Roope Riski

Roope Riski
Riski with St. Pölten in 2018
Personal information
Full name Roope Vilhelmi Riski
Date of birth (1991-08-16) 16 August 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Askainen, Finland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Ilves
Number 10
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 (loan) 11 (4)
2012 → Hønefoss (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 → SC Paderborn (loan) 10 (1)
2017–2019 St. Pölten 33 (5)
2018–2019 → PAE Chania (loan) 22 (7)
2020–2023 HJK 54 (22)
2024– Ilves 26 (11)
International career‡
2010–2012 Finland U21 11 (6)
2015– Finland 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 December 2021

Roope Vilhelmi Riski (born 16 August 1991) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Veikkausliiga club Ilves.

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.[peacock prose] He has the best game/goal ratio in the Veikkausliiga.[1]

Club 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]

Riski with SJK in 2015

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

On 6 November 2023, it was announced that Riski had signed with Veikkausliiga club Ilves on a two-year deal, starting in 2024.[9]

International career

On 19 January 2015, Riski made his senior debut for the Finland national team in a 1–0 friendly against Sweden, where he scored the only goal of the match.[10]

He was called up for the UEFA Euro 2020 pre-tournament friendly match against Sweden on 29 May 2021.[11]

Personal life

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

Career statistics

Club

As of 19 October 2024[12]
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 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 (loan) 2011 Veikkausliiga 11 5 0 0 0 0 – 11 5
Hønefoss (loan) 2012 Tippeligaen 1 0 0 0 – – 1 0
TPS (loan) 2012 Veikkausliiga 7 1 0 0 0 0 – 7 1
2013 Veikkausliiga 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 2015 Veikkausliiga 13 8 0 0 0 0 – 13 8
2016 Veikkausliiga 33 17 4 3 5 4 2 1 44 25
2017 Veikkausliiga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 46 25 4 3 5 4 2 1 57 33
SC Paderborn (loan) 2016–17 3. Liga 10 1 0 0 – – 10 1
St. Pölten 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 25 5 1 1 – – 26 6
2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga 8 0 2 0 – – 10 0
Total 33 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 36 6
AO Chania Kissamikos (loan) 2018–19 Football League Greece 22 7 4 2 – – 26 9
HJK 2020 Veikkausliiga 20 16 9 3 – – 29 19
2021 Veikkausliiga 24 6 6 5 – 14 9 42 20
2022 Veikkausliiga 2 0 2 1 3 4 0 0 7 5
2023 Veikkausliiga 8 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 12 0
Total 54 22 18 9 3 4 17 9 92 44
Klubi 04 2023 Kakkonen 1 0 – – – 1 0
Ilves 2024 Veikkausliiga 26 11 1 0 4 1 4 3 35 15
Career total 309 125 31 15 24 14 29 15 393 169

International

As of match played 12 October 2021[13]
Finland
Year Apps Goals
2015 2 1
2016 3 0
2017 0 0
2018 0 0
2019 0 0
2020 0 0
2021 3 0
Total 8 1

International goals

Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Riski goal.
List of international goals scored by Roope Riski
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 19 January 2015 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  Sweden 1–0 1–0 Friendly [10]

Honours

SJK

HJK

Ilves

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Veikkausliiga | Tilastot - Veikkaus-Maalipörssi". Archived from the original on 27 July 2010.
  2. ^ [1]; YLE.fi, 29.2010 (in Finnish)
  3. ^ "Cesena Calcio - Notizie sul mondo del calcio".
  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. ^ TERVETULOA ILVEKSEEN, ROOPE RISKI!, ilvesedustus.fi
  10. ^ a b Lundberg, Martin (19 January 2015). "Roope Riski fällde Sverige". YLE (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  11. ^ Roope Riski ja Carljohan Eriksson Huuhkajien leirijoukkueeseen
  12. ^ "R. Riski". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Roope Riski". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ Ilveksen päävalmentaja hopeasta: ”Voitettu mitali”, Yle, 19 October 2024
  16. ^ TPS:n Roope Riski Veikkausliigan elokuun pelaaja (in Finnish)
  17. ^ Roope Riski kuukauden pelaajaksi (in Finnish)
  18. ^ Roope Riski Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja, JPY, 10 November 2020
  19. ^ "Teemu Pukki ja Natalia Kuikka kruunattiin Vuoden jalkapalloilijoiksi – HJK:n Roope Riski kahmi palkintoja". www.iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  20. ^ "Pallo-Koplan Veikkausliigan tähdistöjoukkue on valittu". www.veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  21. ^ veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)
    As of 23 October 2016.
  22. ^ "PLAYERS: Topscorers". Soccerway. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
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