Juho Pirttijoki

Juho Pirttijoki
Pirttijoki with KuPS in 2020.
Personal information
Full name Juho Janne Eemeli Pirttijoki[1]
Date of birth (1996-07-30) 30 July 1996
Place of birth Toijala, Finland
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Position Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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)
Total 131 (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.

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
Club Season League Cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hämeenlinna (loan) 2014 Kakkonen 42–––42
Haka 2015 Ykkönen 23530––265
HIFK 2016 Veikkausliiga 25110––261
2017 Veikkausliiga 0011––11
Total 251210000272
GIF Sundsvall 2017 Allsvenskan 4000––40
2018 Allsvenskan 3030––60
Total 70300000100
KuPS (loan) 2018 Veikkausliiga 10000–2[c]0120
KuPS 2019 Veikkausliiga 11030–00140
2020 Veikkausliiga 14150–2[d]0211
2021 Veikkausliiga 6020–0080
Total 3111000040451
Lahti 2022 Veikkausliiga 1913030–251
2023 Veikkausliiga 1320031–163
Total 323306100414
Career total 13212211614016314

Honours

KuPS

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.