| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 May 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Inter Turku | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | HJK | ||
| 2017 | Zürich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Klubi 04 | 22 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | Haka | 59 | (3) |
| 2023–2024 | KuPS | 43 | (4) |
| 2025 | De Graafschap | 4 | (0) |
| 2025– | Inter Turku | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | Finland U16 | 5 | (0) |
| 2019 | Finland U18 | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals 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 Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku.
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]
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.
| Club | Season | League | Cup [a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Klubi 04 | 2018 | Ykkönen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Kakkonen | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 [b] | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
| Total | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| Haka | 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 18 | 1 | ||
| 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 2 | |||
| 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | 5 [c] | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
| Total | 59 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 4 | ||
| KuPS | 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 [d] | 0 | 6 [c] | 0 | 35 | 3 |
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 [d] | 0 | 7 [c] | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
| Total | 43 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 66 | 4 | ||
| KuPS Akatemia | 2024 | Ykkönen | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |||
| De Graafschap | 2024–25 | Eerste Divisie | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| Inter Turku | 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 129 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 173 | 10 | ||
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