Juha Pirinen

Juha Pirinen
Pirinen with HJK in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-10-22) 22 October 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Valkeakoski, Finland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Left-back / Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Kalamata
Number 6
Youth career
2002–2008 Haka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 Haka 1 (0)
2009–2010 Tampere United 35 (3)
2010 → TPV (loan) 2 (0)
2011–2013 Haka 76 (6)
2014 MYPA 24 (0)
2015–2016 RoPS 62 (6)
2017–2018 HJK 52 (1)
2019–2020 Tromsø 26 (2)
2020–2022 AS Trenčín 54 (2)
2022–2023 Volos 24 (0)
2023–2024 Levadiakos 19 (0)
2024– Kalamata 2 (0)
International career
2010 Finland U19 2 (0)
2016–2021 Finland 20 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 October 2024

Juha Pirinen (born 22 October 1991) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a left-back or a centre-back for Greek Super League 2 club Kalamata.

Club career

Pirinen has played for Finnish Veikkausliiga club Tampere United and then moved back to his boyhood club FC Haka[1] in January 2011. He played in Haka for three seasons, after which he moved to MYPA. Since MYPA folded in 2015, he played for RoPS. In 2017, he moved to HJK Helsinki for an undisclosed fee.

International career

Pirinen made his international debut for Finland on 10 January 2016 against Sweden.

Career statistics

As of 14 October 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Other Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Haka 2008 Veikkausliiga 1 0 1 0 – – 2 0
Tampere United 2009 Veikkausliiga 11 0 3 0 6[b] 0 – 20 0
2010 Veikkausliiga 24 3 – – – 24 3
Total 35 3 3 0 6 0 0 0 44 3
TPV (loan) 2010 Ykkönen 2 0 – – – 2 0
Haka 2011 Veikkausliiga 21 1 – 1[b] 0 – 22 1
2012 Veikkausliiga 26 3 3 2 2[b] 1 – 31 6
2013 Ykkönen 27 2 4 1 – – 31 3
Total 74 6 7 3 3 1 0 0 84 10
MyPa 2014 Veikkausliiga 24 0 1 0 1[b] 0 3[c] 0 29 0
RoPS 2015 Veikkausliiga 31 5 0 0 7[b] 0 – 38 5
2016 Veikkausliiga 31 1 2 0 5[b] 0 4[c] 0 42 1
Total 62 6 2 0 12 0 4 0 80 6
HJK 2017 Veikkausliiga 30 0 6 0 – 3[c] 0 39 0
2018 Veikkausliiga 22 1 6 0 – – 28 1
Total 52 1 12 0 0 0 3 0 67 1
Tromsø 2019 Eliteserien 26 2 3 0 – – 29 2
2020 Eliteserien 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
Total 26 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 29 2
AS Trenčín 2020–21 Slovak Super Liga 25 1 4 0 – – 29 1
2021–22 Slovak Super Liga 29 1 4 0 – – 33 1
Total 54 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 62 2
Volos 2022–23 Super League Greece 24 0 2 0 – – 26 0
Levadiakos 2023–24 Super League Greece 2 19 0 1 0 – – 20 0
Kalamata 2024–25 Super League Greece 2 2 0 0 0 – – 2 0
Career total 274 20 40 3 21 1 10 0 345 24
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup, Norwegian Cup, Slovak Cup and Greek Cup
  2. ^ a b c d e f Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ a b c Includes UEFA Europa League

Honours

HJK

Levadiakos

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Urheilu". Archived from the original on 13 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Anthony Annan tips Hearts to win next season's GPL title". GhanaWeb. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Jalkapallolehdistön tähdistö valittiin – KuPS sai hopeaa, Ilves pronssia ja Lahtikin pääsee europeleihin – Päivän Lehti". www.paivanlehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.