Niki Mäenpää

Niki Mäenpää

Personal information
Date of birth	23 January 1985 (1985-01-23) (age 26)
Place of birth	Espoo, Finland
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	AZ
Number	31
Youth career
–2003	HJK
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
–2003	HJK	0	(0)
2003–2006	RC Lens II	17	(0)
2006	→ Telstar (loan)	0	(0)
2006–2009	Den Bosch	67	(0)
2009–2011	Willem II	18	(0)
2011–	AZ	0	(0)
National team‡
2005–2006	Finland U21	13	(0)
2008–	Finland	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 September 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 June 2011

Niki Mäenpää (born 23 January 1985) is a Finnish football goalkeeper, who plays for Dutch Eredivisie side AZ and represents Finland national team.

Club career

He started his senior career at Lens Reserves in 2003. During winter 2006 transfer window, he joined Telstar on loan until the end of the season. He didn't feature in any league match in the first team of RC Lens. His contract with Lens expired on 30 June 2006.
During summer 2006, he joined Dutch Eerste Divisie side Den Bosch on a free transfer, making a total of 67 league appearances during 3 seasons. His contract with Den Bosch expired in summer 2009.
In summer 2009, he joined Dutch Eredivisie side Willem II on a free transfer, making 18 league appearances. He left Willem II on summer 2011, by terminating his contract after they got relegated to Eerste Divisie.
On 3 October 2011, he joined AZ on a free transfer.^[1]

International career

He made his debut for the Finnish national team on 2 June 2008 in a friendly match against Belarus.

References

1. ^ http://www.az.nl/index.php?id=27&newsid=262977&folderid=222

External links

• Niki Mäenpää French league stats at LFP.fr (French)

Persondata
Name	Mäenpää, Niki
Alternative names
Short description	Association footballer
Date of birth	23 January 1985
Place of birth	Espoo, Finland
Date of death
Place of death