Pasi Kinturi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | October 14, 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward / Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Malmin Palloseura | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1994 | Malmin Palloseura | ||
| 1994 | FinnPa | 8 | (0) |
| 1994-1996, 1998 | Campbell Fighting Camels | 69 | (43) |
| 1996 | Nashville Metros | ? | (19) |
| 1998 | Malmin Palloseura | ||
| 1999 | Hampton Roads Mariners | 21 | (1) |
| 2000 | Nashville Metros | 26 | (8) |
| 2001 | Malmin Palloseura | 12 | (2) |
| 2003-2006 | Nashville Metros | 29 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Pasi Kinturi is a retired Finnish association football player who played professionally in the USL A-League. He was the 1996 USISL Premier League MVP.
Kinturi played for Malmin Palloseura youth team when it won the 1993 Helsinki Cup. In 1994, he played for the Malmin Palloseura in the Kakkonen South Group. He then moved to FinnPa in the Veikkausliiga. That fall, Kinturi moved to the United States to attend Campbell University. He played four seasons with the Campbell Fighting Camels (1994-1996, 1998). He was a 1996 Third Team NCAA All American.[1] In addition to his collegiate career, Kinturi also spent the summer of 1996 with the Nashville Metros in the 1996 USISL Premier League. He was the league’s leading scorer and MVP.[2] Then in 1998, he spent the summer with Malmin Palloseura back in Finland. In 1999, Kinturi turned professional with the Hampton Roads Mariners in the USL A-League. Brett Mosen coached the Mariners and when he moved to the Nashville Metros in 2000, he took Kinturi, and several other Mariners players, along with him. In 2001, Kinturi again played for Malmin Palloseura. In 2003, Kinturi signed with the Nashville Metros, now playing in the USL Premier Development League. He playe for them until 2006.