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Samu Nieminen

Samu Nieminen

Finnish footballer (born 1992)

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

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


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