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Pekka Kainu Profile and Player Statistics

Pekka Kainu

First name:	Pekka
Last name:	Kainu
Nationality:
Height:	182
Weight:	77

Football Career Transfers and Statistics

We are going to show you the list of football clubs and seasons in which Pekka Kainu has played. It includes the total number of appearance (caps), substitution details, goals, yellow and red cards stats.

Competition	Season	Football Club
Veikkausliiga	2010	VPS	2070	24	1	3	7	3
Veikkausliiga	2009	VPS	1110	21	8	9	1	0
Veikkausliiga	2008	Lahti	0	0	0	0	2	0
Veikkausliiga	2007	Lahti	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pekka Kainu has played in the following competitions and football tournaments.

Now showing: All Competitions

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
15/06/2014	Kajaani	1 - 0	OLS	0-0	H2H	+
			45' Niko Heiskanen
Michael Nzekwe 46'		1 - 0
			61' Joonas J. Sulasalmi
			61' Rasmus Karjalainen
			73' Niko Tukeva
			73' Aatu Asikainen
J. Ogbuefi 74'
Yankuba Ceesay 74'
			80' J. Kemppainen
			80' Iiro Kangas
Michael Nzekwe 89'
R. Kahelin 89'
01/06/2014	PK-37	3 - 1	OLS	3-1	H2H	+
Teemu Leskinen 18'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	21' Pekka Kainu
Jani Vidgren 35'		2 - 1
Jarkko Venäläinen 39'
			40' Antti Pehkonen
Jani Vidgren 41'		3 - 1
Niklas Aminoff 46'
Miika Luoma 46'
			61' Rasmus Karjalainen
			61' Sami Karjalainen
A. Lappalainen 76'
Juuso Heinonen 76'
Jani Vidgren 79'
			79' J. Kemppainen
			79' Arttu Siira
Juho Ruotsalainen 80'
M. Mähönen 82'
Tuomas Leskinen 82'
10/05/2014	JBK	2 - 3	OLS	2-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	13' Pekka Welling
Iidle Elmi 16'		1 - 1
Mattias Wargh 31'		2 - 1
Flamor Syla 46'
Anton Kass 46'
			54' Niko Heiskanen
			59' Arttu Haapala
			59' Pekka Kainu
			69' Arttu Siira
			69' Aatu Asikainen
Rabiu Alawo 74'
Farhan Omar 74'
			77' Iiro Kangas
			77' Joonas Hakala
		2 - 2	78' Pekka Welling
Antonio Hotta 83'
Antti Palohuhta 83'
		2 - 3	84' Pekka Kainu
			86' Joonas Hakala
Iidle Elmi 87'
			90+3' Joonas J. Sulasalmi
06/10/2012	HIFK	3 - 4	OPS	2-3	H2H	+
		0 - 1	10' Piotr Gurzęda
		0 - 2	11' Leandro Costa
Sami Okkonen 15'		1 - 2
		1 - 3	24' Leandro Costa
			27' Juha-Matti Huovinen
Miikka Kärkkäinen 28'
Timo Priha 28'
Sami Okkonen 35'		2 - 3
Sami Okkonen 61'		3 - 3
Valte Vuorela 63'
Petri Heinanen 63'
			64' Juha-Matti Huovinen
			64' Aleksi Autti
			68' L. Chiedozie
			71' Matias Juntunen
			71' Eduardo
Petri Heinanen 73'
		3 - 4	82' Leandro Costa
M. Suikki 86'
Hossein Atayi 86'
			89' Leandro Costa
			89' J. Kemppainen
