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]

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

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

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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

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  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.