Samuel Pasanen

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Samuel Pasanen
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-01-02) 2 January 2006 (age 18)
Place of birth Bremen, Germany
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 KuPS
Youth career
Werder Bremen
Kuusysi
0000–2022 Lahti
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2024 Reipas Lahti 9 (1)
2022–2024 Lahti 43 (5)
2025– KuPS 0 (0)
International career‡
2021–2022 Finland U16 5 (1)
2022–2023 Finland U17 13 (3)
2023– Finland U18 5 (1)
2024– Finland U19 4 (0)
Medal record
Finland U18
Gold medal icon.svgBaltic Cup2023 [1]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2024

Samuel Pasanen (born 2 January 2006) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Veikkausliiga club KuPS. [2]

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Club career

FC Lahti

Pasanen started football in the youth sectors of Werder Bremen and Kuusysi before joining FC Lahti organisation. Pasanen signed his first professional contract with FC Lahti on 27 January 2022, on a three-year deal ahead of the 2022 Veikkausliiga season. [3] Pasanen made his Veikkausliiga debut on 24 July 2022, at the age of 16, in a 3–1 home defeat against SJK. [4] He scored his first Veikkausliiga goals on 16 October 2022, a brace against HIFK in a 6–1 home victory. [5]

After the 2024 season, Pasanen was named the Promising Young Player of the Year, by the Football Association of Finland. As his father was awarded the same prize in 1998, they became the first father and a son to win the award.

KuPS

On 6 November 2024, Pasanen signed with reigning Finnish champions Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) on a multi-year deal. [6] [7]

International career

A regular Finnish youth international, Pasanen has represented Finland at under-16, under-17 and under-18 youth national team levels.

In September 2022, Pasanen was named the captain of Finland U17 squad for the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification tournament against Greece, Italy and Kosovo. Finland finished 2nd in the group and qualified to the elite round in March 2023. [8]

Pasanen was part of the Finland U18 squad winning the friendly tournament Baltic Cup in June 2023. [9]

Personal life

Pasanen is the son of former Finland national team defender Petri Pasanen. [10] [11] He was born in Bremen, Germany, when his father was playing for Werder Bremen. He has also lived in Austria and Denmark as a child.

Career statistics

As of 27 October 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] League cup [b] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reipas Lahti 2022 Kakkonen 41———41
2023 Kakkonen40———40
2024 Kakkonen10———10
Total9100000091
Lahti 2022 Veikkausliiga 323030—92
2023 Veikkausliiga1603050—240
2024 Veikkausliiga2433061–334
Total4359014100666
KuPS 2025 Veikkausliiga0000000000
Career total5269014100757

Honours

Finland U18

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ Finnish FA
  2. ↑ Urpunen, Janne (4 April 2023). "Eteenpäin ja ylöspäin, sanoo Kuusysin mies: "Tarvitaan kasvua, lihasta ja kokemusta"". Etelä-Suomen Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  3. ↑ Tapiomäki, Riitta (27 January 2022). "Petri Pasasen poika Samuel FC Lahden keskikentälle". Yle (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  4. ↑ Lyytikäinen, Eerikki (24 July 2022). ""Tämä oli ikimuistoinen päivä" - liigadebyytti maistui 16-vuotiaalle Samuel Pasaselle". Etelä-Suomen Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "LAHTI VS. HIFK 6 - 1". soccerway. 16 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  6. ↑ KuPS ja Samuel Pasanen sopimukseen, kups.fi, 6 November 2024
  7. ↑ Mestari-KuPS veti pisimmän korren Minihuuhkajien lupauksesta, mtvuutiset.fi, MTV Oy, 28 October 2024
  8. ↑ U17-pojat päättää EM-karsinnat tiistaina, Finnish FA/ Palloliitto, 10 October 2022
  9. ↑ U18-pojat nimetty kesäkuun Baltic Cupiin, Football Association of Finland, 30 May 2023
  10. ↑ Hirvonen, Juho (25 November 2022). "Jotain tuttua! Toisen polven suomalaislupaus Ajaxin testattavana". Suomifutis (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  11. ↑ Samuel Pasanen, 18, kuittaili isälleen onnistumisen jälkeen – vastaus tuli nopeasti, Ilta-Sanomat, 20 April 2024
  12. ↑ "Captain's Ball 2022 - Palkitut osa 1". Finnish FA (in Finnish). 1 December 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
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