30/09/2012	OPS	1 - 1	PK-35	0-0	H2H	+
		0 - 1	46' Esa Terävä
			58' Petri Oravainen
Leandro Costa 59'		1 - 1
Eduardo 63'
Juha-Matti Huovinen 63'
			67' Valmir Seferi
			67' Ikenna Ikegwuonu
Pekka Räisänen 71'
L. Chiedozie 73'
			78' Antonio Inutile
			78' P. Gómez-Marttila
			89' Esa Terävä
			89' A. Arinze
22/09/2012	SJK	2 - 3	OPS	0-3	H2H	+
		0 - 1	17' Pekka Kainu
		0 - 2	21' Alberto Ramírez Torres
			26' Leandro Costa
			28' Luizao
		0 - 3	35' Leandro Costa
Patrik Lomski 46'
Touko Tumanto 46'
Matti Lähitie 55'		1 - 3
Toni Lehtinen 58'		2 - 3
			60' Eduardo
			60' J. Kemppainen
Richard Dorman 82'
Tommi Haanpää 82'
			87' Matias Juntunen
			87' Aleksi Autti
			90+2' Pekka Kainu
			90+2' Yannick Venadiambu
15/09/2012	OPS	2 - 1	Hameenlinna	0-0	H2H
01/09/2012	OPS	2 - 0	RoPS	1-0	H2H	+
Alberto Ramírez Torres 19'		1 - 0
			31' E. Mbachu
			55' Toni Vesala
			55' Mika-Matti Maisonvaara
Pekka Kainu 57'
J. Kemppainen 57'
Alberto Ramírez Torres 62'
			65' Antti Peura
Matias Juntunen 80'
Aleksi Autti 80'
			82' S. Roiha
			82' Aleksandr Kokko
Alberto Ramírez Torres 89'		2 - 0
			90' Jukka Yrjänheikki
			90' Santeri Kumpula
Alberto Ramírez Torres 90+1'
Niklas Puurunen 90+1'
29/08/2012	Oulu	1 - 0	OPS	1-0	H2H	+
			14' Pekka Räisänen
Mika Nurmela 15'		1 - 0
			30' Iiro Vandell
			46' Quadir Suleiman
			46' Juha-Matti Huovinen
Mika Nurmela 71'
			72' Pekka Kainu
			72' Matias Juntunen
			76' Matias Juntunen
Tuure Siira 77'
Vesa Verronen 77'
			79' L. Chiedozie
			79' J. Kemppainen
Joonas Sohlo 86'
Juho Meriläinen 86'
			90+1' Juha-Matti Huovinen
Dritan Stafsula 90+5'
Juuso Haapala 90+5'
25/08/2012	OPS	3 - 0	JIPPO	2-0	H2H	+
			35' Suad Gruda
Alberto Ramírez Torres 36'		1 - 0
Luizao 40'		2 - 0
			46' Toni Tahvanainen
			46' Pierre Koko'o Lotti Abalintsina
			46' S. Kettunen
			46' Valtteri Nykänen
Luizao 49'		3 - 0
			58' Tarmo Koivuranta
			69' Valtteri Nykänen
Alberto Ramírez Torres 72'
Aleksi Autti 72'
			79' Tarmo Koivuranta
			79' Santeri Sjöblom
Luizao 84'
Niklas Puurunen 84'
Pekka Kainu 89'
Ville Rimpinen 89'
02/08/2012	OPS	1 - 1	HIFK	1-1	H2H	+
Jean Nganbe Nganbe 9'
Pekka Räisänen 15'		1 - 0
			20' Anssi Tamminen
		1 - 1	24' Daniel Antman
			62' Valte Vuorela
			62' K. Luetkehans
Matias Juntunen 63'
J. Kemppainen 63'
			65' Mikko Halme
			68' Jonas Britschgi
28/07/2012	PK-35	3 - 0	OPS	2-0	H2H	+
Fidan Seferi 13'		1 - 0
			24' Marko Jaksic
Sami Salmi 29'		2 - 0
Ojembe Olatuga 43'
Christoffer Nyberg 62'
Ikenna Ikegwuonu 62'
			63' Matias Juntunen
			63' J. Kemppainen
Ojembe Olatuga 66'
Kalle Sorja 66'
			74' Pekka Kainu
			74' Aleksi Autti
