Pyry Mentu
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 November 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | HJK | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2023 | HJK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023– | Klubi 04 | 26 | (4) |
| 2024– | HJK | 29 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Finland U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Finland U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Finland U19 | 8 | (2) |
| 2025– | Finland U21 | 6 | (1) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 March 2026 | |||
Pyry Mentu (born 1 November 2006) is a Finnish professional footballer, playing as a central midfielder for HJK Helsinki.
Career
HJK Helsinki
Mentu started football in a youth team of HJK Helsinki in Lauttasaari neighbourhood when he was five years old.[1][2]
He debuted with the HJK first team in the Finnish League Cup in 2024. During the 2024 season, he mainly played for the club's reserve team Klubi 04 in third-tier Ykkönen, and also made one appearance for the first team in a Finnish Cup match against Ekenäs IF.[3] On July 2024, he signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with HJK.[1]
On 22 November 2024, Mentu made his first start for HJK, in a friendly match against Shamrock Rovers at the Tallaght Stadium, helping his side to a 2–0 win.[4] Four days later, he was included in the match day line-up for a UEFA Conference League match against Panathinaikos on 28 November.[5] He was substituted in on the 75th minute, replacing Liam Möller, in a 1–0 away defeat at the Athens Olympic Stadium.
After debuting in Veikkausliiga with HJK on 5 April 2025, three weeks later Mentu scored his first league goal, a winning goal in a 3–1 home win over VPS.[6][7]
Career statistics
- As of 1 April 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Klubi 04 | 2023 | Kakkonen | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2024 | Ykkönen | 26 | 4 | – | – | – | 26 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | ||
| HJK | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 42 | 2 | |
| 2026 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0[c] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 53 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 55 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 79 | 6 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup
- ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
- ^ a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League
Honours
Klubi 04
HJK
- Finnish Cup: 2025[8]
- Finnish League Cup runner-up: 2025
References
- ^ a b Pyry Mentu ja HJK pitkään jatkosopimukseen, hjk.fi, 11 July 2024
- ^ Nuoret futaajat tietävät, ketä MM-kisoissa kannattaa seurata, Yle, 12 June 2014
- ^ HJK-luotsi Korkeakunnakselta kehut EIF:lle - "Meillä ei ollut ihan samalla tavalla haalarit päällä", veikkausliiga.com, 26 June 2024
- ^ Veikeä vierasvoitto Dublinista, hjk.fi, 22 November 2024
- ^ HJK kohti Kreikkaa - Pyry Mentu ensi kertaa Konferenssiliigassa kokoonpanossa, veikkausliiga.com, 26 November 2024
- ^ Vihdoin voitto! , hjk.fi, 26 April 2025
- ^ HJK-lupaus avasi maalitilinsä Veikkausliigassa näyttävällä kudilla – ”Tuollainen maali oli tavoitteena”, suomifutis.com, 26 April 2025
- ^ HJK voitti jalkapallon miesten Suomen cupin mestaruuden – voittomaalin tehnyt Teemu Pukki kritisoi otteluaikataulua, Yle, 20 September 2025
External links
- Pyry Mentu at Soccerway
- Pyry Mentu stats at Finnish FA
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