Samu Volotinen (born 26 August 1998) is a Finnish professional

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 lea ...

who plays as a

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for

PK Keski-Uusimaa Pallokerho Keski-Uusimaa (abbreviated PK Keski-Uusimaa or PKKU) is a football club serving the sub-region of Keski-Uusimaa in Finland and is centred on the towns of Järvenpää, Kerava and Tuusula. The club was formed in 2005 and the men's firs ...

Career

Volotinen spent his early career in Finland with PK-35 Vantaa and VPS. In December 2018 he signed for Bosnian club Čelik Zenica. The deal was officially confirmed on 12 January 2019. On 20 February 2019 the club announced that Volotinen would not be part of the registered squad due to the Bosnian league's restrictions on the number of foreign players, and they instead planned to bring foreign players to other positions. In June 2019 he signed for

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

club

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC (, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Division and has won the championship tit ...

. In January 2021 he returned to Finland, signing with

IF Gnistan IF Gnistan (''Kipinä'' in Finnish; ''The Spark'' in English), commonly known as Gnistan, is a Finnish football club from the city of Helsinki, founded in 1924. The club is currently playing in the Veikkausliiga, the first tier of the Finnish le ...

, signing a new contract with the club in December 2021.Samu Volotinen jatkaa Gnistanin maalilla
gnistan.fi, 27 December 2021

References

1998 births Footballers from Vantaa Living people Men's association football goalkeepers Finnish men's footballers 21st-century Finnish sportsmen PK-35 Vantaa (men) players Vaasan Palloseura players NK Čelik Zenica players Apollon Limassol FC players IF Gnistan players Pargas Idrottsförening players Salon Palloilijat players Pallokerho Keski-Uusimaa players Veikkausliiga players Ykkönen players Kakkonen players Finnish expatriate men's footballers Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus {{Finland-footy-goalkeeper-stub