Pyry Piirainen
{{Short description|Finnish footballer (born 2000)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Pyry Piirainen
| image =
| fullname =
| height = 1.90 m
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2000|3|14}}
| birth_place = Finland
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub = Jippo
| clubnumber = 1
| youthclubs1 = KTP
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2017
| years1 = 2018–2021
| clubs1 = KTP
| caps1 = 4
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2018–2019
| clubs2 = → Haminan Pallo-Kissat (loan)
| caps2 = 12
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2021
| clubs3 = → Peli-Karhut (loan)
| caps3 = 5
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2022–
| clubs4 = Jippo
| caps4 = 74
| goals4 = 0
| club-update = 23 October 2024
}}
Pyry Piirainen (born 14 March 2000) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ykkösliiga club Jippo.
Club career
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.[https://www.kymensanomat.fi/urheilu/3953026 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[https://fcktp.fi/uutiset/2366-pyry-piirainen-jatkaa-kotkassa PYRY PIIRAINEN JATKAA KOTKASSA], fcktp.fi, 26 January 2021 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.[https://jippo.fi/paljon-vartijana-henkilokuvassa-pyry-piirainen/ Paljon vartijana: henkilökuvassa Pyry Piirainen], jippo.fi, 31 January 2023[https://jippo.fi/katseet-ensi-kauteen-pyry-piirainen-jatkaa-jippossa/ Katseet ensi kauteen – Pyry Piirainen jatkaa JIPPOssa], jippo.fi, 3 November 2023[https://www.karjalainen.fi/urheilu/zkjsuvlmv4 Takalinjojen luottomies Pyry Piirainen ei ihmettele Jipon mainiota kevättä – "Emme ole ylisuorittaneet, olemme pelanneet oman tasomme mukaisesti"], Karjalainen, 10 May 2024 After the 2024 season, Piirainen was named the Ykkösliiga Goalkeeper of the Year as Jippo unexpectedly finished 3rd.
Career statistics
{{updated|14 February 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}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes Ykkösliigacup}} !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=5|KTP
|2018 |2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2019
|Ykkönen |0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2020
|Ykkönen |1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2021
|1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 2 | 0 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| rowspan=3|Haminan Pallo-Kissat (loan)
|2018 |7 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2019
|Kolmonen |5 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 5 | 0 | |||
| colspan=2|Total
!12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Peli-Karhut (loan)
|2021 |5 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 5 | 0 | |||
| rowspan=5|Jippo
|2022 |Kakkonen |25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2023
|Kakkonen |22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2024
|27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| 2025
|Ykkösliiga |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!74 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 63 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!95 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 111 | 0 |
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Honours
Individual
- Ykkösliiga Goalkeeper of the Year: 2024
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|472875}}
- [https://tulospalvelu.palloliitto.fi/person/87976/player/seasons Pyry Piirainen stats] at Football Association of Finland
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Category:Footballers from Kotka
Category:Finnish men's footballers
Category:21st-century Finnish sportsmen
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Veikkausliiga players