Pyry Piirainen (born 14 March 2000) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

for

Ykkösliiga ''Ykkösliiga'' (English language, English: ''"League One"''; ) is the second highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga), managed by the Football Association of Finland. The teams in Ykkösliiga also play a pre-s ...

club

Jippo Jippo (stylised as JIPPO 2001–2024) is a Finnish football club, based in Joensuu. It plays in the Ykkösliiga, the second highest level of Finnish football. Jippo plays its home matches at Mehtimäki, Joensuu. History JIPPO was formed in 200 ...

Club career

Piirainen started playing football in the youth sector of his hometown club

Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (abbreviated as KTP) is a Finnish association football, football club based in Kotka, and currently competing in Finland's top-tier, the Veikkausliiga. The club was founded in 1927 and its colours are green and whi ...

(KTP). He made his senior debut with the club's first team in the 2018 season in the second-tier

Ykkönen ''Ykkönen'' (Finnish language, Finnish for 'Number One'; , previously I divisioona) is the third highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga and Ykkösliiga), managed by the Football Association of Finland. Until ...

. In 2021, he debuted with KTP in top-tier

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga () is a professional association football league in Finland and the highest level of the Finnish football league system. The league comprises the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agenc ...

. For the 2022 season, he joined

in third-tier

Kakkonen Kakkonen or II divisioona is the fourth level in the league system of Finnish football and comprises 36 Finnish football teams. Until the end of 2023, ''Kakkonen'' was the third-highest level in Finland, but after the creation of new second-t ...

. After the 2023 season, they won a promotion to new second-tier

via promotion play-offs.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

Honours

Individual *

Goalkeeper of the Year: 2024

References

External links

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Football Association of Finland The Football Association of Finland (, SPL; ) is the governing body of football (soccer), football and futsal in Finland. It was founded in Helsinki on 19 May 1907. The SPL organises the Finland national football team, men's and Finland women's ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Piirainen, Pyry Living people 2000 births Footballers from Kotka Finnish men's footballers 21st-century Finnish sportsmen Men's association football goalkeepers Kolmonen players Kakkonen players Ykkönen players Ykkösliiga players Veikkausliiga players Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat players Jippo players