Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juhani Elias Pikkarainen | ||
Date of birth | 30 July 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Paimio, Finland | ||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ilves | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2015 | TPS | ||
2015–2016 | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2018 | Liefering | 1 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Anif (loan) | 23 | (1) |
2018 | → Blau-Weiß Linz (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2018 | Wacker Innsbruck II | 1 | (0) |
2019 | KPV | 15 | (0) |
2020–2021 | TPS | 34 | (1) |
2022–2023 | VPS | 52 | (2) |
2024– | Ilves | 21 | (0) |
International career | |||
2016 | Finland U18 | 3 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Finland U19 | 5 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Finland U21 | 8 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2024 |
Juhani Elias Pikkarainen (born 30 July 1998) is a Finnish defender playing for Ilves. [2]
Pikkarainen signed with Kokkolan PV on 11 December 2018 until 2019, with an option to extend the deal until 2020. [1] He then returned to TPS for the 2020 season, signing a deal until the end of 2021. [3]
On 17 November 2021, he signed a contract with VPS for the 2022 season. [4]
On 9 September 2022, his contract with VPS was extended for the 2023 season. [5]
On 6 November 2023, it was announced that Pikkarainen had signed with Veikkausliiga club Ilves on a two-year deal, starting in 2024. [6]
His father Tommi Pikkarainen is a Finnish football manager and a former player. [7] [8]
Club | Season | League | Cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup [lower-alpha 2] | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Liefering | 2016–17 | Austrian 2. Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | Austrian 2. Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
Anif (loan) | 2016–17 | Austrian Regionalliga West | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 1 | ||
Blau-Weiß Linz (loan) | 2017–18 | Austrian 2. Liga | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | ||
Wacker Innsbruck II | 2018–19 | Austrian 2. Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
KPV Akatemia | 2019 | Kolmonen | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
KPV | 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 0 | ||
TPS | 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 1 | ||
2021 | Ykkönen | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 | |||
Total | 34 | 1 | 9 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 43 | 1 | ||
VPS | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 31 | 3 | |
2023 | Veikkausliiga | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 32 | 2 | ||
Total | 52 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 63 | 5 | ||
Ilves | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 31 | 0 |
Career total | 161 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 199 | 7 |
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