| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tero Penttilä | ||
| Date of birth | 9 March 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Suomussalmi, Finland | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| FC Lahti | |||
| 1999 | Haka Valkeakoski | ||
| 1999-2002 | Rangers | 4 | (0) |
| 2002-2005 | HJK Helsinki | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Tero Penttilä (born 9 March 1975 in Suomussalmi, Finland) is a former professional football player who played for Rangers in defence.
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Penttilä began football career at FC Lahti before moving to Haka Valkeakoski, where he one his first Veikkausliiga title. It was at Haka that the then Rangers manager Dick Advocaat noticed him during a UEFA Champions League qualifier. Penttilä joined the Gers in the summer of 1999, he cost £300,000.[1]
He made a total of five top team appearances (four in the league) over three seasons and left Rangers on 16 May 2002.[2] He returned to Veikkausliiga, with HJK Helsinki a month later. Penttilä was named team captain and won 2002 & 2003 league titles with the club. He retired in 2005 due to a knee injury and went on to study medicine.
Penttila won five caps for Finland.