Pyry Mentu
Finnish footballer (born 2006)
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Pyry Mentu (born 1 November 2006) is a Finnish professional footballer, playing as a central midfielder for HJK Helsinki.
| 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 | 2 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 September 2025 | |||
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 4 September 2025
| 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 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 32 | 2 | |
| Total | 20 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 46 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 63 | 6 | ||
- Includes Suomen Cup
- Includes Finnish League Cup
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League