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Teemu Penninkangas
Penninkangas in Inter Turku 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-07-24) 24 July 1992 (age 32)
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)
2010Karhu (loan) 1 (0)
2013–2015Kerho 07 (loan) 23 (8)
2015Jazz (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

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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

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As of 26 October 2024.[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup and FAI Cup
  2. ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

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SJK Seinäjoki

Inter Turku

  • Finnish Cup: 2018

References

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  1. ^ Teemu Penninkangas at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Finland - FC Lahti - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  3. ^ O'Callaghan, Will. "Finnish defender Teemu Penninkangas joins Sligo Rovers". Newstalk. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Finnish defender Penninkangas signs – Sligo Rovers".
  5. ^ "More League of Ireland football clubs to stop paying wages as delay of three months looms due to coronavirus". independent. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  6. ^ ESS (10 November 2021). "Teemu Penninkangas jatkaa FC Lahdessa". Etelä-Suomen Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  7. ^ TEEMU PENNINKANGAS VAHVISTAA GNISTANIA, gnistan.fi, 15 December 2023
  8. ^ Teemu Penninkangas stats, Finnish FA