Samu Nieminen

Samu Nieminen (born 14 January 1992) is a Finnish footballer who most recently played for Finnish club JJK. He plays as a central defender.

Samu Nieminen
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-01-14) 14 January 1992
Place of birth Jyväskylä, Finland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre Back
Youth career
1999–2005 HuKi
2005–2008 JJK[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 JJK 55 (1)
2009–2010 → FC Blackbird (loan) 8 (2)
2014 FK Kruoja 25 (2)
2015–2016 Ilves 26 (1)
2016 → JJK (loan) 3 (0)
2017 JJK 25 (1)
International career
2008 Finland U16 15 (0)
2009 Finland U17 13 (0)
2010 Finland U18 8 (3)
2010–2011 Finland U19 5 (0)
2012 Finland U20 1 (0)
2012−2013 Finland U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 April 2018

Nieminen started playing football at the age of seven in Huhtasuon Kisa. He moved to JJK in 2006. Nieminen signed a first team contract with the JJK in 2009 and made his Veikkausliiga debut on 9 May 2010 against MyPa. In 2012 Nieminen made a breakthrough and was 20 times in starting lineup. He continued as a starting lineup player in next season but the season was disappointment when JJK was last in league. In 2014 Nieminen signed a contract with FK Kruoja and won the silver medal. In 2015 Nieminen signed a two-year contract with Ilves.

On 15 August 2016, je returned to JJK on loan for the remainder of the 2016 season.[2]

International career

Nieminen has played four matches in Finland U21 and 42 matches in Finland junior national teams. Nieminen has been a captain of Finland junior national teams.

References
  1. Keskisuomalainen. "2 - Samu Nieminen - JJK:n pelaajaesittelyt - Keskisuomalainen". Ksml.fi. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  2. "Samu Nieminen siirtyy lainalle JJK:hon" (in Finnish). FC Ilves. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.


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