Ikenna Ikegwuonu 75'
Otto-Pekka Jurvainen 80'
Esa Terävä 84'		3 - 0
			85' Juha-Matti Huovinen
			85' Niklas Puurunen
Fidan Seferi 85'
Jukka Santala 85'
24/07/2012	OPS	1 - 2	Viikingit	0-0	H2H	+
Marko Jaksic 27'
			40' V. Ranta-Aho
			40' J. Kinnunen
			44' Daut Kuqi
			44' Joni Korhonen
Alberto Ramírez Torres 51'		1 - 0
			53' Jesse Ahonen
Nikola Prebiračević 56'
Aleksi Autti 56'
Jean Nganbe Nganbe 66'
			67' Carlos González Guazá
Juha-Matti Huovinen 79'
Ilari Alakokkare 79'
J. Kemppainen 79'
Niklas Puurunen 79'
		1 - 1	81' Eero Peltonen
			86' Markus Maunu
			86' J. Kanth
		1 - 2	90' V. Salmikivi
K. Hyde 90+3'
20/07/2012	OPS	1 - 1	SJK	0-1	H2H	+
			10' Richard Dorman
		0 - 1	12' Luizao
Matias Juntunen 37'
Matias Juntunen 43'
Pekka Kainu 43'
Juha-Matti Huovinen 46'
K. Hyde 46'
Jean Nganbe Nganbe 46'
Stuart Kelly 46'
Luizao 47'
			61' Caumo
			61' J. Moose
Pekka Räisänen 64'
Alberto Ramírez Torres 70'
			75' Touko Tumanto
			75' Kim Palosaari
Stuart Kelly 79'
J. Kemppainen 79'
			86' Patrick Phelan
Luizao 90+1'		1 - 1
14/07/2012	Hameenlinna	0 - 0	OPS	0-0	H2H
07/07/2012	RoPS	3 - 0	OPS	0-0	H2H	+
			10' Jean Nganbe Nganbe
			36' Keneil Hyde
			36' Armand Badji
			43' Armand Badji
Mika Lahtinen 48'		1 - 0
			56' Iiro Vandell
			63' Stuart Kelly
			63' Niklas Puurunen
Emenike Uchenna Mbachu 63'		2 - 0
Tuomo Könönen 64'
Aleksandr Kokko 64'
			72' Luizao
			72' Juuso Kemppainen
José Rivera Galván 89'
Jukka Yrjänheikki 89'
Aleksandr Kokko 90'		3 - 0
04/07/2012	OPS	1 - 1	Oulu	1-0	H2H	+
Jean Nganbe Nganbe 23'		1 - 0
Luizao 38'
			52' Tuure Siira
			57' Tuure Siira
			57' Eetu Uusitalo
Matias Juntunen 62'
Aleksi Autti 62'
Alberto Ramírez Torres 64'
Pekka Kainu 67'
			69' Joonas Sohlo
			69' Vesa Verronen
			80' Juho Meriläinen
			80' Joni Mäkelä
Nikola Prebiračević 80'
			83' Joni Mäkelä
		1 - 1	84' Joni Mäkelä
30/06/2012	JIPPO	3 - 1	OPS	2-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	11' Marko Jaksic
Petteri Rönkkö 11'
Ariel Ngueukam 18'		1 - 1
Ariel Ngueukam 20'		2 - 1
Immo Eronen 24'
			37' Nikola Prebiračević
			50' Keneil Hyde
Suad Gruda 61'
Antti Ake 61'
			64' Pekka Kainu
			64' Juha-Matti Huovinen
Petteri Rönkkö 64'
Samu Suoraniemi 64'
Ariel Ngueukam 72'		3 - 1
			73' Nikola Prebiračević
			73' Iiro Vandell
			79' Jean Nganbe Nganbe
Immo Eronen 90+2'
Santeri Sjöblom 90+2'
25/06/2012	OPS	0 - 3	KooTeePee	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	20' Henri Järviniemi
Vladislav Viric 40'
			46' Samuli Kaivonurmi
			46' Jesse Miettinen
		0 - 2	50' Arttu Seppälä
Aleksi Autti 58'
J. Kemppainen 58'
			70' S. Kvist
			70' Olli Kaakinen
