Juhani Pikkarainen
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juhani Elias Pikkarainen | ||
Date of birth | 30 July 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Paimio, Finland | ||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ilves | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2015 | TPS | ||
2015–2016 | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2018 | Liefering | 1 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Anif (loan) | 23 | (1) |
2018 | → Blau-Weiß Linz (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2018 | Wacker Innsbruck II | 1 | (0) |
2019 | KPV | 15 | (0) |
2020–2021 | TPS | 34 | (1) |
2022–2023 | VPS | 52 | (2) |
2024– | Ilves | 21 | (0) |
International career | |||
2016 | Finland U18 | 3 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Finland U19 | 5 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Finland U21 | 8 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2024 |
Juhani Elias Pikkarainen (born 30 July 1998) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Veikkausliiga club Ilves.[2]
Club career
[edit]Pikkarainen signed with Kokkolan PV on 11 December 2018 until 2019, with an option to extend the deal until 2020.[1] He then returned to TPS for the 2020 season, signing a deal until the end of 2021.[3]
On 17 November 2021, he signed a contract with VPS for the 2022 season.[4]
On 9 September 2022, his contract with VPS was extended for the 2023 season.[5]
On 6 November 2023, it was announced that Pikkarainen had signed with Veikkausliiga club Ilves on a two-year deal, starting in 2024.[6]
International career
[edit]Pikkarainen is a former youth international for Finland.
On 2 October 2024, Pikkarainen received his first call-up to the Finland senior national team by the head coach Markku Kanerva, for the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League C matches against Ireland and England.[7]
Personal life
[edit]His father Tommi Pikkarainen is a Finnish football manager and a former player.[8][9]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 1 September 2024.
Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Liefering | 2016–17 | Austrian 2. Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | Austrian 2. Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
Anif (loan) | 2016–17 | Austrian Regionalliga West | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 1 | ||
Blau-Weiß Linz (loan) | 2017–18 | Austrian 2. Liga | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | ||
Wacker Innsbruck II | 2018–19 | Austrian 2. Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
KPV Akatemia | 2019 | Kolmonen | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
KPV | 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 0 | ||
TPS | 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 1 | ||
2021 | Ykkönen | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 | |||
Total | 34 | 1 | 9 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 43 | 1 | ||
VPS | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 31 | 3 | |
2023 | Veikkausliiga | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 32 | 2 | ||
Total | 52 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 63 | 5 | ||
Ilves | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | 31 | 0 |
Career total | 161 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 199 | 7 |
- ^ Includes Austrian Cup and Suomen Cup
- ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
- ^ Includes UEFA Conference League
Honours
[edit]VPS
- Veikkausliiga: 2023 3rd place
Individual
References
[edit]- ^ a b SOPIMUSUUTISIA: Topparilupaus Juhani Pikkarainen KPV:n , kpv.fi, 11 December 2018
- ^ Juhani Pikkarainen at Soccerway
- ^ JUHO LÄHDE PALAA TPS-PAITAAN – PIKKARAINEN JA SIIRTOLA OVAT NUOREMMAT PALUUMUUTTAJAT, fc.tps.fi, 27 November 2019
- ^ "Juhani Pikkarainen Vepsuun!" (in Finnish). VPS. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ Prosper Ahiabu ja Juhani Pikkarainen jatkavat Vepsussa!, VPS, 9 September 2022
- ^ TERVETULOA ILVEKSEEN, JUHANI PIKKARAINEN!, ilvesedustus.fi
- ^ Huuhkajat nimetty lokakuun UEFA Nations League -otteluihin, Finnish FA, 2 October 2024
- ^ TPS 100 vuotta – Veikkausliigan erikoisuus – isä Tommi Pikkarainen valmentaa ja poika Juhani pelaa samassa joukkueessa, jalkipeli.net, 29 June 2020
- ^ Isä ja poika vastakkain torstaina alkavassa liigakarsinnassa – KPV:n Juhani Pikkarainen ja TPS:n Tommi Pikkarainen eivät asiasta keskustele, Keskipohjanmaa, 24 October 2019
- ^ Toimittajat äänestivät: Tässä on Veikkausliigan tähdistöjoukkue, Iltalehti, 21 October 2023
External links
[edit]- Juhani Pikkarainen at WorldFootball.net
- 1998 births
- Living people
- People from Paimio
- Finnish men's footballers
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- FC Liefering players
- FC Blau-Weiß Linz players
- FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) players
- Kokkolan Palloveikot players
- Turun Palloseura footballers
- Vaasan Palloseura players
- Austrian Regionalliga players
- 2. Liga (Austria) players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Men's association football defenders
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
- Sportspeople from Southwest Finland
- Kolmonen players
- Ykkönen players
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Finland men's under-21 international footballers
- FC Red Bull Salzburg players