Roope Riski

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Roope Riski
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Personal information
Date of birth (1991-08-16) 16 August 1991 (age 30)
Place of birth Askainen, Finland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 HJK Helsinki
Number 11
Youth career
MaPS
TPS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 TPS 18 (12)
2010 → FC Viikingit (loan) 6 (5)
2010 → ÅIFK (loan) 9 (12)
2011–2014 Cesena 1 (0)
2011 → TPS Turku (loan) 11 (4)
2012 → Hønefoss BK (loan) 1 (0)
2012–2014 → TPS (loan) 35 (8)
2014–2015 Hønefoss 23 (12)
2015–2016 Haugesund 10 (0)
2015–2016 → SJK (loan) 13 (8)
2016–2017 SJK 33 (17)
2017 → Paderborn (loan) 10 (1)
2017–2019 St. Pölten 33 (5)
2018–2019 → PAE Chania (loan) 22 (7)
2020– HJK Helsinki 44 (22)
National team‡
2010–2012 Finland U21 11 (6)
2015– Finland 5 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 November 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2016

Roope Riski (born 16 August 1991) is a Finnish footballer currently playing for HJK Helsinki.

He is known as a clinical, well positioned forward who can get into the right place at the right time. In the middle of the 2010 season, Riski was selected to the opening squad for the first time of his career. Since then he has enjoyed a phenomenal season, starting 12 games and scoring 11 goals. He has the best game/goal ratio in the Veikkausliiga.[1] He has often been compared to former Manchester United and Bayer Leverkusen forward Javier Hernández.

Career[]

On 22 September 2010, Riski scored a hat-trick against AC Oulu. By doing this, he became the first ever player in Finland to score a hat-trick in all the highest three levels of Finnish football system during one season.[2]

From 27 January 2011 he is an official Cesena player. [3] He made his Serie A debut on 19 March 2011 against Lazio on Stadio Olimpico (1−0 away loss) as a 69th-minute substitute for Fabio Caserta, he has had loan spell in Finland for TPS Turku in 2012 and Hønefoss BK in Norway. In August 2012, Riski joined English side Derby County on trial ahead of their pre-season against Chesterfield, where he started in a 3–1 loss,[4] he scored in a reserve friendly against Matlock Town.[5]

On 8 February 2016, SJK announced the signing of Riski on a two-year contract.[6] On 10 January 2017 he was loaned to Paderborn.[7]

On 21 November 2019, HJK Helsinki confirmed the signing of Riski on a contract until the end of 2021 with an option for one further year.[8]

International career[]

On 19 January 2015, Riski made his senior debut for Finland in a 1–0 friendly against Sweden, where he scored the only goal of the match.[9]

Riski was called up for the UEFA Euro 2020 pre-tournament friendly match against Sweden on 29 May 2021.[10]

International goals[]

Score and result list Finland's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1. 19 January 2015 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi  Sweden 1–0 1–0 Friendly [9]

Personal life[]

He is the younger brother of Riku Riski, who currently plays for HJK Helsinki and the Finland national football team.

Career statistics[]

As of match played 13 August 2021[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
TPS Turku 2010 Veikkausliiga 18 12 1 0 6 3 4 1 29 16
Viikingit (loan) 2010 Ykkönen 6 5 0 0 0 0 – 6 5
Åbo IFK (loan) 2010 Kakkonen 9 12 0 0 0 0 – 9 12
Cesena 2010–11 Serie A 1 0 0 0 – – 1 0
TPS Turku (loan) 2011 Veikkausliiga 11 5 0 0 0 0 – 11 5
Hønefoss (loan) 2012 Tippeligaen 1 0 0 0 – – 1 0
TPS Turku (loan) 2012 Veikkausliiga 7 1 0 0 0 0 – 7 1
2013 27 7 0 0 6 2 2 1 35 10
Total 34 8 0 0 6 2 2 1 42 11
Hønefoss 2014 1. Divisjon 24 12 0 0 – – 24 12
Haugesund 2015 Tippeligaen 10 0 0 0 – – 10 0
SJK Seinäjoki 2015 Veikkausliiga 13 8 0 0 0 0 – 13 8
2016 33 17 4 3 5 4 2 1 44 25
Total 46 25 4 3 5 4 2 1 57 33
Paderborn 07 (loan) 2016–17 3. Liga 10 1 0 0 – – 10 1
St. Pölten 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 25 5 1 1 – – 26 6
AO Chania Kissamikos (loan) 2018–19 Football League Greece 22 7 4 2 – – 26 9
St. Pölten 2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga 8 0 2 0 – – 10 0
HJK 2020 Veikkausliiga 20 16 9 3 – – 29 19
2021 13 4 6 5 – 6 7 25 16
Total 33 20 15 8 0 0 6 7 54 35
Career total 261 112 27 14 17 9 14 10 319 145

Honours[]

Club[]

SJK

HJK

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.veikkausliiga.fi/Statistic.aspx?id=11
  2. ^ [1]; YLE.fi, 29.2010 (in Finnish)
  3. ^ http://www.cesenacalcio.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4408:roope-riski-e-un-giocatore-del-cesena&catid=1:news&Itemid=124&lang=it
  4. ^ thisisderbyshire.co.uk (13 August 2012). "No excuses as Derby County round off programme of friendlies with dismal display at Chesterfield". Derby Evening Telegraph.
  5. ^ dcfc.co.uk (15 August 2012). "Matlock Town 1–2 Derby County XI". Derby County.
  6. ^ "Roope Riski palaa SJK-paitaan pitkällä sopimuksella". www.sjk2007.fi (in Finnish). SJK. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Zwei Verpflichtungen". scp07.de (in German). SC Paderborn. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  8. ^ Riski Klubin hyökkäykseen, hjk.fi, 21 November 2019
  9. ^ a b Lundberg, Martin (19 January 2015). "Roope Riski fällde Sverige". YLE (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  10. ^ Roope Riski ja Carljohan Eriksson Huuhkajien leirijoukkueeseen
  11. ^ "R. Riski". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  12. ^ "SJK on Suomen mestari - RoPS:lle hopeaa, Jaro putosi Ykköseen" [SJK is a Finnish champion, silver to RoPS, Jaro goes to Ykkönen]. yle.fi (in Finnish). YLE. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
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