Teemu Eino Antero Pukki (born 29 March 1990) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Veikkausliiga club HJK and the Finland national team.

Pukki began his career with KTP and made his debut on senior level on 23 June 2005 at the age of 15 in a fifth round match of the Finnish Cup.

[5][6] In two seasons of first-team football, Pukki made 29 appearances in the Finnish Premier League (Veikkausliiga) and scored three goals.

[18] On 31 August 2013, Pukki signed a four-year deal with Celtic from FC Schalke 04 for an undisclosed fee,[19] reported to be £3 million.

[23][24] Pukki himself later acknowledged the lack of impact he had made, admitting he initially felt playing in Scotland would be "easier" than in Germany.

[25] He found the speed and physical nature of the game in Scotland difficult to adjust to, and stated "Scottish football is not easy.

[26] However, he struggled to make any impact in the next qualifying round matches against Legia Warsaw and was substituted at half-time in the league defeat to Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 6 August 2014.

[27] He made his debut 13 days later in a league match at home against Randers[29] and scored his first goal two weeks later in a 2–2 draw away against Esbjerg.

[33][34] On 4 August 2016, Pukki scored three goals when Brøndby knocked out Hertha BSC in the third round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifiers, winning 3–1, thereby overcoming a 0–1 deficit from the first leg in Berlin.

[35] On 13 July 2017, he scored one goal against VPS in the first leg of the second qualifying round for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, Brøndby would go on to win the match 2–0.

[39] On 30 June 2018, Pukki joined EFL Championship club Norwich City on a free transfer, signing a three-year deal.

[40] He made his debut on 4 August, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–2 draw at Birmingham City,[41] and a week later he scored his first goal in a 4–3 home loss to West Bromwich Albion.

[54] Pukki scored eleven Premier League goals in total for Norwich but was unable to prevent the Canaries from being relegated to the Championship.

[55][56] Pukki remained at Norwich following their relegation to the Championship and scored his first goal of the season in a 2–2 draw with Preston North End at Carrow Road.

[57] Pukki continued his prolific form in the Championship and hit his fiftieth goal for the Canaries with a brace in a 2–1 win at Blackburn Rovers.

[70] He would score his third brace of the season in a 4–0 away win against Preston North End, which was manager David Wagner's first game in charge of Norwich.

[72] During his five seasons with Norwich City, Pukki scored 88 goals in 210 matches making him the fourth-best goalscorer in the club's entire history, behind Johnny Gavin, Terry Allcock and Iwan Roberts.

On 24 January 2025, after spending over 13 years abroad, Pukki returned to his former club HJK Helsinki, signing a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee.

[76] Pukki made his debut in international football on 10 August 2005 at the age of 15 scoring both goals of the match for Finland U15 in a 0–2 away victory in Cardiff against Wales U15.

[78] Pukki debuted in the Finland national team on 4 February 2009 when Stuart Baxter used him as a substitute against Japan in a friendly match played in Tokyo.

On 12 October 2021, Pukki scored twice in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan to overtake Jari Litmanen as the Finnish national team’s all-time top goalscorer.