Pyry Mentu

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Pyry Mentu
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-11-01) 1 November 2006 (age 18)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 HJK
Youth career
2011–2023 HJK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023– Klubi 04 26 (4)
2024– HJK 0 (0)
International career‡
2021–2022 Finland U16 4 (0)
2023–2024 Finland U18 6 (0)
2024– Finland U19 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 November 2024

Pyry Mentu (born 1 November 2006) is a Finnish professional footballer, playing as a central midfielder for HJK Helsinki.

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Career

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 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.

Career statistics

As of 17 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] League cup [b] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Klubi 04 2023 Kakkonen 00–––00
2024 Ykkönen 264–––264
Total264000000264
HJK 2024 Veikkausliiga 0010202 [c] 050
2025 Veikkausliiga0000100010
Total0010302060
Career total264103020324

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