Alberto Ramírez Torres 71'
			78' Arttu Seppälä
			78' Janne Veija
		0 - 3	80' Olli Kaakinen
Juha-Matti Huovinen 83'
Tomi Merilainen 83'
Pekka Kainu 84'
Matias Juntunen 84'
Pekka Räisänen 89'
20/06/2012	Viikingit	3 - 0	OPS	0-0	H2H	+
			37' Jean Nganbe Nganbe
			37' Nikola Prebiračević
			47' Vladislav Viric
Eero Peltonen 50'		1 - 0
Joni Korhonen 55'		2 - 0
			57' Aleksi Autti
			57' Matias Juntunen
Juuso Rantanen 66'
Daut Kuqi 66'
			73' Juha-Matti Huovinen
			73' Niklas Puurunen
V. Salmikivi 78'
Kuutti Mujunen 78'
Daut Kuqi 79'		3 - 0
Jesse Ahonen 88'
J. Kanth 88'
17/06/2012	HIFK	1 - 1	OPS	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	17' M. Koskinen
Timo Priha 46'
Marcus Heimonen 46'
K. Luetkehans 46'
Matti Saari 46'
Valte Vuorela 62'
Miikka Kärkkäinen 62'
			65' Iiro Vandell
			66' Aleksi Autti
			66' Matias Juntunen
M. Koskinen 87'		1 - 1
			90' Matias Juntunen
			90' Niklas Puurunen
03/06/2012	OPS	1 - 0	PK-35	0-0	H2H	+
Matias Juntunen 46'
Armand Badji 46'
			58' Petri Oravainen
			58' Jukka Santala
			59' P. Gómez-Marttila
			59' K. Kärki
			64' A. Arinze
Marko Jaksic 65'		1 - 0
Marko Jaksic 69'
			73' Esa Terävä
			73' Sami Salmi
Jean Nganbe Nganbe 90+1'
J. Kemppainen 90+1'
Juha-Matti Huovinen 90+3'
30/05/2012	SJK	0 - 2	OPS	0-2	H2H	+
			10' Iiro Vandell
Richard Dorman 15'
		0 - 1	24' Jean Nganbe Nganbe
		0 - 2	44' Marko Jaksic
Aki Sipilä 54'
Caumo 54'
			64' Matias Juntunen
			64' Armand Badji
Ville Ylinen 68'
Kim Palosaari 68'
			79' Pekka Kainu
			83' Armand Badji
			90+2' Jean Nganbe Nganbe
			90+2' J. Kemppainen
			90+5' Pekka Kainu
			90+5' Ilari Alakokkare
26/05/2012	OPS	4 - 0	Hameenlinna	0-0	H2H
21/05/2012	OPS	0 - 1	RoPS	0-1	H2H	+
K. Hyde 31'
J. Kemppainen 31'
		0 - 1	38' Mika Lahtinen
			53' E. Sohna
Nikola Prebiračević 58'
Matias Juntunen 58'
			61' Aleksandr Kokko
			61' Joonas Pennanen
J. Kemppainen 67'
			74' Tuomo Könönen
Matias Juntunen 79'
Vladislav Viric 82'
Yannick Venadiambu 82'
Alberto Ramírez Torres 89'
			90+2' Tuomas Tyystälä
			90+2' Mika-Matti Maisonvaara
			90+3' Albin Granlund
16/05/2012	Oulu	2 - 2	OPS	2-1	H2H	+
Mika Nurmela 3'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	17' Pekka Kainu
			31' Juhani Koponen
			31' Lauri Rönkkö
Dritan Stafsula 37'		2 - 1
			39' Pekka Räisänen
			46' Pekka Räisänen
			46' Alberto Ramírez Torres
			52' K. Hyde
			53' Juha-Matti Huovinen
			58' Juha-Matti Huovinen
			58' Matias Juntunen
Mika Nurmela 59'
		2 - 2	67' Vladislav Viric
Juuso Majava 71'
Tuure Siira 71'
Dritan Stafsula 76'
J. Mäkelä 76'
Joonas Sohlo 82'
Vesa Verronen 82'
