Siiri Perälä (1 June 1993 – 5 January 2022) was a Finnish football and futsal player. She played in the Naisten Futsal-Liiga from 2017 to 2021 and won the league championship in 2019. Perälä earned five caps in the Finnish women's futsal team from 2019 to 2020.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 June 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Jämsä, Finland | ||
| Date of death | 5 January 2022 (aged 28) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | KaDy | 34 | (40) |
| 2018–2021 | GFT | 50 | (36) |
| Total | 84 | (76) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Perälä also played football in the Naisten Ykkönen, Kakkonen and Kolmos from 2014 to 2019, representing Jyväskylä Pallokerho and FC Espoo.
Personal life and death edit
Perälä was diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma in the spring of 2020, and died on 5 January 2022, at the age of 28.[2][3]
References edit
- ^ "Siiri Perälä on poissa". Suomen Palloliitto. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ Pihlajarinne, Päivi (9 July 2020). "Syöpä pysäytti jämsäläislähtöisen futsal-pelaaja Siiri Perälän, 27 – Ajatus maajoukkueen tulevista EM-karsinnoista antaa voimaa vaikeina hetkinä". Jämsän Seutu. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ "Futsalin maajoukkuepelaaja Siiri Perälä kuoli 28-vuotiaana". Helsingin Sanomat. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
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