
42
  Wales
1–2
1–3
 2020–21 UEFA Nations League

Honours and achievements

Club

Klubi 04

HJK Helsinki

References
  1. "Robin Lod maalasi liigadebyytissään" (in Finnish). HJK. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  2. "Saksela ja Lod lainalle" (in Finnish). HJK. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  3. "Markku Peltoniemelle Captain´s Ball" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 31 October 2014. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  4. "Παίκτης του Παναθηναϊκού ο Ρόμπιν Λοντ!" (in Greek). gazzetta.gr. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  5. "Ανακοινώθηκε ο Λοντ" (in Greek). contra.gr. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  6. ΠΑΟΚ-Παναθηναϊκός 2-3: Έδειξε πόσο βαριά φανέλα έχει!
  7. Παναθηναϊκός με ψυχή, 3-2 τον ΠΑΟΚ στην Τούμπα
  8. ΑΕΛ - Παναθηναϊκός 0-1
  9. ""Χ"αμένοι και οι δυο, 1-1 ο Παναθηναϊκός με τον Αστέρα". www.sport24.gr. 10 March 2018.
  10. team, Onsports (4 July 2018). "Τέλος ο Λουντ για τον Παναθηναϊκό". Onsports.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  11. "Robin Lod ya está en Gijon para fichar por el Sporting". La Voz de Asturias (in Spanish). 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  12. "Robin Lod maalasi sarjadebyytissään Espanjassa, kahdesti osunut Petteri Forsell upotti mahtavan kaukolaukauksen maaliin Puolan liigassa" [Robin Lod scored in his debut match in Spain, Petteri Forsell scored twice in the Polish league] (in Finnish). Yle. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  13. https://www.mnufc.com/post/2019/07/16/mnufc-signs-robin-lod
  14. "Mexico beats Finns, but not convincingly". The San Diego Union-Tribune. 30 October 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  15. "Iceland vs Finland 3-2". www.uefa.com. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  16. "Lod, Robin". National Football Teams. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  17. "R. Lod". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  18. "Robin Lod". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  19. "Robin Lod". Football Association of Finland (in Finnish). Retrieved 15 October 2016.
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