{{short description|Finnish international footballer (born 1991)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Juha Pirinen | image = Juha Pirinen.jpg | image_size = 250 | caption = Pirinen with HJK in 2017 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1991|10|22}} | birth_place = Valkeakoski, Finland | height = 1.85 m | position = Left-back / Centre-back | currentclub = AC Oulu | clubnumber = 66 | youthyears1 = 2002–2008 | youthclubs1 = Haka | years1 = 2008 | clubs1 = Haka | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2009–2010 | clubs2 = Tampere United | caps2 = 35 | goals2 = 3 | years3 = 2010 | clubs3 = → TPV (loan) | caps3 = 2 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2011–2013 | clubs4 = Haka | caps4 = 76 | goals4 = 6 | years5 = 2014 | clubs5 = MYPA | caps5 = 24 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2015–2016 | clubs6 = RoPS | caps6 = 62 | goals6 = 6 | years7 = 2017–2018 | clubs7 = HJK | caps7 = 52 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 2019–2020 | clubs8 = Tromsø | caps8 = 26 | goals8 = 2 | years9 = 2020–2022 | clubs9 = AS Trenčín | caps9 = 54 | goals9 = 2 | years10 = 2022–2023 | clubs10 = Volos | caps10 = 24 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2023–2024 | clubs11 = Levadiakos | caps11 = 19 | goals11 = 0 | years12 = 2024–2025 | clubs12 = Kalamata | caps12 = 11 | goals12 = 0 | years13 = 2026– | clubs13 = AC Oulu | caps13 = 0 | goals13 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2010 | nationalteam1 = Finland U19 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2016–2021 | nationalteam2 = Finland | nationalcaps2 = 20 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | club-update = 15 June 2025 }}
'''Juha Pirinen''' (born 22 October 1991) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a left-back or a centre-back for Veikkausliiga club AC Oulu.
==Club career== Pirinen has played for Finnish Veikkausliiga club Tampere United and then moved back to his boyhood club FC Haka<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iltasanomat.fi/urheilu/uutinen.asp?id=1614042|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130213134636/http://www.iltasanomat.fi/urheilu/uutinen.asp?id=1614042|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 February 2013|title = Urheilu}}</ref> 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 == {{updated|4 January 2025}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup{{efn|Includes Suomen Cup, Norwegian Cup, Slovak Cup and Greek Cup}} !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |Haka |2008 |Veikkausliiga |1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||2||0 |- |rowspan="3"|Tampere United |2009 |Veikkausliiga |11||0||3||0||6||0||colspan="2"|–||20||0 |- |2010 |Veikkausliiga |24||3||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||24||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !35!!3!!3!!0!!6!!0!!0!!0!!44!!3 |- |TPV (loan) |2010 |Ykkönen |2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||2||0 |- |rowspan="4"|Haka |2011 |Veikkausliiga |21||1||colspan="2"|–||1||0||colspan="2"|–||22||1 |- |2012 |Veikkausliiga |26||3||3||2||2||1||colspan="2"|–||31||6 |- |2013 |Ykkönen |27||2||4||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||31||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !74!!6!!7!!3!!3!!1!!0!!0!!84!!10 |- |MyPa |2014 |Veikkausliiga |24||0||1||0||1||0||3{{efn|Includes UEFA Europa League|name=uel}}||0||29||0 |- |rowspan="3"|RoPS |2015 |Veikkausliiga |31||5||0||0||7||0||colspan="2"|–||38||5 |- |2016 |Veikkausliiga |31||1||2||0||5||0||4{{efn|name=uel}}||0||42||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !62!!6!!2!!0!!12!!0!!4!!0!!80!!6 |- |rowspan="3"|HJK |2017 |Veikkausliiga |30||0||6||0||colspan="2"|–||3{{efn|name=uel}}||0||39||0 |- |2018 |Veikkausliiga |22||1||6||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||28||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !52!!1!!12!!0!!0!!0!!3!!0!!67!!1 |- |rowspan=3|Tromsø |2019 |Eliteserien |26||2||3||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||29||2 |- |2020 |Eliteserien |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !26!!2!!3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!29!!2 |- |rowspan="3"|AS Trenčín |2020–21 |Slovak First Football League |25||1||4||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||29||1 |- |2021–22 |Slovak First Football League |29||1||4||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||33||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !54!!2!!8!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!62!!2 |- |Volos |2022–23 |Super League Greece |24||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||26||0 |- |Levadiakos |2023–24 |Super League Greece 2 |19||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||20||0 |- |Kalamata |2024–25 |Super League Greece 2 |8||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||8||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !280!!20!!40!!3!!21!!1!!10!!0!!351!!24 |} {{notelist}}
==Honours== ;HJK * Veikkausliiga: 2017
'''Levadiakos''' *Super League Greece 2: 2023–24
'''Individual''' * Veikkausliiga Defender of the Year: 2017<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2017-11-15 |title=Anthony Annan tips Hearts to win next season's GPL title |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Anthony-Annan-tips-Hearts-to-win-next-season-s-GPL-title-600731 |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=GhanaWeb |language=en}}</ref> * Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2017<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jalkapallolehdistön tähdistö valittiin – KuPS sai hopeaa, Ilves pronssia ja Lahtikin pääsee europeleihin – Päivän Lehti |url=https://www.paivanlehti.fi/jalkapallolehdiston-tahdistojoukkue-valittiin-kups-sai-hopeaa-ilves-pronssia-ja-lahtikin-paasee-europeleihin/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=www.paivanlehti.fi |language=fi}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|juha-pirinen/31396}}
{{Kalamata F.C. squad}}
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