Luka Kuittinen

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Luka Kuittinen
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-03-29) 29 March 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Rovaniemi, Finland
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Inter Turku
Number 22
Youth career
RoPS
TP-47
–2020 RoPS
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020 RoPS II 11 (1)
2021 RoPS 29 (3)
2022– Inter Turku 54 (3)
2022– → Inter Turku II 11 (2)
2023 → SalPa (loan) 4 (0)
International career‡
2021 Finland U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 February 2024

Luka Kuittinen (born 29 March 2003) is a Finnish professional football defender for Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku. [1]

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Club career

Born in Rovaniemi, Kuittinen started football in a youth sector of a local club Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS). He made a senior debut with the club's reserve team in third-tier Kakkonen in the 2020 season. Next season, he played for RoPS first team in the second-tier Ykkönen, but was released after the season among other players due to club's financial problems which caused RoPS to be demoted to Kakkonen. [2]

On 26 December 2021, he signed a three-year deal with Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku. Kuittinen debuted in the league in the 2022 season, and scored his first league goal on 7 June 2024, in a 2–0 away win against Lahti. [3] He was named in the Veikkausliiga Team of the Month in June 2024. [4] On 12 September 2024, he signed a two-year contract extension with Inter. [5]

International career

Kuittinen has represented Finland U19 national team on one occasion in 2021. [6]

In the late August 2024, Kuittinen received his first call-up to the Finland U21 national team. [7]

Career statistics

As of 19 January 2025 [8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] League cupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
RoPS II 2020 Kakkonen 11131––142
RoPS 2021 Ykkönen 29340––333
Inter Turku II2022 Kolmonen 40–––40
2023Kolmonen51–––51
2024 Kakkonen21–––21
Total112000000112
Inter Turku 2022 Veikkausliiga 18030201 [b] 0240
2023 Veikkausliiga1303161–222
2024 Veikkausliiga2336040–333
2025 Veikkausliiga000010–10
Total54311113110795
SalPa (loan) 2023 Ykkönen40–––40
Career total11491921311014712
  1. ↑ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League

Honours

RoPS

Inter Turku

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