| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samu Laitinen | ||
| Date of birth | (1999-08-13)13 August 1999 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland | ||
| Position | 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 as of 08:36, 24 December 2021 (UTC) | |||
Samu Laitinen (born 13 August 1999) is a Finnish professionalfootballer, who plays as aforward.
Laitinen is a product ofFC Kontu and later joinedHJK 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 theFinnish Cup at the age of 17 againstIF Gnistan.[1]
In 2018, he became a regular starter for Klubi and on 8 September 2018, he also got hisVeikkausliiga debut for HJK againstFC Inter Turku.[2] He started on the bench, before replacingRiku 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.
On 4 December 2019 it was confirmed, that Laitinen had joinedKPV on a one-year deal.[4] Laitinen made his debut for KPV on 25 January 2020 againstAC Oulu in theFinnish Cup.[5]
On 5 February 2021, Laitinen moved to fellow league clubIF Gnistan on a one-year deal.[6] He made his debut on 13 February 2021 againstJIPPO. in theSuomen Cup.
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