Juha Pasoja
 Pasoja with HamKam in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juha Pasoja | ||
| Date of birth | 16 November 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Kemi, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1999 | KPT-85 | 152 | (19) |
| 2000–2001 | Jazz | 59 | (9) |
| 2002–2005 | Haka | 92 | (10) |
| 2006–2009 | HamKam | 84 | (19) |
| 2010–2012 | JJK | 73 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 2003–2008 | Finland | 15 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013–2018 | JJK | ||
| 2018–2019 | Dreams | ||
| 2019–2020 | Kemi City | ||
| 2020–2024 | MP | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Juha Pasoja (born 16 November 1976) is a Finnish football coach and former defender. From 2020 to 2024, he was the head coach of Mikkelin Palloilijat (MP) in second-tier Ykkösliiga.[1] Before that, he was the head coach of Dreams FC in Ghana Premier League.[2] Currently Pasoja works for EIF youth sector.
Playing career
[edit]During his playing career, Pasoja played for FC Haka, FC Jazz, JJK in the Veikkausliiga and has 224 matches and 22 goals. In addition he played for HamKam in Norway and has been capped 15 times for Finland.[3]
He has also played futsal and represented Finland national futsal team.[4]
Coaching career
[edit]Pasoja started his coaching career in JJK Jyväskylä after his playing career. After five years in Jyväskylä, Pasoja was named the head coach of Ghana Premier League club Dreams FC in 2018.
In 2019, he returned to his hometown in Finland and was named the head coach of Kemi City.[5]
In 2020, Pasoja was appointed as the head coach of Mikkelin Palloilijat.[6] In August 2023, the club exercised their option and his contract was extended on a one-year deal.[7]
In November 2024, Pasoja joined Ekenäs IF (EIF) youth sector to develop the club's coaching.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 26 August 2024.
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| KPT-85 | 1992 | Kakkonen | ||||||||||
| 1993 | Kakkonen | |||||||||||
| 1994 | Kakkonen | |||||||||||
| 1995 | Kakkonen | |||||||||||
| 1996 | Kakkonen | |||||||||||
| 1997 | Ykkönen | |||||||||||
| 1998 | Ykkönen | |||||||||||
| 1999 | Ykkönen | |||||||||||
| Total | 152 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 19 | ||
| Jazz | 2000 | Veikkausliiga | 29 | 4 | – | – | – | 29 | 4 | |||
| 2001 | Veikkausliiga | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 4[c] | 0 | 34 | 5 | ||
| Total | 59 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 63 | 9 | ||
| Haka | 2002 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 4[c] | 0 | 31 | 2 | |
| 2003 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 5 | – | – | 2[d] | 0 | 27 | 5 | |||
| 2004 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 3 | – | – | 3[d] | 0 | 19 | 3 | |||
| 2005 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 4[e] | 1 | 30 | 2 | ||
| Total | 92 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 107 | 12 | ||
| HamKam | 2006 | Tippeligaen | 23 | 4 | – | – | – | 23 | 4 | |||
| 2007 | 1. divisjon | 25 | 9 | – | – | – | 25 | 9 | ||||
| 2008 | Tippeligaen | 17 | 2 | – | – | – | 17 | 2 | ||||
| 2009 | 1. divisjon | 19 | 4 | – | – | – | 19 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 84 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 19 | ||
| JJK Jyväskylä | 2010 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 27 | 1 | |
| 2011 | Veikkausliiga | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 30 | 1 | ||
| 2012 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4[f] | 0 | 31 | 1 | |
| Total | 75 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 88 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 362 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 394 | 62 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup
- ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours
[edit]As a player
Haka[9]
- Veikkausliiga: 2004
- Finnish Cup: 2002, 2005
References
[edit]- ^ "Finland - J. Pasoja - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Dreams FC appoint Juha Pasoja as new coach until end of the Ghana Premier League season‚ goal.com, 20 April 2018
- ^ "Juha Pasoja on MP:n uusi päävalmentaja". Mikkelin palloilijat. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Juha Pasoja stats, Finnish FA
- ^ Valikainen, Jouni (25 September 2019). "Juha Pasojan valmentama Kemi City FC paransi otteitaan kauden edetessä" [Kemi City FC, coached by Juha Pasoja, improved their skills as the season progressed]. lapinkansa.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 21 February 2024.
- ^ EDUSTUS: Juha Pasoja on MP:n uusi päävalmentaja, mikkelinpalloilijat.fi
- ^ Juha Pasoja jatkaa MP:n valmentajana myös tulevalla kaudella – "Ihmiset uskovat meidän nykyiseen päävalmentajaan", lansi-savo.fi, Hanna Knaappila, 22 August 2023
- ^ MP:n entinen päävalmentaja Juha Pasoja siirtyy EIF:n organisaatioon, lansi-savo.fi, 8 November 2024
- ^ EDUSTUS: Pilke silmäkulmassa kohti kuuden kärkeä, mikkelinpalloilijat.fi
External links
[edit]- Club bio at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 May 2006)
- Juha Pasoja at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Finnish men's footballers
- Finland men's international footballers
- FC Jazz players
- Hamarkameratene players
- JJK Jyväskylä players
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Eliteserien players
- Sportspeople from Kemi
- Men's association football defenders
- Dreams F.C. managers
- Finnish football managers
- Finnish expatriate football managers
- Finnish men's futsal players
- Kakkonen players
- Ykkönen players
- Norwegian First Division players
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Ghana
- Ghana Premier League managers