12/05/2012	OPS	2 - 1	JIPPO	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	19' Toni Tahvanainen
Juha-Matti Huovinen 46'
Marko Jaksic 46'
Matias Juntunen 46'
J. Kemppainen 46'
			70' S. Suoraniemi
			70' S. Suoraniemi
			70' Teemu Hallikainen
Pekka Kainu 71'		1 - 1
			78' Toni Tahvanainen
			78' Olli Saarinen
Alberto Ramírez Torres 83'		2 - 1
Pekka Kainu 90+2'
Yannick Venadiambu 90+2'
05/05/2012	KooTeePee	1 - 1	OPS	1-1	H2H	+
Samuli Kaivonurmi 21'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	22' Nikola Prebiračević
			37' Pekka Räisänen
A. Wheeler 58'
Arttu Seppälä 67'
Janne Veija 67'
			68' Alberto Ramírez Torres
			71' Pekka Räisänen
V. Laaksonen 76'
Sami Raanti 76'
			77' Alberto Ramírez Torres
			77' Juha-Matti Huovinen
			77' Matias Juntunen
			77' Marko Jaksic
			90' Juha-Matti Huovinen
			90+1' Pekka Kainu
			90+1' J. Kemppainen
22/10/2011	Lahti	1 - 2	OPS	1-1	H2H	+
Jani Bäckman 11'
Kalle Eerola 15'
Jonne Kemppinen 27'		1 - 0
Matti Klinga 33'
Jussi Länsitalo 33'
Jussi Länsitalo 38'
		1 - 1	45+2' Juha-Pekka Juvonen
			46' Adriano
			46' Vladislav Viric
			49' Jean Nganbe Nganbe
		1 - 2	55' Pekka Kainu
Jukka Veltheim 57'
Antti Hukka 57'
Jonne Kemppinen 66'
Teemu Turunen 66'
			75' Mikko Väänänen
			75' Marko Kivilä
			84' Luis Vanderlei
			89' Luis Vanderlei
			89' Iiro Vandell
15/10/2011	OPS	3 - 0	HIFK	1-0	H2H	+
Pekka Kainu 29'		1 - 0
			46' M. Hänninen
			46' Mergim Kastrati
Pekka Kainu 57'		2 - 0
Luizao 59'
Miika Hosio 59'
			66' N. Haiko
			66' Fisnik Gerxhaliu
Vladislav Viric 69'
Marko Kivilä 69'
			73' M. Suikki
			73' Daniel Antman
			77' M. Lönnström
Jean Nganbe Nganbe 79'		3 - 0
Luis Vanderlei 82'
Juuso Haapala 82'
01/10/2011	OPS	7 - 0	PoPa	4-0	H2H	+
Augustine Jibrin 8'		1 - 0
Luizao 22'		2 - 0
Luis Vanderlei 37'		3 - 0
Jean Nganbe Nganbe 39'		4 - 0
Luizao 46'
Miika Hosio 46'
			56' A. Akbar
			56' K. Koivunen
Vladislav Viric 58'
Pekka Kainu 58'
Luis Vanderlei 61'		5 - 0
Iiro Vandell 67'
Jarno Reinikainen 67'
Augustine Jibrin 68'		6 - 0
			71' Samu-Petteri Mäkelä
			71' Toni Tuuri
Adriano 77'		7 - 0
21/09/2011	Oulu	6 - 2	OPS	2-0	H2H	+
Randy Edwini-Bonsu 27'		1 - 0
Jani Kauppila 32'		2 - 0
			39' Diego Gamarra
			39' Adriano
		2 - 1	49' Adriano
Juuso Majava 50'		3 - 1
			55' Miika Hosio
			55' Marko Kivilä
			58' A. Arinze
Mika Lähderinne 67'		4 - 1
			68' A. Arinze
			68' Pekka Kainu
Juuso Majava 76'
Joonas Pennanen 76'
Randy Edwini-Bonsu 78'		5 - 1
Daniel Owusu 81'
Matias Ojala 81'
Mika Lähderinne 83'
Juho Meriläinen 83'
Juho Meriläinen 86'
		5 - 2	88' Luis Vanderlei
Mika Nurmela 90+2'
Randy Edwini-Bonsu 90+3'
