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Finnish footballer (born 1975)
Tero Penttilä
Personal information
Full name Tero Penttilä
Date of birth (1975-03-09) 9 March 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Suomussalmi, Finland
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1993 Reipas Lahti 9 (0)
1994–1996 Kuusysi 74 (14)
1997–1998 Lahti 45 (19)
1999 Haka 39 (4)
1999–2002 Rangers 4 (0)
2001 → Haka (loan) 11 (1)
2002–2005 HJK 20 (1)
Total 187 (36)
International career
2000–2005 Finland 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tero Penttilä (born 9 March 1975) is a former professional football player who played for Rangers in defence.

Club career

Penttilä began football career at Reipas Lahti, before moving to arch rivals FC Kuusysi in 1994. By 1997, the two sides had merged and become FC Lahti. Penttilä continued to play for the side until 1999, when he moved to Haka Valkeakoski, where he won his first Veikkausliiga title. It was at Haka that the then Rangers manager Dick Advocaat noticed him during a UEFA Champions League qualifier. Penttilä joined the Gers in November 1999, he cost £300,000.

He made a total of five top team appearances (four in the league) over three seasons and left Rangers on 16 May 2002. He made 4 of his 5 appearances in the 1999/2000 season, but didn't make his 5th and final appearance until the 2001/02 season when he came on as a substitute against Kilmarnock. He returned to Veikkausliiga, with HJK Helsinki a month later. Penttilä was named team captain and won 2002 & 2003 league titles with the club. He retired in 2005 due to a knee injury and went on to study medicine.

International career

Penttila won five caps for Finland.

Career statistics

As of 1 September 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Reipas Lahti 1992 Ykkönen 9 0 – 9 0
1993 Ykkönen 0 0 – 0 0
Total 9 0 0 0 9 0
Kuusysi 1994 Veikkausliiga 18 0 – 18 0
1995 Veikkausliiga 25 7 – 25 7
1996 Ykkönen 27 5 – 27 5
Total 70 12 0 0 70 12
Lahti 1997 Ykkönen 26 10 – 26 10
1998 Ykkönen 19 9 – 19 9
Total 45 19 0 0 45 19
Haka 1999 Veikkausliiga 28 3 4 0 32 3
Rangers 1999–00 Scottish Premier League 3 0 0 0 3 0
2000–01 Scottish Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001–02 Scottish Premier League 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 4 0 0 0 4 0
Haka (loan) 2001 Veikkausliiga 11 1 – 11 1
HJK 2002 Veikkausliiga 20 1 2 0 22 1
Career total 188 36 6 0 194 36
  1. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Haka

HJK

References

  1. "United ready to sell struggling Taibi" Independent (17 November 1999)
  2. "Penttilä and the Rangers about erkanivat" MTV3.fi (16 May 2002)
  3. "Rangers trounce Kilmarnock". BBC. 20 March 2002. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  4. "Penttila moves to Rangers to learn". The Herald (Glasgow). 17 November 1999. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

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