Pyry Piirainen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 March 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Finland | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Jippo | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | KTP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | KTP | 4 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Haminan Pallo-Kissat (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Peli-Karhut (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2022– | Jippo | 117 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 July 2026 | |||
Pyry Piirainen (born 14 March 2000) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ykkösliiga club Jippo.
Club career
[edit]Piirainen started playing football in the youth sector of his hometown club Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (KTP). He made his senior debut with the club's first team in the 2018 season in the second-tier Ykkönen.[1][2] In 2021, he debuted with KTP in top-tier Veikkausliiga.
For the 2022 season, he joined Jippo in third-tier Kakkonen. After the 2023 season, they won a promotion to new second-tier Ykkösliiga via promotion play-offs.[3][4][5] After the 2024 season, Piirainen was named the Ykkösliiga Goalkeeper of the Year as Jippo unexpectedly finished 3rd.
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 14 February 2025
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| KTP | 2018 | Ykkönen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Ykkönen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | Ykkönen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Haminan Pallo-Kissat (loan) | 2018 | Kolmonen | 7 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Kolmonen | 5 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Peli-Karhut (loan) | 2021 | Kakkonen | 5 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| Jippo | 2022 | Kakkonen | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 28 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Kakkonen | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | Ykkösliiga | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| 2025 | Ykkösliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 74 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 95 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 111 | 0 | ||
- ↑ Includes Suomen Cup
- ↑ Includes Ykkösliigacup
Honours
[edit]Individual
- Ykkösliiga Goalkeeper of the Year: 2024
References
[edit]- ↑ KTP:n kanssa sopimuksen tehnyt Pyry Piirainen ryhtyi 7-vuotiaana maalivahdiksi, koska halusi olla vähän erilainen — Nuori varavahti aikoo taistella peliajasta, tuli ykköseksi kuka vain, Kymen Sanomat, 27 November 2018
- ↑ PYRY PIIRAINEN JATKAA KOTKASSA, fcktp.fi, 26 January 2021
- ↑ Paljon vartijana: henkilökuvassa Pyry Piirainen, jippo.fi, 31 January 2023
- ↑ Katseet ensi kauteen – Pyry Piirainen jatkaa JIPPOssa, jippo.fi, 3 November 2023
- ↑ Takalinjojen luottomies Pyry Piirainen ei ihmettele Jipon mainiota kevättä – "Emme ole ylisuorittaneet, olemme pelanneet oman tasomme mukaisesti", Karjalainen, 10 May 2024
External links
[edit]- Pyry Piirainen at Soccerway
- Pyry Piirainen stats at Football Association of Finland