Riikka Hannula (born 20 March 1990) is a Finnish former footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Riikka Hannula began her career at the

Kansallinen Liiga The Kansallinen Liiga ('National League') is the premier division of women's football in Finland. It was previously called the Jalkapallon naisten SM-sarja ('Women's Football Finnish Championship Series') during 1974 to 2006 and the Naisten L ...

team

FC Honka FC Honka is a Finland, Finnish Association football, football club based in Espoo. It was founded in 1957 as Tapion Honka, and changed its name to FC Honka in 1975. The club will play in Kakkonen in the 2024 season, after Esport Honka filed for ...

winning the

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in 2014 and 2015, in 2016 Riikka Hannula transferred to the

Serie B The Serie B (), officially known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had b ...

side

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. In July 2017, Hannula moved to the Spanish

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club

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only to leave three months later due to personal issues. In November 2017 Riikka Hannula returned to play professional football in Italy only this time for the

Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...

team

. In 2018 Hannuala moved to

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. Hannula move to the Italian side was unsuccessful and Hannula moved back to Finland with Honka.

Honours

Honka FC *

: 2014, 2015

References

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* Living people 1990 births Finnish women's footballers Finnish expatriate women's footballers Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Kansallinen Liiga players FC Honka (women) players PK-35 Vantaa (women) players Serie A (women's football) players Serie B (women's football) players RCD Espanyol (women) players Liga F players A.S.D. AGSM Verona F.C. players US Sassuolo Calcio (women) players Expatriate women's footballers in Italy Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Women's association football midfielders 21st-century Finnish sportswomen {{Finland-footy-midfielder-stub