| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Riku Riski | ||
| Date of birth | 16 August 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Turku, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Örebro SK | ||
| Number | TBA | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Maskun Palloseura | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2010 | TPS Turku | 82 | (17) |
| 2011– | Widzew Łódź | 12 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Örebro (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008 | Finland U-20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Finland U-21 | 11 | (2) |
| 2011– | Finland | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 December 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Riku Riski (born 16 August 1989 in Turku) is a Finnish footballer, who represents Örebro SK on loan from Widzew Łódź of Ekstraklasa.
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Riski played his first game for TPS Turku with only sixteen years in the Veikkausliiga.[1] On January 2011, the midfielder joined Polish club Widzew Łódź on three and a half year contract.[2]
On 30 August 2011 he was loaned for six months to Örebro SK in Sweden.[3] 12 September Riski made his Allsvenskan debut playing 90 minutes and scoring once against AIK.
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.[4]
He is the older brother of Roope Riski, who currently plays for Italian Serie A club A.C. Cesena.