Juho Pirttijoki

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Juho Pirttijoki
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Pirttijoki with KuPS in 2020.
Personal information
Full name Juho Janne Eemeli Pirttijoki [1]
Date of birth (1996-07-30) 30 July 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Toijala, Finland
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2015 Haka 23 (5)
2014 → Hämeenlinna (loan) 4 (2)
2016–2017 HIFK 25 (1)
2017–2018 GIF Sundsvall 7 (0)
2018 → KuPS (loan) 10 (0)
2019–2021 KuPS 31 (1)
2022–2023 Lahti 30 (3)
Total131(12)
International career
2014–2015 Finland U19 7 (0)
2016–2018 Finland U21 11 (0)
2018 Finland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juho Janne Eemeli Pirttijoki (born 30 July 1996) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a centre back.

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Club career

Pirttijoki has played for Haka, Hämeenlinna, HIFK, GIF Sundsvall and KuPS. [2] While playing for KuPS, Pirttijoki won the Finnish championship title in 2019, and the Finnish Cup title in 2021. [1]

On 9 February 2022, Pirttijoki signed a contract with Lahti for the 2022 season, with an option for 2023. [3]

In January 2024, Pirttijoki announced his retirement from professional football due to consecutive injuries. [4]

Later he has played futsal for Toijalan Pallo-49. [5]

International career

He made his debut for Finland national football team on 11 January 2018 in a friendly against Jordan. [6]

Career statistics

As of 1 September 2024. [5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hämeenlinna (loan) 2014 Kakkonen 42–––42
Haka 2015 Ykkönen 23530––265
HIFK 2016 Veikkausliiga 25110––261
2017 Veikkausliiga0011––11
Total251210000272
GIF Sundsvall 2017 Allsvenskan 4000––40
2018 Allsvenskan3030––60
Total70300000100
KuPS (loan) 2018 Veikkausliiga10000–2 [lower-alpha 3] 0120
KuPS 2019 Veikkausliiga11030–00140
2020 Veikkausliiga14150–2 [lower-alpha 4] 0211
2021 Veikkausliiga6020–0080
Total3111000040451
Lahti 2022 Veikkausliiga1913030–251
2023 Veikkausliiga1320031–163
Total323306100414
Career total13212211614016314

Honours

KuPS

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Juho Pirttijoki at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Juho Pirttijoki lånas ut till toppklubb!" (in Swedish). GIF Sundsvall. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Juho Pirttijoki siirtyy Lahteen" (Press release) (in Finnish). Lahti. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Juho Pirttijoki perustelee" (Press release) (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  5. 1 2 Juho Pirttijoki stats, Finnish FA
  6. ↑ "Jordan v Finland game report". ESPN. 11 January 2018.
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