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)
2001–2004 OLS Oulu 48 (0)
2005 Sporting Club Raisio 18 (0)
2006–2009 Honka 78 (0)
2010–2011 Kolbotn 43 (0)
2012–2013 LSK Kvinner 40 (0)
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 9 (0)
International career
2007– Finland 105 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 January 2025
‡ 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.

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