Roope Riski (born 16 August 1991) is a Finnish footballer currently playing for HJK Helsinki.
He is known as a clinical, well positioned forward who can get into the right place at the right time. In the middle of the 2010 season, Riski was selected to the opening squad for the first time of his career. Since then he has enjoyed a phenomenal season, starting 12 games and scoring 11 goals. He has the best game/goal ratio in the Veikkausliiga. He has often been compared to former Manchester United and Bayer Leverkusen forward Javier Hernandez.
International Career
On 19 January 2015, Riski made his senior debut for Finland in a 1–0 friendly against Sweden, where he scored the only goal of the match.
Riski was called up for the UEFA Euro 2020 pre-tournament friendly match against Sweden on 29 May 2021.
International goals
- Score and result list Finland's goal tally first.