Randy Edwini-Bonsu 90+3'		6 - 2
			90+4' Adriano
17/09/2011	Hameenlinna	0 - 2	OPS	0-0	H2H
11/09/2011	KooTeePee	1 - 2	OPS	0-1	H2H	+
Immo Eronen 6'
Janne Veija 6'
		0 - 1	45' Luis Vanderlei
Erkka Lansimies 46'
S. Kvist 46'
			71' Adriano
			71' Pekka Kainu
Olli Kaakinen 76'
Sami Raanti 76'
Ilja Shesterkov 81'
Ilja Shesterkov 88'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	90' Vladislav Viric
			90+1' Luis Vanderlei
			90+1' Diego Gamarra
25/08/2011	OPS	1 - 1	Viikingit	1-0	H2H	+
Iiro Vandell 2'		1 - 0
			29' Kåre Björkstrand
		1 - 1	53' Ville Salmikivi
Vladislav Viric 62'
			63' Teemu Honkaniemi
			66' Eero Peltonen
			66' Hassan Mila Sesay
Matias Juntunen 76'
Marko Kivilä 76'
			80' Teemu Honkaniemi
			80' Osmo Kleemola
Miika Hosio 87'
Mikko Väänänen 87'
			90+2' Jussi Peteri
			90+2' Jussi Peteri
			90+2' Miguel Delgado Navaretta
			90+3' Hassan Mila Sesay
14/08/2011	KPV	2 - 3	OPS	0-2	H2H	+
Niko Kalliokoski 18'
Said Daftari 24'
		0 - 1	33' Luis Vanderlei
		0 - 2	36' Luizao
Niko Kalliokoski 38'
Teemu Mäki 38'
			45' Luis Vanderlei
Konsta Tastula 57'
Tom Melarti 57'
		0 - 3	59' Pekka Kainu
			65' Alex Arinze
			65' Mikko Väänänen
Kim Palosaari 67'		1 - 3
			70' Juhani Koponen
			70' Matti Männikkö
Kristof Rönnau 81'		2 - 3
			84' Matias Juntunen
			84' Marko Kivilä
06/08/2011	OPS	1 - 0	JIPPO	1-0	H2H	+
Miika Hosio 26'		1 - 0
			43' Tarmo Koivuranta
			63' John Keister
			63' Teemu Hallikainen
			63' A. Åke
			63' Samu Pirinen
Luizao 67'
Raphael Edereho 67'
Luis Vanderlei 81'
Matias Juntunen 81'
			81' P. Rönkkö
			81' Olli Saarinen
Juha-Pekka Juvonen 90+2'
Miika Hosio 90+2'
Mikko Väänänen 90+2'
Augustine Jibrin 90+3'
31/07/2011	PK-35	1 - 3	OPS	0-0	H2H
24/07/2011	FC Espoo	1 - 2	OPS	1-2	H2H	+
Faton Seferi 13'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	17' Luizao
Max Thibault 20'
Samuel Carter 20'
		1 - 2	39' Alex Arinze
Faton Seferi 44'
Davids Uhmo 44'
			46' Mikko Väänänen
			46' Luis Vanderlei
			57' Raphael Edereho
			57' Matias Juntunen
Arber Istrefi 76'
Shpetim Kamberi 76'
			80' Pekka Kainu
			80' Juuso Haapala
20/07/2011	OPS	2 - 1	PS Kemi	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	39' Tuomas Tyystälä
Matias Juntunen 46'
Raphael Edereho 46'
Luis Vanderlei 49'
			57' Jani Kokkila
			62' Teemu Pähtilä
			62' Keijo Huusko
Luis Vanderlei 68'
Marko Kivilä 68'
Miika Hosio 70'		1 - 1
			74' Jani Kokkila
			74' A. Räihä
A. Arinze 75'
Miika Hosio 77'
Juuso Haapala 77'
Luizao 82'		2 - 1
			84' S. Hyvärinen
			84' Joonas Ikäläinen
			90' S. Kovalev
Vladislav Viric 90+1'

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