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
–2021 KuPS
2022–2023 → Sampdoria (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2021 KuFu-98 21 (2)
2022– KuPS II 14 (1)
2022– KuPS 27 (0)
International career‡
2021–2022 Finland U18 5 (0)
2022 Finland U19 1 (0)
2024– Finland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 September 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 September 2024

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]

Career statistics

As of 19 January 2025 [6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] League cup [b] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
KuFu-98 2020 Kakkonen 10–––10
2021Kakkonen202–––202
Total212000000212
KuPS Akatemia2022Kakkonen131–––131
2023 Kakkonen10–––10
Total141000000141
KuPS 2022 Veikkausliiga 2010400070
2023 Veikkausliiga1000000010
2024 Veikkausliiga24041704 [c] 0391
2025 Veikkausliiga0000110011
Total2705112140482
Career total6235112140835

Honours

KuPS

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