Seth Saarinen

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Seth Saarinen
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-05-05) 5 May 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 De Graafschap
Number 2
Youth career
–2017 HJK
2017 Zürich
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 Klubi 04 22 (1)
2020–2022 Haka 59 (3)
2023–2024 KuPS 43 (4)
2025– De Graafschap 1 (0)
International career‡
2016–2017 Finland U16 5 (0)
2019 Finland U18 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:34, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Seth Saarinen (born 5 May 2001) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a right-back for Dutch Eerste Divisie club De Graafschap.

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Club career

Saarinen spent his youth years in HJK youth sector, before he transferred to FC Zürich in 2017, for a €100,000 transfer fee. [1]

Saarinen signed with Veikkausliiga club Haka on 11 December 2019 on a one-year deal. [2] His contract with Haka was extended for two more years on 6 September 2020. [3]

Ahead of the 2023 Veikkausliiga season, Saarinen signed with KuPS on a two-year deal. [4]

On 7 September 2024, it was announced that Saarinen would join Dutch club De Graafschap in January 2025. He had signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with an option for one more. [5]

Personal life

Saarinen was born in Finland to a Swiss mother and a Finnish father, and he holds dual citizenship of Finland and Switzerland. [6] He fulfilled the mandatory Finnish military service in Santahamina, Helsinki, between Autumn 2023 and Spring 2024.

Career statistics

As of 24 January 2025 [7]
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Klubi 04 2018 Ykkönen 2000–0020
2019 Kakkonen 20100–2 [b] 0221
Total221000020241
Haka 2020 Veikkausliiga 12061––181
2021 Veikkausliiga19220––212
2022 Veikkausliiga28140–5 [c] 0371
Total5931210000764
KuPS 2023 Veikkausliiga243302 [d] 06 [c] 0353
2024 Veikkausliiga191501 [d] 07 [c] 0321
Total4348030130664
KuPS Akatemia 2024 Ykkönen11–––11
De Graafschap 2024–25 Eerste Divisie 1010––20
Career total12692113020017010
Notes
  1. ↑ Includes Suomen Cup and KNVB Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in the Kakkonen Cup
  3. 1 2 3 Appearances in the Finnish League Cup
  4. 1 2 Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

KuPS

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References

  1. ↑ 16-vuotias suomalaislupaus siirtyy HJK:sta Sveitsiin - maajoukkuevalinta vielä auki, Iltalehti, 12 June 2017
  2. ↑ Haka teki uusia sopimuksia: Joonas Immonen jatkaa maalilla, nuoresta Seth Saarisesta ensimmäinen uusi kiinnitys, Aamulehti, 11 December 2019
  3. ↑ Purme ja Saarinen jatkosopimuksiin Hakan kanssa, Veikkausliiga, 6 September 2020
  4. ↑ KuPSissa jo kolme päävalmentajaa kokenut Saarinen lähti ulkomaan kentille heti yläkoulun jälkeen, mutta Sveitsin visiitti jäi lyhyeksi, Savon Sanomat, Outi Poikonen, 3 June 2023
  5. ↑ De Graafschap versterkt zich in de winter met Seth Saarinen, degraafschap.nl, 7 September 2024
  6. ↑ Rönkä, Otto (12 June 2017). "16-vuotiaasta Seth Saarisesta tuorein ulkomaille lähtevä suomalaislupaus – "FC Zürichiltä iso panostus"" (in Finnish). Yle . Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  7. ↑ Seth Saarinen at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  8. ↑ Kuopio villiintyi KuPSin mestaruudesta – Eini ilmestyi juhlahumuun, Yle, 19 October 2024
  9. ↑ KuPS nousi takaa ohi Suomen Cupin voittoon – Petteri Pennanen ratkaisi pelin upealla laukauksella, Yle, 21 September 2024
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