Tinja-Riikka Korpela

Tinja-Riikka Korpela
Korpela in 2009
Personal information
Full name Tinja-Riikka Tellervo Korpela[1]
Date of birth (1986-05-05) 5 May 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Oulu, Finland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Servette
Youth career
1992–2004 OLS Oulu
2004–2005 SC Raisio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 FC Honka
2010–2011 Kolbotn 43 (0)
2012–2013 LSK Kvinner 40 (0)
2013–2014 Tyresö FF 4 (0)
2014–2017 Bayern Munich 51 (0)
2018–2019 Vålerenga 17 (0)
2019–2021 Everton 16 (0)
2021–2023 Tottenham Hotspur 22 (0)
2023–2024 AS Roma 7 (0)
2024– Servette 0 (0)
International career
2007– Finland 105 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 April 2022

Tinja-Riikka Tellervo Korpela (born 5 May 1986) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Swiss Women's Super League club Servette and the Finland national team.[2] She previously played for AS Roma in Serie A, Tottenham Hotspur in the FA WSL, Bayern Munich in the German Frauen-Bundesliga, Tyresö FF in Sweden's Damallsvenskan, LSK Kvinner and Kolbotn of Norway's Toppserien,[3] and FC Honka of Finland's Naisten Liiga.[4]

Korpela debuted for Finland's national team in 2007. She represented her country at the UEFA Women's Championships in 2009, 2013 and 2022.

  1. ^ "2009 UEFA EUROPEAN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH PRESS KIT" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  2. ^ TINJA-RIIKKA KORPELA NOUVELLE PORTIÈRE DES GRENAT !, servettefc.ch, 2 July 2024
  3. ^ Suomen naisten EM-karsintajoukkue valittu YLE
  4. ^ "Naisten Liiga – Suomen Palloliitto". Retrieved 2 February 2017.