Juha Pirinen
Defender · AC Oulu · №66
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
Vaasan Palloseura
AC Oulu
Veikkausliiga
|
1:0 | |
AC Oulu
SJK Seinajoki
Veikkausliiga
|
0:0 | |
FF Jaro
AC Oulu
Veikkausliiga
|
0:1 | |
AC Oulu
Inter Turku
Veikkausliiga
|
2:3 | |
AC Oulu
HJK Helsinki
Veikkausliiga
|
0:1 | |
AC Oulu
Ilves
Veikkausliiga
|
1:0 | |
AC Oulu
IF Gnistan
Veikkausliiga
|
0:2 | |
|
Vaasan Palloseura
AC Oulu
Veikkausliiga
|
5:1 | |
AC Oulu
IFK Mariehamn
Veikkausliiga
|
2:1 | |
|
Inter Turku
AC Oulu
Veikkausliiga
|
0:0 |
Season statistics
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Veikkausliiga | 2026 | 13 |
About the player
Juha Pirinen came through at his boyhood club, FC Haka, making his senior debut there in 2008 before a spell at Tampere United took him out on loan to Ilves and then TPV. He returned to Haka in 2011 and was part of the side that won promotion from Ykkönen to Veikkausliiga in 2013. After a year at MYPA, he moved on when the club folded and joined RoPS in 2015.
His transfer to HJK Helsinki in 2017: he won the Veikkausliiga title in both 2017 and 2018, adding the Finnish Cup in 2017. From there his path took him abroad, first to Tromsø IL in Norway on a free transfer, then to Slovakia's AS Trenčín. A move to Greece followed, with spells at Volos NPS, Levadiakos and Kalamata, the last two in the Greek second tier.
Pirinen earned his first senior international recognition in January 2016, making his debut for Finland in a friendly against Sweden. He went on to collect caps across World Cup and European Championship qualifiers as well as the UEFA Nations League, without adding to the scoresheet for his country.
In January 2026 he returned home, signing a two-year contract with AC Oulu. He made 21 league appearances in the Veikkausliiga campaign and scored once.
