Samuel Pasanen
| 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 | 23 | (2) | ||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Finland U16 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||
| 2022– | Finland U17 | 13 | (3) | ||||||||
| 2023– | Finland U18 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 April 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2024 | |||||||||||
Samuel Pasanen (born 2 January 2006) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Veikkausliiga club Lahti.[2]
Club career[edit]
Pasanen started football in the youth sectors of Werder Bremen and Kuusysi before joining FC Lahti organisation.
FC Lahti[edit]
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]
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.[6]
Pasanen was part of the Finland U18 squad winning the friendly tournament Baltic Cup in June 2023.[7]
Personal life[edit]
Pasanen is the son of former Finland national team defender Petri Pasanen.[8] He was born in Bremen, Germany, when his father was playing for Werder Bremen.
Career statistics[edit]
- As of 27 April 2024
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Other | Continental | 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 | ||||
| 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[b] | 1 | – | 10 | 1 | ||
| Total | 23 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 31 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 4 | ||
- ^ Includes Finnish Cup
- ^ a b c Includes Finnish League Cup
Honours[edit]
Finland U18
- Baltic Cup: 2023
Individual
- Football Association of Finland: The Boy Player of the Year 2022[9]
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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