Niklas Pyyhtiä | |
Full Name: | Niklas Anton Juhana Pyyhtiä |
Birth Date: | 25 September 2003 |
Birth Place: | Turku, Finland |
Height: | 1.88 m |
Position: | Midfielder |
Currentclub: | Bologna |
Youthyears1: | –2019 |
Youthclubs1: | TPS |
Youthyears2: | 2021–2023 |
Youthclubs2: | Bologna |
Years1: | 2019–2020 |
Caps1: | 19 |
Goals1: | 1 |
Years2: | 2021 |
Caps2: | 17 |
Goals2: | 2 |
Years3: | 2021– |
Caps3: | 7 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2023–2024 |
Clubs4: | → Ternana (loan) |
Caps4: | 31 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Nationalyears1: | 2019–2020 |
Nationalteam1: | Finland U17 |
Nationalcaps1: | 11 |
Nationalgoals1: | 3 |
Nationalyears2: | 2021 |
Nationalteam2: | Finland U19 |
Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Nationalyears3: | 2021– |
Nationalteam3: | Finland U21 |
Nationalcaps3: | 16 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 13 April 2024 |
Nationalteam-Update: | 26 March 2024 |
Niklas Anton Juhana Pyyhtiä (born 25 September 2003) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Bologna.
Pyyhtiä played in the youth sector of Turun Palloseura (TPS). He made his senior debut with TPS first team in 2019, playing in the second-tier Ykkönen. After TPS won the promotion for the next season, Pyyhtiä debuted in Veikkausliiga in 2020, making 18 appearances and scoring one goal.[1]
After TPS got relegated back to Ykkönen, Pyyhtiä was loaned out to Veikkausliiga club Honka with a purchase option, ahead of the 2021 Veikkausliiga season.[2] Soon after the season started, Honka exercised their option to permanently sign with Pyyhtiä.[3] The total fee was not disclosed, but TPS got a compensation of the loan and of the permanent transfer separately, and has a sell-on clause.[4] [5]
On 30 August 2021, Pyyhtiä signed with Italian club Bologna for an undisclosed fee.[6] [7] However, the fee was reported to be around €500,000 and could potentially rise to €1 million with add-ons. Honka also has a sell-on clause.[8] Pyyhtiä was first registered to their U19 Primavera squad.
He made his Serie A debut for Bologna on 17 January 2022 in a match against Napoli.[9] In the 2022–23 season, he made six appearances in Serie A and additionally one appearance in Coppa Italia.[10] [11] [12]
On 17 August 2023, Pyyhtiä extended his contract with Bologna until 30 June 2026, and joined Serie B club Ternana on loan for the 2023–24 season.[13] [14] [15] He made his debut with the club on 19 August 2023, in a 2–1 home defeat against Sampdoria, as a 46th minute substitute to Filippo Damian. In the process, he assisted his side's only goal.[16] On 27 February 2024, Pyyhtiä scored his first goal in Serie B for Ternana, in a 3–2 win against Palermo.
Pyyhtiä is a regular Finnish youth international. He has represented Finland in European qualifiers at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels.[17]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
TPS | 2019 | Ykkönen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2020 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||||
Total | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |||
Honka | 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 17 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 26 | 4 | ||
Bologna | 2021–22 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2022–23 | Serie A | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
2023–24 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||
Ternana (loan) | 2023–24 | Serie B | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | |||
Career total | 74 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 6 |