Samu Laitinen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samu Laitinen | ||
| Date of birth | 13 August 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Kontu | |||
| HJK Helsinki | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Klubi 04 | 37 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | HJK Helsinki | 2 | (0) |
| 2020 | GBK | 5 | (0) |
| 2020 | KPV | 13 | (0) |
| 2021 | Gnistan | 5 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2016 | Finland U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018 | Finland U19 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:36, 24 December 2021 (UTC) | |||
Samu Laitinen (born 13 August 1999) is a Finnish professional footballer, who plays as a forward.
Club career
HJK
Laitinen is a product of FC Kontu and later joined HJK Helsinki, where he made his debut for the clubs second team, Klubi 04, in 2016. On 2 February 2017, he got his official debut for HJK in the Finnish Cup at the age of 17 against IF Gnistan.[1]
In 2018, he became a regular starter for Klubi and on 8 September 2018, he also got his Veikkausliiga debut for HJK against FC Inter Turku.[2] He started on the bench, before replacing Riku Riski for the last couple of minutes. Laitinen got his contract further extended for the 2019 season[3] but with only one game four games in the whole 2019 season, he left the club at the end of the year.
KPV
On 4 December 2019 it was confirmed, that Laitinen had joined KPV on a one-year deal.[4] Laitinen made his debut for KPV on 25 January 2020 against AC Oulu in the Finnish Cup.[5]
IF Gnistan
On 5 February 2021, Laitinen moved to fellow league club IF Gnistan on a one-year deal.[6] He made his debut on 13 February 2021 against JIPPO. in the Suomen Cup.
References
- ^ Otteluraportti: Gnistan – HJK 0-4, hjk.fi, 2 February 2019
- ^ HJK VS. INTER TURKU 3 - 0, soccerway.com, 2 September 2018
- ^ HJK käytti viiden nuoren pelaajan sopimusten optiot, veikkausliiga.com, 10 December 2018
- ^ SOPIMUSUUTISIA: Puolustaja Samu Laitinen KPV:hen!, kpv.fi, 4 December 2019
- ^ KPV VS. OULU 1 - 1, soccerway.com, 25 February 2020
- ^ IF Gnistan ja Samu Laitinen ovat allekirjoittaneet ensi kauden kattavan sopimuksen, gnistan.fi, 5 February 2021
External links
- Samu Laitinen at Soccerway
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- Finnish footballers
- Finland youth international footballers
- Veikkausliiga players
- Kakkonen players
- Ykkönen players
- Klubi 04 players
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
- Kokkolan Palloveikot players
- IF Gnistan players
- Association football defenders
- Footballers from Helsinki
- 21st-century Finnish people
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