Teemu Penninkangas

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Teemu Penninkangas
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Teemu Penninkangas in Turku 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-07-24) 24 July 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Alavus, Finland
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
Gnistan
Youth career
2004–2007 APV
2008–2009 TP-Seinäjoki
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006 APV 1 (0)
2008 TP-Seinäjoki 2 (0)
2010–2017 SJK 76 (6)
2010Karhu (loan) 1 (0)
2013–2015Kerho 07 (loan) 23 (8)
2015FC Jazz (loan) 16 (1)
2017 Ilves 21 (2)
2018 Inter Turku 29 (1)
2019 Lahti 24 (1)
2020 Sligo Rovers 13 (0)
2021–2023 Lahti 62 (4)
2024– Gnistan 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 June 2024

Teemu Penninkangas (born 24 July 1992) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a left-back for Finnish club Gnistan.

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Career

SJK

Penninkangas won the Veikkausliiga title with SJK in 2015. It was also the first title in club history. Penninkangas made his SJK debut in 2010, back when the club was playing in Kakkonen, the third tier of Finnish football. [1]

FC Lahti

On 16 January 2019 Penninkangas signed for FC Lahti [2] He left a year later to Sligo Rovers. [3]

Silgo Rovers

On 10 January 2020, he signed for League of Ireland Premier Division side Sligo Rovers. [4] Penninkangas was released by Sligo Rovers at the end of the 2020 season because the club stopped paying wages due to COVID-19 pandemic. [5]

Return to Lahti

After a one-year spell at Sligo Rovers Penninkangas rejoined FC Lahti and extended his contract until 31 December 2022. [6]

IF Gnistan

On 15 December 2023, Gnistan from Northern Helsinki announced the signing of Penninkangas. [7]

Honours

SJK Seinäjoki

Inter Turku

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References

  1. Teemu Penninkangas at Soccerway
  2. "Finland - FC Lahti - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  3. O'Callaghan, Will. "Finnish defender Teemu Penninkangas joins Sligo Rovers". Newstalk. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  4. "Finnish defender Penninkangas signs – Sligo Rovers".
  5. "More League of Ireland football clubs to stop paying wages as delay of three months looms due to coronavirus". independent. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  6. ESS (10 November 2021). "Teemu Penninkangas jatkaa FC Lahdessa". Etelä-Suomen Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  7. TEEMU PENNINKANGAS VAHVISTAA GNISTANIA, gnistan.fi, 15 December 2023