| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuli Rasmus Miettinen | ||
| Date of birth | 16 June 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Kuopio, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | KuPS | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2021 | KuPS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2021 | KuFu-98 | 21 | (2) |
| 2022– | KuPS | 38 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | → KuPS II | 14 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | → Sampdoria (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Finland U18 | 5 | (0) |
| 2022 | Finland U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2024– | Finland U21 | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2025 | |||
Samuli Rasmus Miettinen (born 16 June 2004) is a Finnish professional football player who plays as a centre back for Veikkausliiga side KuPS.
Miettinen played in the youth sector of Kuopion Palloseura. He debuted in Veikkausliiga with KuPS first team in the 2022 season.
He was loaned out to Italian club Sampdoria for the 2022–23 season, and was assigned to the club's academy team in Primavera. [1] [2] After his loan deal ended, he returned to KuPS. On 16 November 2023, he extended his contract with the club until the end of 2025. [3] [4] [5]
During the 2024 season, Miettinen established himself in Veikkausliiga, and was an integral part of KuPS's defense with Ibrahim Cissé when KuPS won the Finnish championship title. They also completed the club's first-ever double by winning the 2024 Finnish Cup.
On 5 April 2025, in a season opening match against Inter Turku, Miettinen scored his first Veikkausliiga goal, helping KuPS to 1–1 away draw. [6]
| Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| KuFu-98 | 2020 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | Kakkonen | 20 | 2 | – | – | – | 20 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | ||
| KuPS Akatemia | 2022 | Kakkonen | 13 | 1 | – | – | – | 13 | 1 | |||
| 2023 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
| KuPS | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 [b] | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | |
| Total | 38 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 62 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 73 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 97 | 6 | ||
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