Samuel Pasanen
| Personal information | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 January 2006 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bremen, Germany | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||
Current team | KuPS | ||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||
| Werder Bremen | |||||||||||
| Kuusysi | |||||||||||
| –2022 | Lahti | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Reipas Lahti | 9 | (1) | ||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Lahti | 43 | (5) | ||||||||
| 2025– | KuPS | 0 | (0) | ||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Finland U16 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Finland U17 | 13 | (3) | ||||||||
| 2023– | Finland U18 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||
| 2024– | Finland U19 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2024 | |||||||||||
Samuel Pasanen (born 2 January 2006) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Veikkausliiga club KuPS.[2]
Club career
[edit]FC Lahti
[edit]Pasanen started football in the youth sectors of Werder Bremen and Kuusysi before joining FC Lahti organisation. Pasanen signed his first professional contract with FC Lahti on 27 January 2022, on a three-year deal ahead of the 2022 Veikkausliiga season.[3] Pasanen made his Veikkausliiga debut on 24 July 2022, at the age of 16, in a 3–1 home defeat against SJK.[4] He scored his first Veikkausliiga goals on 16 October 2022, a brace against HIFK in a 6–1 home victory.[5]
KuPS
[edit]On 6 November 2024, Pasanen signed with reigning Finnish champions Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) on a multi-year deal.[6][7]
International career
[edit]A regular Finnish youth international, Pasanen has represented Finland at under-16, under-17 and under-18 youth national team levels.
In September 2022, Pasanen was named the captain of Finland U17 squad for the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification tournament against Greece, Italy and Kosovo. Finland finished 2nd in the group and qualified to the elite round in March 2023.[8]
Pasanen was part of the Finland U18 squad winning the friendly tournament Baltic Cup in June 2023.[9]
Personal life
[edit]Pasanen is the son of former Finland national team defender Petri Pasanen.[10][11] He was born in Bremen, Germany, when his father was playing for Werder Bremen. He has also lived in Austria and Denmark as a child.
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 27 October 2024
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Reipas Lahti | 2022 | Kakkonen | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| 2023 | Kakkonen | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2024 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Lahti | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 9 | 2 | |
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | 33 | 4 | ||
| Total | 43 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 6 | ||
| KuPS | 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 52 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 7 | ||
- ^ Includes Finnish Cup
- ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
Honours
[edit]Finland U18
- Baltic Cup: 2023
Individual
- Football Association of Finland: The Boy Player of the Year 2022[12]
References
[edit]- ^ Finnish FA
- ^ Urpunen, Janne (4 April 2023). "Eteenpäin ja ylöspäin, sanoo Kuusysin mies: "Tarvitaan kasvua, lihasta ja kokemusta"". Etelä-Suomen Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ Tapiomäki, Riitta (27 January 2022). "Petri Pasasen poika Samuel FC Lahden keskikentälle". Yle (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ Lyytikäinen, Eerikki (24 July 2022). ""Tämä oli ikimuistoinen päivä" - liigadebyytti maistui 16-vuotiaalle Samuel Pasaselle". Etelä-Suomen Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ "LAHTI VS. HIFK 6 - 1". soccerway. 16 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ KuPS ja Samuel Pasanen sopimukseen, kups.fi, 6 November 2024
- ^ Mestari-KuPS veti pisimmän korren Minihuuhkajien lupauksesta, mtvuutiset.fi, MTV Oy, 28 October 2024
- ^ U17-pojat päättää EM-karsinnat tiistaina, Finnish FA/ Palloliitto, 10 October 2022
- ^ U18-pojat nimetty kesäkuun Baltic Cupiin, Football Association of Finland, 30 May 2023
- ^ Hirvonen, Juho (25 November 2022). "Jotain tuttua! Toisen polven suomalaislupaus Ajaxin testattavana". Suomifutis (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ Samuel Pasanen, 18, kuittaili isälleen onnistumisen jälkeen – vastaus tuli nopeasti, Ilta-Sanomat, 20 April 2024
- ^ "Captain's Ball 2022 - Palkitut osa 1". Finnish FA (in Finnish). 1 December 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
External links
[edit]- Samuel Pasanen at Soccerway
- Samuel Pasanen at WorldFootball.net