Samu Nieminen (born 14 January 1992) is a
Finnish footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who most recently played for
Finnish club
JJK. He plays 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.
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
External links
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Profile at fcjjk.com
1992 births
Living people
Finnish men's footballers
JJK Jyväskylä players
Veikkausliiga players
Men's association football central defenders
Sportspeople from Jyväskylä
21st-century Finnish people
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