Tinja-Riikka Korpela

Tinja-Riikka Korpela

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Personal information
Full name	Tinja-Riikka Tellervo Korpela
Date of birth	(1986-05-05) 5 May 1986
Place of birth	Oulu, Finland
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Bayern Munich
Number	32
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	OLS Oulu
2005	SC Raisio
2006–2009	FC Honka
2010–2012	Kolbotn	43	(0)
2012–2013	LSK Kvinner	40	(0)
2013–2014	Tyresö FF	1	(0)
2014–	Bayern Munich
International career‡
2007–	Finland	53	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:08, 28 June 2014 (UTC) ‡ 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, and FC Honka of Finland's Naisten Liiga.

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

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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. 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. 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.

Korpela signed a two-year contract with German Frauen-Bundesliga club FC Bayern Munich in June 2014. On 18 February 2016, she extended her contract until 2018.

International career

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

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

Honours

Bayern München

• Bundesliga: 2014–15, 2015–16

External links

Tinja-Riikka Korpela – FIFA competition record