Juhani Pikkarainen
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-07-30) 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
0000–2015 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 13 (0)
2020–2021 TPS 34 (1)
2022–2023 VPS 52 (2)
2024– Ilves 0 (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 6 November 2023

Juhani Pikkarainen (born 30 July 1998) is a Finnish defender playing for Ilves.[2]

Career

Club career

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]

Honours

Club

Vaasan Palloseura

Individual

  • Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2023[7]

References

  1. 1 2 SOPIMUSUUTISIA: Topparilupaus Juhani Pikkarainen KPV:n , kpv.fi, 11 December 2018
  2. ↑ Juhani Pikkarainen at Soccerway
  3. ↑ JUHO LÄHDE PALAA TPS-PAITAAN – PIKKARAINEN JA SIIRTOLA OVAT NUOREMMAT PALUUMUUTTAJAT, fc.tps.fi, 27 November 2019
  4. ↑ "Juhani Pikkarainen Vepsuun!" (in Finnish). VPS. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Prosper Ahiabu ja Juhani Pikkarainen jatkavat Vepsussa!, VPS, 9 September 2022
  6. ↑ TERVETULOA ILVEKSEEN, JUHANI PIKKARAINEN!, ilvesedustus.fi
  7. ↑ Toimittajat äänestivät: Tässä on Veikkausliigan tähdistöjoukkue, Iltalehti, 21 October 2023


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