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Riku Riski
Riku Riski with HJK in 2018
Personal information
Full name Riku Olavi Riski[1]
Date of birth (1989-08-16) 16 August 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Masku, Finland[2]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward, winger
Team information
Current team
 TPS
Number 10
Youth career
MaPS
TPS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 TPS 82 (17)
2011–2012 Widzew Łódź 12 (0)
2011 → Örebro (loan) 7 (1)
2012–2013 Hønefoss 55 (20)
2014–2016 Rosenborg 48 (9)
2015 → IFK Göteborg (loan) 11 (1)
2016 → Dundee United (loan) 3 (0)
2016–2018 Odd 37 (2)
2018–2022 HJK 85 (19)
2023– TPS 36 (8)
International career
2009–2010 Finland U21 10 (2)
2011–2017 Finland 26 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2024

Riku Olavi Riski (born 16 August 1989) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays for Finnish club TPS. He has previously played for HJK in Finland, Widzew Łódź in Poland, Hønefoss BK, Rosenborg BK and Odds BK in Norway, and has also had loan spells with Örebro SK and IFK Göteborg in Sweden and Dundee United in Scotland. He has also represented Finland in international football.

Career

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Club

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Riski was born in Masku on 16 August 1989. He played his first game for Turun Palloseura in the Veikkausliiga when he was only 16 years old. In January 2011, the midfielder joined Polish club Widzew Łódź on a three-and-a-half-year contract.[3]

On 30 August 2011, he was loaned for six months to Örebro SK in Sweden.[4] On 12 September, Riski made his Allsvenskan debut, playing 90 minutes and scoring once against AIK. On 5 January 2012, he signed a three-year contract with freshly promoted Hønefoss BK.

On 30 December 2013, he signed a four-year contract with Norwegian side Rosenborg BK.[5]

On 5 August 2015, he was loaned for five months to IFK Göteborg in Sweden.[6]

On 8 January 2016, Riski signed a loan deal with Scottish Premiership side Dundee United.[7]

He returned to TPS on 3 February 2023, signing a 2+1 year deal.[8]

International

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Riski was a member of Finland national under-21 football team during the 2011 Euro U21 qualifying. He made his senior national team debut on 9 February 2011 against Belgium. He scored a goal against Turkey B team in a 0−1 away win on 25 March 2011.[9]

Riski turned down a call-up to the Finland squad for a winter training camp and two friendly matches in Qatar during January 2019, citing "ethical reasons and the values I wanted to act upon".[10]

Personal life

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He is the older brother of Roope Riski, who plays for Veikkausliiga club Ilves.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 19 October 2024[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
TPS Turku 2006 Veikkausliiga 9 1 0 0 - - 9 1
2007 Veikkausliiga 6 0 0 0 - - 6 0
2008 Veikkausliiga 20 5 0 0 - - 20 5
2009 Veikkausliiga 22 5 0 0 - - 22 5
2010 Veikkausliiga 25 6 6 6 4 3 - 35 15
Total 82 17 6 6 4 3 - - 92 26
Widzew Łódź 2010–11 Ekstraklasa 9 0 0 0 - - 9 0
2011–12 Ekstraklasa 3 0 0 0 - - 3 0
Total 12 0 0 0 - - - - 12 0
Örebro (loan) 2011 Allsvenskan 7 1 0 0 - - 7 1
Hønefoss 2012 Tippeligaen 26 10 3 0 - - 29 10
2013 Tippeligaen 29 10 2 1 - - 31 11
Total 55 20 5 1 - - - - 60 21
Rosenborg 2014 Tippeligaen 29 8 2 0 6 0 - 37 8
2015 Tippeligaen 16 1 2 2 5 0 - 23 3
2016 Tippeligaen 3 0 3 1 - - 6 1
Total 48 9 7 3 11 0 - - 66 12
Göteborg (loan) 2015 Allsvenskan 11 1 0 0 - - 11 1
Dundee United (loan) 2015–16 Scottish Premiership 3 0 0 0 - - 3 0
Odd 2016 Tippeligaen 14 0 0 0 - - 14 0
2017 Eliteserien 23 2 4 3 5 0 - 32 5
Total 37 2 4 3 5 0 - - 46 5
HJK 2018 Veikkausliiga 22 6 5 2 6 0 - 33 8
2019 Veikkausliiga 19 7 5 2 6 3 - 30 12
2020 Veikkausliiga 21 4 9 3 - - 30 7
2021 Veikkausliiga 24 2 6 1 13 4 - 43 7
2022 Veikkausliiga 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Total 87 19 25 8 25 7 - - 137 34
Klubi-04 2018 Kakkonen 1 0 0 0 - - 1 0
2022 Kakkonen 5 1 - - - 5 1
Total 6 1 0 0 0 0 - - 6 1
TPS 2023 Ykkönen 18 5 1 0 – 3 1 22 6
2024 Ykkösliiga 18 3 3 0 – – 21 3
Total 36 8 4 0 0 0 3 1 43 9
Career total 384 78 51 21 45 10 4 1 484 110

International

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As of 7 September 2014[12]
Finland national team
Year Apps Goals
2011 4 0
2012 5 1
2013 6 1
2014 8 2
2015 3 0
2016 0 0
Total 26 4

International goals

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# Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 22 January 2012 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago  Trinidad and Tobago 1−1 2−3 Friendly
2. 16 November 2013 Cardiff, Wales  Wales 1−1 1−1 Friendly
3. 7 September 2014 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands  Faroe Islands 1−1 1−3 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
4. 1−2

Honours

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TPS

HJK[14]

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "15th UEFA European Championship: Booking List before Qualifying Round Matchday 10" (PDF). UEFA. 11 October 2015. p. 6. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  2. ^ Hønefoss Player Profile Archived 23 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Riku Riski i Bogdan Straton w Widzewie Archived 1 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine 12 January 2011, onet.pl
  4. ^ Riku Riski siirtyy lainalle Allsvenskaniin (in Finnish)
  5. ^ Askeland, Øyvind (30 December 2013). "Riku Riski har signert for Rosenborg" (in Norwegian). VG. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  6. ^ Stenseth, Jørgen (5 August 2015). "Lånes ut til IFK Göteborg" (in Finnish). Rosenborg BK. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Türklerin Online Mecrasında Bahisin Yeri".
  8. ^ "RIKU RISKI PALAA TURUN PALLOSEURAAN 2+1-VUOTISELLA SOPIMUKSELLA".
  9. ^ Gol Riku Riskiego dla reprezentacji Finlandii 25 March 2011, 90minut.pl
  10. ^ McVeigh, Niall (8 January 2019). "Finland forward Riku Riski refuses to play match in Qatar for 'ethical reasons'". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  11. ^ "Riku Riski". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  12. ^ "Riku Riski" (in Finnish). palloliitto.fi. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  13. ^ "Seura | Historia". Official website of Turun Palloseura (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Riku Riski". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 16 August 2024.
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