Siiri Perälä

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Siiri Perälä
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-06-01)1 June 1993
Place of birth Jämsä, Finland
Date of death 5 January 2022(2022-01-05) (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

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]

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

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

  1. ^ "Siiri Perälä on poissa". Suomen Palloliitto. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Futsalin maajoukkuepelaaja Siiri Perälä kuoli 28-vuotiaana". Helsingin Sanomat. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.