| Saku Savolainen | |
| Birth Date: | 13 August 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Iisalmi, Finland |
| Height: | 1.74 m |
| Position: | Right back |
| Currentclub: | KuPS |
| Clubnumber: | 6 |
| Youthclubs1: | PK-37 |
| Youthyears2: | –2015 |
| Youthclubs2: | KuPS |
| Years1: | 2013– |
| Caps1: | 238 |
| Goals1: | 23 |
| Years2: | 2014 |
| Clubs2: | → KuFu-98 (loan) |
| Caps2: | 3 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2013–2014 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2014–2015 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2017–2018 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 2 |
| Pcupdate: | 19 October 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 10 October 2017 |
Saku Savolainen (born 13 August 1996) is a Finnish professional football player who plays as a right back or right winger for Veikkausliiga club Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS).
Savolainen made his Veikkausliiga debut for Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) on 23 May 2013 in a game against JJK.[1]
In 2017, he was a candidate to be named in the Finland national team squad, but was forced to withdraw due to injury.[2]
In the early 2021, Savolainen suffered an injury which forced him to miss the entire season. He returned to the line-up in May 2022, in a Finnish Cup match against Ekenäs IF, scoring a goal in a 5–1 win.[3]
On 1 November 2022, Savolainen extended his contract with KuPS again, on a deal until the end of the 2024.[4] On 4 November 2024, after winning the 2024 Finnish Cup and Finnish championship title with KuPS, he signed a new two-year deal with a one-year option.[5]
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | League cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| KuPS | 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 19 | 2 | ||
| 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 22 | 1 | |||
| 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 27 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 35 | 5 | |||
| 2016 | Veikkausliiga | 31 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | – | 40 | 6 | |||
| 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 1 | ||||
| 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 2 | 5 | 1 | – | 2 | 0 | 31 | 3 | |||
| 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |||
| 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |||
| 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 2 | ||
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 5 | ||
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 4 | ||
| Total | 238 | 23 | 47 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 316 | 33 | |||
| KuFu-98 (loan) | 2014 | Kakkonen | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 238 | 23 | 47 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 321 | 33 | |||
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