Marjukka Virta has been playing
ringette since she was 8 years old and during her junior career played for the
TPS Turku sports club. She eventually won the Finnish junior championship silver medal. Virta played ice hockey for a time as well, but in 2006 decided to focus only on ringette because of the sense of belonging.
World Ringette Championships Virta has competed as a ringette player for
Team Finland and was captain six times. At the
2007 World Ringette Championships, the final was between
Team Canada and
Team Finland. Both teams played in
overtime because with just over a minute remaining in regulation time, Virta scored the goal that tied the game 4-4. It was her teammate,
Anne Pohjola, who scored the game-winning goal that allowed Finland to win the gold medal and the world title. At the
2010 World Ringette Championships, she was named captain of the
Finland national ringette team and once again led her team to the world title. At the
2013 World Ringette Championships she was chosen as the tournament's Most Valuable Player. As a coach, she was one of the assistant coaches of
2022 Team Finland Senior at the
2022 World Ringette Championships when the team won gold. She was selected to the All Stars team of SM Ringette in 2003, 2008, 2010, 2020 and 2021. While a player, Virta represented various clubs including:
Turun Ringette, , ,
Lapinlahden Luistin -89,
Tuusula Blue Rings, and . As a player with Lapinlahden Luistin -89, she won the national championship twice and since 2016 has been the player-coach for the team. Virta last played for
Lapinlahden Luistin -89 for the 2021–22 season after which she retired as a player. She finished in second place after the 2021–22 season in the all-time point statistics of SM Ringette. She has played 620 matches in the SM division and scored a total of 3,088 power points (1,408 goals and 1,680 assists). She crossed the 3 000 power point mark as the second player after
Anne Pohjola and the 600 game mark as the fourth. ==Statistics==