Juha Pasoja

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Juha Pasoja
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Personal information
Full name Juha Pasoja
Date of birth (1976-11-16) 16 November 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth Kemi, Finland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–1999 KTP-85 70 (14)
2000–2001 FC Jazz Pori 59 (9)
2002–2005 FC Haka 92 (10)
2006–2009 HamKam 84 (19)
2010–2012 JJK 73 (3)
International career
2003–2008 Finland 15 (0)
Managerial career
2013–2018 JJK
2018–2019 Dreams FC
2019–2020 Kemi City
2020– MP
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juha Pasoja (born 16 November 1976) is a Finnish football coach and former defender. Since 2020 he has been the head coach of MP. [1] Before that, he was the head coach of Dreams FC in Ghana. [2]

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During his playing career, Pasoja played for FC Haka, FC Jazz, JJK in the Veikkausliiga and has 224 matches and 22 goals. In addition he played for HamKam in Norway and has been capped 15 times for Finland. [3]

Coaching career

Pasoja started his coaching career in JJK Jyväskylä after his playing career. After five years in Jyväskylä, Pasoja was named the head coach of Ghana Premier League club Dreams FC in 2018.

In 2019, he returned to his hometown in Finland and was named the head coach of Kemi City. [4]

In 2020, Pasoja was appointed as the head coach of Mikkelin Palloilijat. [5] In August 2023, the club exercised their option and his contract was extended on a one-year deal. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Finland - J. Pasoja - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Dreams FC appoint Juha Pasoja as new coach until end of the Ghana Premier League season‚ goal.com, 20 April 2018
  3. ↑ "Juha Pasoja on MP:n uusi päävalmentaja". Mikkelin palloilijat. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  4. ↑ Valikainen, Jouni (25 September 2019). "Juha Pasojan valmentama Kemi City FC paransi otteitaan kauden edetessä" [Kemi City FC, coached by Juha Pasoja, improved their skills as the season progressed]. lapinkansa.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 21 February 2024.
  5. ↑ EDUSTUS: Juha Pasoja on MP:n uusi päävalmentaja, mikkelinpalloilijat.fi
  6. ↑ Juha Pasoja jatkaa MP:n valmentajana myös tulevalla kaudella – "Ihmiset uskovat meidän nykyiseen päävalmentajaan", lansi-savo.fi, Hanna Knaappila, 22 August 2023
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