Riikka Hannula (born 20 March 1990) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a forward for Honka.

Career

Riikka Hannula began her career at the Kansallinen Liiga team

FC Honka FC Honka is a Finnish football club based in Espoo. It was founded in 1957 as Tapion Honka, and changed its name to FC Honka in 1975. The club currently play in the Finnish premier division (''Veikkausliiga''), having been promoted for the fir ...

winning the Finnish Women's Cup in 2014 and 2015, in 2016 Riikka Hannula transferred to the

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side

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. In July 2017, Hannula moved to the Spanish Liga F club

Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as Espanyol, is a professional sports club based in Barcelona, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish football league sy ...

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

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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 FC.

Honours

Honka FC * Finnish Women's Cup: 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 {{Finland-footy-midfielder-stub