# Juha Pirinen

Juha Pirinen (born 22 October 1991) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a left-back or a centre-back for Greek Super League 2 club Kalamata.

## Club career

Pirinen has played for Finnish Veikkausliiga club Tampere United and then moved back to his boyhood club FC Haka in January 2011. He played in Haka for three seasons, after which he moved to MYPA. Since MYPA folded in 2015, he played for RoPS. In 2017, he moved to HJK Helsinki for an undisclosed fee.

## International career

Pirinen made his international debut for Finland on 10 January 2016 against Sweden.

## Career statistics

    As of 4 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | League cup | League cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Haka | 2008 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| Tampere United | 2009 | Veikkausliiga | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 0 |
| Tampere United | 2010 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 3 |
| Tampere United | Total | Total | 35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 3 |
| TPV (loan) | 2010 | Ykkönen | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| Haka | 2011 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 1 |
| Haka | 2012 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 31 | 6 |
| Haka | 2013 | Ykkönen | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 31 | 3 |
| Haka | Total | Total | 74 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 10 |
| MyPa | 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| RoPS | 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 38 | 5 |
| RoPS | 2016 | Veikkausliiga | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 1 |
| RoPS | Total | Total | 62 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 80 | 6 |
| HJK | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| HJK | 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 1 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 28 | 1 |
| HJK | Total | Total | 52 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 67 | 1 |
| Tromsø | 2019 | Eliteserien | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 29 | 2 |
| Tromsø | 2020 | Eliteserien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Tromsø | Total | Total | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| AS Trenčín | 2020–21 | Slovak First Football League | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 29 | 1 |
| AS Trenčín | 2021–22 | Slovak First Football League | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 33 | 1 |
| AS Trenčín | Total | Total | 54 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 2 |
| Volos | 2022–23 | Super League Greece | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 26 | 0 |
| Levadiakos | 2023–24 | Super League Greece 2 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 20 | 0 |
| Kalamata | 2024–25 | Super League Greece 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 280 | 20 | 40 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 351 | 24 |
* ↑ Includes Suomen Cup, Norwegian Cup, Slovak Cup and Greek Cup
* 1 2 3 Includes UEFA Europa League

## Honours
### HJK

* Veikkausliiga: 2017
Levadiakos
* Super League Greece 2: 2023–24
Individual
* Veikkausliiga Defender of the Year: 2017
* Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2017