Samu Laitinen

Samu Laitinen (born 13 August 1999) is a Finnish professional footballer, who plays as a forward for Kokkolan Palloveikot.

Samu Laitinen
Personal information
Full name Samu Laitinen
Date of birth (1999-08-13) 13 August 1999
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 KPV
Number 3
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 Kokkola 5 (0)
2020– KPV 13 (0)
National team
2016 Finland U18 2 (0)
2018 Finland U19 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:08, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

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]

References
  1. Otteluraportti: Gnistan – HJK 0-4, hjk.fi, 2 February 2019
  2. HJK VS. INTER TURKU 3 - 0, soccerway.com, 2 September 2018
  3. HJK käytti viiden nuoren pelaajan sopimusten optiot, veikkausliiga.com, 10 December 2018
  4. SOPIMUSUUTISIA: Puolustaja Samu Laitinen KPV:hen!, kpv.fi, 4 December 2019
  5. KPV VS. OULU 1 - 1, soccerway.com, 25 February 2020


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