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	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

External links

• Samu Laitinen at Soccerway