Juhani Pikkarainen

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Juhani Pikkarainen
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Personal information
Full name Juhani Elias Pikkarainen
Date of birth (1998-07-30) 30 July 1998 (age 25)
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
0000–2015 TPS
2015–2016 Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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 16 (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 25 July 2024

Juhani Elias Pikkarainen (born 30 July 1998) is a Finnish defender playing for Ilves. [2]

Contents

Career

Club career

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]

Personal life

His father Tommi Pikkarainen is a Finnish football manager and a former player. [7] [8]

Honours

VPS

Individual

Career statistics

As of 25 July 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liefering 2016–17 Austrian 2. Liga 0000––00
2017–18 Austrian 2. Liga1000––10
Total1000––––10
Anif (loan)2016–17 Austrian Regionalliga West 23110––241
Blau-Weiß Linz (loan)2017–18Austrian 2. Liga11000––110
Wacker Innsbruck II 2018–19 Austrian 2. Liga1000––10
KPV Akatemia2019 Kolmonen 30–––30
KPV 2019 Veikkausliiga 15070––220
TPS 2020 Veikkausliiga10170––171
2021 Ykkönen 24020––260
Total34190––––431
VPS 2022 Veikkausliiga2524120–313
2023 Veikkausliiga2702131–322
Total5226251––635
Ilves 2024 Veikkausliiga16010501 [lower-alpha 3] 0230
Career total1564242101101917

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References

  1. 1 2 SOPIMUSUUTISIA: Topparilupaus Juhani Pikkarainen KPV:n , kpv.fi, 11 December 2018
  2. ↑ Juhani Pikkarainen at Soccerway
  3. ↑ JUHO LÄHDE PALAA TPS-PAITAAN – PIKKARAINEN JA SIIRTOLA OVAT NUOREMMAT PALUUMUUTTAJAT, fc.tps.fi, 27 November 2019
  4. ↑ "Juhani Pikkarainen Vepsuun!" (in Finnish). VPS. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Prosper Ahiabu ja Juhani Pikkarainen jatkavat Vepsussa!, VPS, 9 September 2022
  6. ↑ TERVETULOA ILVEKSEEN, JUHANI PIKKARAINEN!, ilvesedustus.fi
  7. ↑ TPS 100 vuotta – Veikkausliigan erikoisuus – isä Tommi Pikkarainen valmentaa ja poika Juhani pelaa samassa joukkueessa, jalkipeli.net, 29 June 2020
  8. ↑ Isä ja poika vastakkain torstaina alkavassa liigakarsinnassa – KPV:n Juhani Pikkarainen ja TPS:n Tommi Pikkarainen eivät asiasta keskustele, Keskipohjanmaa, 24 October 2019
  9. ↑ Toimittajat äänestivät: Tässä on Veikkausliigan tähdistöjoukkue, Iltalehti, 21 October 2023
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