Samuli Miettinen (footballer)

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Samuli Miettinen
Personal information
Full name Samuli Rasmus Miettinen
Date of birth (2004-06-16) 16 June 2004 (age 20)
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
0000–2021 KuPS
2022–2023 → Sampdoria (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2021 KuFu-98 21 (2)
2022– KuPS II 14 (1)
2022– KuPS 16 (0)
International career‡
2021–2022 Finland U18 5 (0)
2022 Finland U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 December 2023

Samuli Rasmus Miettinen (born 16 June 2004) is a Finnish professional football player who plays as a centre back for Veikkausliiga side KuPS.

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Club career

Miettinen played in the youth sector of Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS). 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]

Honours

KuPS

Career statistics

As of 25 June 2024 [6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
KuFu-98 2020 Kakkonen 10–––10
2021Kakkonen202–––202
Total212000000212
KuPS Akatemia2022Kakkonen131–––131
2023 Kakkonen10–––10
Total141000000141
KuPS 2022 Veikkausliiga 20100 [lower-alpha 2] 04 [lower-alpha 3] 070
2023 Veikkausliiga10000 [lower-alpha 2] 00010
2024 Veikkausliiga13021007 [lower-alpha 3] 0221
Total1603100110301
Career total5133100110654

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