Roope Riski

Who is Roope Riski?

Roope Riski is a Finnish footballer currently playing for Norwegian 1.division club Hønefoss. 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 Manchester United F.C. forward Javier Hernández.

On 22 September 2010, Riski scored a hat-trick against AC Oulu. By doing this, he became the first ever player in Finland to score a hat-trick in all the highest three levels of Finnish football system during one season.

From 27 January 2011 he is an official Cesena player. He made his Serie A debut on 19 March 2011 against Lazio on Stadio Olimpico as a 69th minute substitute for Fabio Caserta, he has had loan spell in Finland for TPS Turku in 2012 and Hønefoss BK in Norway.