Samu Nieminen

Samu Nieminen

Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-01-14) 14 January 1992 (age 33)
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	→ Blackbird (loan)	8	(2)
2014	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

Samu Nieminen (born 14 January 1992) is a Finnish former footballer. He played as a central defender.

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.

Career statistics

As of 1 September 2024.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
JJK	2009	Veikkausliiga	0	0	0	0	1	0	–		1	0
	2010	Veikkausliiga	11	0	0	0	1	0	–		12	0
	2011	Veikkausliiga	0	0	1	0	0	0	–		1	0
	2012	Veikkausliiga	21	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	28	1
	2013	Veikkausliiga	23	0	3	0	3	0	–		29	0
	Total		55	1	6	0	10	0	0	0	71	1
Blackbird (loan)	2009	Kakkonen	8	2	–		–		–		8	2
Kruoja	2014	A Lyga	25	2	–		–		–		25	2
Ilves	2015	Veikkausliiga	24	1	1	0	5	0	–		30	1
	2016	Veikkausliiga	2	0	0	0	4	0	–		6	0
	Total		26	1	1	0	9	0	0	0	36	1
Ilves II	2016	Kolmonen	3	1	–		–		–		3	1
JJK (loan)	2016	Ykkönen	3	0	–		–		–		3	0
JJK	2017	Veikkausliiga	25	1	2	0	–		–		27	1
Career total			145	8	9	0	19	0	0	0	173	8

1. Includes Suomen Cup
2. Includes Finnish League Cup

Honours

JJK

• Ykkönen: 2016
• Finnish League Cup runner-up: 2013

Kruoja

• A Lyga runner-up: 2014

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.

External links

• (in Finnish) Profile at fcjjk.com