Personal information | |||
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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) |
1997–1999 | KTP-85 | 70 | (14) |
2000–2001 | FC Jazz Pori | 59 | (9) |
2002–2005 | FC 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 FC | ||
2019–2020 | Kemi City | ||
2020– | MP | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Juha Pasoja (born 16 November 1976) is a Finnish football coach and former defender. Since 2020 he has been the head coach of MP.[1] Before that, he was the head coach of Dreams FC in Ghana.[2]
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]
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.
In 2020, Pasoja was appointed as the head coach of Mikkelin Palloilijat.[4] In the end of the 2022 Ykkönen season, the club exercised their option and his contract was extended on a one-year deal.[5]