Personal information | |||||||||||
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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 | Lahti | ||||||||||
Number | 6 | ||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||
Werder Bremen | |||||||||||
Kuusysi | |||||||||||
–2022 | Lahti | ||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
2022– | Reipas Lahti | 8 | (1) | ||||||||
2022– | Lahti | 19 | (2) | ||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||
2021–2022 | Finland U16 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||
2022– | Finland U17 | 13 | (3) | ||||||||
2023– | Finland U18 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2023 |
Samuel Pasanen (born 2 January 2006) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Veikkausliiga club Lahti.[2]
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]
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.[6]
Pasanen was part of the Finland U18 squad winning the friendly tournament Baltic Cup in June 2023.[7]
He is the son of former Finland national team defender Petri Pasanen.[8]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Other | Continental | Total | ||||||
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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 | ||||
Total | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
FC Lahti | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | — | 9 | 2 | |
2023 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | ||
2024 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[b] | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | ||
Total | 19 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3 | ||
Career total | 27 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 4 |