Matias Riikonen

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Matias Riikonen
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-02-24) 24 February 2002 (age 22)
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 IFK Mariehamn
Youth career
0000–2018 MYPA
2020–2021 → FC Copenhagen (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018 MYPA 3 (0)
2018–2021 Ilves II 26 (0)
2020–2021 Ilves 6 (0)
2022–2023 Inter Turku 12 (0)
2024– IFK Mariehamn 4 (0)
International career‡
2019 Finland U17 2 (0)
2021– Finland U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2021

Matias Riikonen (born 24 February 2002) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Veikkausliiga side IFK Mariehamn.

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Club career

On 22 September 2020, Riikonen joined the U19 side of Danish Superliga club F.C. Copenhagen on a season-long loan deal. [1]

On 26 November 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Inter Turku. [2]

On 22 November 2023, Riikonen signed a two-year deal with fellow Veikkausliiga club IFK Mariehamn. [3]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 July 2020. [4]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
MYPA 2018 Kakkonen 3000–0030
Ilves II 2018 00––0000
2019 180––00180
2020 20––0020
Total200000000200
Ilves 2020 Veikkausliiga 101 [lower-alpha 1] 0000020
Career total240100000250
Notes
  1. ↑ Appearances in the Suomen Cup

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References

  1. ↑ U19 LEJER DEN TALENTFULDE FINSKE KEEPER MATIAS RIIKONEN, fck.dk, 22 September 2020
  2. ↑ "MATIAS RIIKONEN KAKSIVUOTISEEN SOPIMUKSEEN FC INTERIN KANSSA" (in Finnish). Inter Turku. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. ↑ Matias Riikonen Interistä IFK Mariehamniin – Otto Hautamo ei jatka Grönvittissä, Veikkausliiga, 22 November 2023
  4. ↑ Matias Riikonen at Soccerway
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