Tinja-Riikka Korpela

Tinja-Riikka Korpela
Personal information
Full nameTinja-Riikka Tellervo Korpela[1]
Date of birth5 May 1986
Place of birthOulu, Finland
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Bayern Munich
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
Oulun LS
2005SC Raisio
2006–2009FC Honka
2010–2012Kolbotn43(0)
2012–2013LSK Kvinner40(0)
2013–2014Tyresö FF1(0)
2014–Bayern Munich
National team‡
2007–Finland53(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:08, 28 June 2014 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:08, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

Tinja-Riikka Tellervo Korpela (born 5 May 1986) is a Finnish football goalkeeper who plays for German club Bayern Munich. She previously played for Tyresö FF in Sweden's Damallsvenskan, LSK Kvinner and Kolbotn of Norway's Toppserien,[2] and FC Honka of Finland's Naisten Liiga.[3]

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

Club career

Swedish UEFA Women's Champions League contenders Tyresö FF signed Korpela to a contract in December 2013.[4] Korpela competed with Carola Söberg for a starting place and was a substitute in Tyresö's 4–3 defeat by Wolfsburg in the 2014 UEFA Women's Champions League Final.[5] Tyresö suffered a financial implosion in 2014 and withdrew from the 2014 Damallsvenskan season, expunging all their results and making all their players free agents.[6]

Playing for Tyresö in 2014

Korpela signed a two-year contract with German Frauen-Bundesliga club FC Bayern Munich in June 2014.[7]

International career

Korpela was part of the Finland squad at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship.[8] She made her senior Finland women's national football team debut in March 2007, against Sweden at the Algarve Cup. By the time of UEFA Women's Euro 2009, hosted in Finland, Korpela was the first choice goalkeeper.[9]

In June 2013 Korpela was named in national coach Andrée Jeglertz's Finland squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[10] After playing in Finland's first two matches at the tournament, she was replaced with longstanding rival Minna Meriluoto for the final group game; a 1–1 draw with Denmark.

References

  1. ↑ "2009 UEFA EUROPEAN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH PRESS KIT". UEFA. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
  2. ↑ Suomen naisten EM-karsintajoukkue valittu YLE
  3. ↑ Honka ratkaisi heti ensiminuuteilla Naisten Liiga
  4. ↑ "Tyresö sign Korpela and secure quartet". Uefa.com. UEFA. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  5. ↑ Saffer, Paul (22 May 2014). "Müller the hero again as Wolfsburg win classic final". UEFA. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  6. ↑ Jönsson, Fredrik; Nordmark, Kasja (5 June 2014). "Tyresö lämnar damallsvenskan" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "FC Bayern verpflichtet Korpela und verlängert mit Manieri". http://www.fcbayern-frauenfussball.de'' (in German). 23 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "Tinja-Riikka Korpela". Uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  9. ↑ Statistics in the Football Association of Finland's web
  10. ↑ "Jeglertz turns to youth for Finland". Uefa.com. UEFA. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.

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