Matias Riikonen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matias Ilmari Riikonen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 February 2002 | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | IFK Mariehamn | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | MYPA | ||
| 2020–2021 | → Copenhagen (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018 | MYPA | 3 | (0) |
| 2018–2021 | Ilves II | 26 | (0) |
| 2018–2021 | Ilves | 6 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Inter Turku | 12 | (0) |
| 2024– | IFK Mariehamn | 49 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Finland U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021– | Finland U20 | 1 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 July 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 November 2021 | |||
Matias Ilmari Riikonen (born 24 February 2002) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Veikkausliiga side IFK Mariehamn.
Club career
[edit]On 22 September 2020, Riikonen joined the U19 side of Danish Superliga club Copenhagen on a season-long loan deal from Ilves.[2][3]
On 26 November 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Inter Turku.[4]
On 22 November 2023, Riikonen signed a two-year deal with fellow Veikkausliiga club IFK Mariehamn.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 27 February 2025[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| MYPA | 2018 | Kakkonen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ilves II | 2018 | Kakkonen | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | Kakkonen | 18 | 0 | – | – | – | 18 | 0 | ||||
| 2020 | Kakkonen | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | Kakkonen | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Ilves | 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Inter Turku | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | ||
| Total | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| IFK Mariehamn | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 31 | 0 | |
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 73 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 101 | 0 | ||
- Notes
- ↑ Appearances in the Suomen Cup
- ↑ Includes Finnish League Cup
- ↑ Includes UEFA Europa Conference League
References
[edit]- ↑ Urheilukouluun valittiin 79 kesälajien urheilijaa lokakuun 2022 saapumiserään, intti.fi, 17 May 2022
- ↑ U19 LEJER DEN TALENTFULDE FINSKE KEEPER MATIAS RIIKONEN, fck.dk, 22 September 2020
- ↑ Kouvolan Sanomien urheilutoimituksen juttusarja kysyy: Miksi oman kylän pojat eivät pelaa? – Katso, millaisen ihannekokoonpanon KJP:n Henri Halonen kokosi kouvolalaistaustaisista jalkapalloilijoista, Kouvolan Sanomat, 21 February 2021
- ↑ "MATIAS RIIKONEN KAKSIVUOTISEEN SOPIMUKSEEN FC INTERIN KANSSA" (in Finnish). Inter Turku. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ↑ Matias Riikonen Interistä IFK Mariehamniin – Otto Hautamo ei jatka Grönvittissä, Veikkausliiga, 22 November 2023
- ↑ Matias Riikonen at Soccerway
Categories:
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Finnish men's footballers
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Myllykosken Pallo −47 players
- Ilves (football) players
- F.C. Copenhagen players
- FC Inter Turku players
- IFK Mariehamn players
- Kakkonen players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark