Pyry Mentu

Pyry Mentu
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-11-01) 1 November 2006 (age 18)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 HJK
Youth career
2011–2023 HJK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– Klubi 04 26 (4)
2024– HJK 0 (0)
International career‡
2021–2022 Finland U16 4 (0)
2023–2024 Finland U18 6 (0)
2024– Finland U19 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 November 2024

Pyry Mentu (born 1 November 2006) is a Finnish professional footballer, playing as a central midfielder for HJK Helsinki.

Career

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 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.

Career statistics

As of 17 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 6 0
Career total 26 4 1 0 3 0 2 0 32 4
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League

References

  1. ^ a b Pyry Mentu ja HJK pitkään jatkosopimukseen, hjk.fi, 11 July 2024
  2. ^ Nuoret futaajat tietävät, ketä MM-kisoissa kannattaa seurata, Yle, 12 June 2014
  3. ^ HJK-luotsi Korkeakunnakselta kehut EIF:lle - "Meillä ei ollut ihan samalla tavalla haalarit päällä", veikkausliiga.com, 26 June 2024
  4. ^ Veikeä vierasvoitto Dublinista, hjk.fi, 22 November 2024
  5. ^ HJK kohti Kreikkaa - Pyry Mentu ensi kertaa Konferenssiliigassa kokoonpanossa, veikkausliiga.com, 26 November 2024