Tinja-Riikka Korpela

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Tinja-Riikka Korpela
File:TinjaRiikkaKorpela.jpg
Korpela in 2009
Personal information
Full name Tinja-Riikka Tellervo Korpela[1]
Date of birth (1986-05-05) 5 May 1986 (age 40)
Place of birth Oulu, Finland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position 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‡
2007–2025 Finland 128 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 June 2025

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.[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.

Club career

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Playing for Tyresö in 2014

Swedish UEFA Women's Champions League contenders Tyresö FF signed Korpela to a contract in December 2013.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]

Korpela signed a two-year contract with German Frauen-Bundesliga club FC Bayern Munich in June 2014.[8] On 18 February 2016, she extended her contract until 2018.[9] At their request and in agreement of the association their contract was dissolved at the end of 2017; She left FC Bayern Munich after just three and a half years.[10] It was duly approved before the last round game on 17 December 2017 before the home game against 1. FFC Frankfurt.

On 6 July 2021, Korpela signed for Tottenham after leaving Everton in the WSL.[11]

International career

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Korpela was part of the Finland squad at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship.[12] 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.[13]

In June 2013, Korpela was named in national coach Andrée Jeglertz's Finland squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[14] 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.

On 21 October 2021, she played her 100th match for Finland in a 3–0 win over Georgia in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification.[15]

On 19 June 2025, Korpela was called up to the Finland squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.[16] She announced her retirement from international duties after the tournament.

Personal life

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Korpela is openly gay.[17]

Career statistics

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As of 21 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
OLS Oulu 2004 Naisten Ykkönen – – –
SC Raisio 2005 Naisten SM-sarja 18 0 – – – – 18 0
Honka 2006 Naisten SM-sarja – – – –
2007 Naisten Liiga – – – –
2008 Naisten Liiga – – – –
2009 Naisten Liiga 19 0 – – 2[a] 0 – 21 0
Total 78 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 80 0
Kolbotn 2010 Toppserien 21 0 – – – – 21 0
2011 Toppserien 22 0 – – – – 22 0
Total 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 0
LSK Kvinner 2012 Toppserien 22 0 – – – – 22 0
2013 Toppserien 18 0 – – – – 18 0
Total 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0
Tyresö 2014 Damallsvenskan 4 0 0 0 – 2[a] 0 – 6 0
Bayern Munich 2014–15 Frauen-Bundesliga 19 0 2 0 – – – 21 0
2015–16 Frauen-Bundesliga 18 0 4 0 – 2[a] 0 – 24 0
2016–17 Frauen-Bundesliga 12 0 2 0 – 5[a] 0 – 19 0
2017–18 Frauen-Bundesliga 2 0 2 0 – 0 0 – 4 0
Total 51 0 10 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 68 0
Vålerenga 2018 Toppserien 10 0 – – – – 10 0
2019 Toppserien 7 0 – – – – 7 0
Total 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
Everton 2019–20 FA Women's Super League 11 0 0 0 1 0 – – 12 0
2020–21 FA Women's Super League 5 0 0 0 2 0 – – 7 0
Total 16 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
Tottenham Hotspur 2021–22 FA Women's Super League 11 0 0 0 3 0 – – 14 0
2022–23 Women's Super League 11 0 2 0 3 0 – – 16 0
Total 22 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 30 0
AS Roma 2023–24 Serie A Femminile 7 0 0 0 – 1[a] 0 0 0 8 0
Servette 2024–25 Swiss Women's Super League 9 0 0 0 – 1[a] 0 – 10 0
Career total 353 0 12 0 9 0 13 0 0 0 387 0
  1. ^ a b c d e f Appearances in UEFA Women's Champions League

Honours

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FC Honka
Bayern München

References

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  2. ^ TINJA-RIIKKA KORPELA NOUVELLE PORTIÈRE DES GRENAT !, servettefc.ch, 2 July 2024
  3. ^ Suomen naisten EM-karsintajoukkue valittu YLE
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