| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 November 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | HJK | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2023 | HJK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023– | Klubi 04 | 26 | (4) |
| 2024– | HJK | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Finland U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Finland U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2024– | Finland U19 | 8 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 April 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2025 | |||
Pyry Mentu (born 1 November 2006) is a Finnish professional footballer, playing as a central midfielder for HJK Helsinki.
Mentu started football in a youth team of HJK Helsinki in Lauttasaari neighbourhood when he was five years old. [1] [2]
He debuted with the HJK first team in the Finnish League Cup in 2024. During the 2024 season, he mainly played for the club's reserve team Klubi 04 in third-tier Ykkönen, and also made one appearance for the first team in a Finnish Cup match against Ekenäs IF. [3] On July 2024, he signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with HJK. [1]
On 22 November 2024, Mentu made his first start for HJK, in a friendly match against Shamrock Rovers at the Tallaght Stadium, helping his side to a 2–0 win. [4] Four days later, he was included in the match day line-up for a UEFA Conference League match against Panathinaikos on 28 November. [5] He was substituted in on the 75th minute, replacing Liam Möller, in a 1–0 away defeat at the Athens Olympic Stadium.
| Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Klubi 04 | 2023 | Kakkonen | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2024 | Ykkönen | 26 | 4 | – | – | – | 26 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | ||
| HJK | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 [c] | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 4 | ||
Klubi 04
HJK