Roope Riski


Roope Riski is a Finnish footballer currently playing for HJK Helsinki.
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. He has the best game/goal ratio in the Veikkausliiga. He has often been compared to Bayer Leverkusen forward Javier Hernández.

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.
From 27 January 2011 he is an official Cesena player.
He made his Serie A debut on 19 March 2011 against Lazio on Stadio Olimpico 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, he scored in a reserve friendly against Matlock Town.
On 8 February 2016, SJK announced the signing of Riski on a two-year contract. On 10 January 2017 he was loaned to Paderborn.
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.

International career

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

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef
1.19 January 2015Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi1–01–0Friendly

Personal life

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

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