Juha Pasoja | |
Fullname: | Juha Pasoja |
Birth Date: | 1976 11, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Kemi, Finland |
Height: | 1.85 m |
Position: | Defender |
Years1: | 1997–1999 |
Years2: | 2000–2001 |
Years3: | 2002–2005 |
Years4: | 2006–2009 |
Years5: | 2010–2012 |
Clubs1: | KPT-85 |
Clubs2: | Jazz |
Clubs3: | Haka |
Clubs4: | HamKam |
Clubs5: | JJK |
Caps1: | 70 |
Caps2: | 59 |
Caps3: | 92 |
Caps4: | 84 |
Caps5: | 73 |
Goals1: | 14 |
Goals2: | 9 |
Goals3: | 10 |
Goals4: | 19 |
Goals5: | 3 |
Nationalyears1: | 2003–2008 |
Nationalteam1: | Finland |
Nationalcaps1: | 15 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Manageryears1: | 2013–2018 |
Managerclubs1: | JJK |
Manageryears2: | 2018–2019 |
Managerclubs2: | Dreams FC |
Manageryears3: | 2019–2020 |
Managerclubs3: | Kemi City |
Manageryears4: | 2020– |
Managerclubs4: | MP |
Juha Pasoja (born 16 November 1976) is a Finnish football coach and former defender. Since 2020 he has been the head coach of Mikkelin Palloilijat (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.[4]
In 2020, Pasoja was appointed as the head coach of Mikkelin Palloilijat.[5] In August 2023, the club exercised their option and his contract was extended on a one-year deal.[6]