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DeutschTeemu Penninkangas
 Penninkangas in Inter Turku 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 July 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Alavus, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2007 | APV | ||
| 2008–2009 | TP-Seinäjoki | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006 | APV | 1 | (0) |
| 2008 | TP-Seinäjoki | 2 | (0) |
| 2010–2016 | SJK | 76 | (6) |
| 2010 | → Karhu (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | → Kerho 07 (loan) | 23 | (8) |
| 2015 | → Jazz (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2017 | Ilves | 21 | (2) |
| 2018 | Inter Turku | 29 | (1) |
| 2019 | Lahti | 24 | (1) |
| 2020 | Sligo Rovers | 13 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Lahti | 62 | (4) |
| 2024 | Gnistan | 23 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2024 | |||
Teemu Penninkangas (born 24 July 1992) is a Finnish footballer who most recently played as a left-back for Finnish club Gnistan in Veikkausliiga.
Career
[edit]Penninkangas won the Veikkausliiga title with SJK in 2015. It was also the first title in club history. Penninkangas made his SJK debut in 2010, back when the club was playing in Kakkonen, the third tier of Finnish football.[1]
On 16 January 2019 Penninkangas signed for FC Lahti[2] He left a year later to Sligo Rovers.[3]
On 10 January 2020, he signed for League of Ireland Premier Division side Sligo Rovers.[4] Penninkangas was released by Sligo Rovers at the end of the 2020 season because the club stopped paying wages due to COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
After a one-year spell at Sligo Rovers Penninkangas rejoined FC Lahti and extended his contract until 31 December 2022.[6]
On 15 December 2023, Gnistan from Northern Helsinki announced the signing of Penninkangas.[7]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 26 October 2024.[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| APV | 2006 | Kolmonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| TP-Seinäjoki | 2008 | Nelonen | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| SJK Seinäjoki | 2011 | Kakkonen | 20 | 5 | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | |||
| 2012 | Ykkönen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2013 | Ykkönen | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 35 | 2 | |
| Total | 76 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 8 | ||
| SJK Akatemia | 2013 | Kakkonen | 14 | 3 | – | – | – | 14 | 3 | |||
| 2014 | Kakkonen | 8 | 5 | – | – | – | 8 | 5 | ||||
| 2015 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2016 | Kolmonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8 | ||
| Karhu (loan) | 2010 | Kolmonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jazz (loan) | 2015 | Ykkönen | 16 | 1 | – | – | – | 16 | 1 | |||
| Ilves | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 2 | ||
| Ilves II | 2017 | Kolmonen | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| Inter Turku | 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 1 | ||
| Lahti | 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 1 | ||
| Sligo Rovers | 2020 | LOI Premier Division | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 0 | ||
| Lahti | 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 28 | 5 | ||
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 27 | 0 | ||
| Total | 62 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 5 | ||
| Gnistan | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 29 | 2 | |
| Career total | 302 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 351 | 28 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup and FAI Cup
- ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
Honours
[edit]SJK Seinäjoki
- Veikkausliiga: 2015
- Veikkausliiga runner-up: 2014
- Finnish Cup: 2016
- Finnish League Cup: 2014
Inter Turku
- Finnish Cup: 2018
References
[edit]- ^ Teemu Penninkangas at Soccerway
- ^ "Finland - FC Lahti - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ O'Callaghan, Will. "Finnish defender Teemu Penninkangas joins Sligo Rovers". Newstalk. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Finnish defender Penninkangas signs – Sligo Rovers".
- ^ "More League of Ireland football clubs to stop paying wages as delay of three months looms due to coronavirus". independent. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ ESS (10 November 2021). "Teemu Penninkangas jatkaa FC Lahdessa". Etelä-Suomen Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ TEEMU PENNINKANGAS VAHVISTAA GNISTANIA, gnistan.fi, 15 December 2023
- ^ Teemu Penninkangas stats, Finnish FA
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