Riku Riski

Riku Olavi Riski (born 16 August 1989) is a Finnish footballer who plays for the Finnish club HJK Helsinki. He has previously played for TPS Turku 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.

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
Place of birth Masku, Finland[2]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward, winger
Club information
Current team
 HJK Helsinki
Number 9
Youth career
Masku
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– HJK Helsinki 41 (13)
National team‡
2009–2010 Finland U21 10 (2)
2011– Finland 26 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 September 2014

Career

Club

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. On January 2011, the midfielder joined Polish club Widzew Łódź on 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]

International

He 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.[8]

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".[9]

Personal life

He is the older brother of Roope Riski, who also plays for HJK.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 27 October 2019[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
TPS Turku 2006 Veikkausliiga 9100--91
2007 6000--60
2008 20500--205
2009 22500--225
2010 2566643-3515
Total 82176643--9226
Widzew Łódź 2010–11 Ekstraklasa 9000--90
2011–12 3000--30
Total 12000----120
Örebro (loan) 2011 Allsvenskan 7100--71
Total 7100----71
Hønefoss 2012 Tippeligaen 261030--2910
2013 291021--3111
Total 552051----6021
Rosenborg 2014 Tippeligaen 2982060-378
2015 1612250-233
2016 3031--61
Total 48973110--6612
Göteborg (loan) 2015 Allsvenskan 11100--111
Total 11100----111
Dundee United (loan) 2015–16 Scottish Premiership 3000--30
Total 3000----30
Odd 2016 Tippeligaen 14000--140
2017 Eliteserien 2324350-325
Total 3724350--465
HJK 2018 Veikkausliiga 2265260-338
2019 19752--249
Total 411310460--5717
Career total 296633217263--35483


International
As of 7 September 2014[11]
Finland national team
YearAppsGoals
201140
201251
201361
201482
201530
201600
Total264

International goals
#DateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.22 January 2012Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago1−12−3Friendly
2.16 November 2013Cardiff, Wales Wales1−11−1Friendly
3.7 September 2014Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Faroe Islands1−11−3UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
4.1−2

References
  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. http://dufc.co/news/united-secure-riski-signing/
  8. Gol Riku Riskiego dla reprezentacji Finlandii 25 March 2011, 90minut.pl
  9. McVeigh, Niall (8 January 2019). "Finland forward Riku Riski refuses to play match in Qatar for 'ethical reasons'". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  10. "Riku Riski". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  11. "Riku Riski" (in Finnish). palloliitto.fi. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
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