.jpg) Riski with St. Pölten in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roope Vilhelmi Riski | ||
| Date of birth | 16 August 1991 | ||
| 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) |
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*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]
- ^ "Veikkausliiga | Tilastot - Veikkaus-Maalipörssi". Archived from the original on 27 July 2010.