Samuel Pasanen | |
Birth Date: | 2006 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Bremen, Germany |
Height: | 1.73 m |
Position: | Midfielder |
Currentclub: | Lahti |
Clubnumber: | 6 |
Youthclubs1: | Werder Bremen |
Youthclubs2: | Kuusysi |
Youthyears3: | –2022 |
Youthclubs3: | Lahti |
Years1: | 2022– |
Clubs1: | Reipas Lahti |
Caps1: | 9 |
Goals1: | 1 |
Years2: | 2022– |
Clubs2: | Lahti |
Caps2: | 35 |
Goals2: | 3 |
Nationalyears1: | 2021–2022 |
Nationalteam1: | Finland U16 |
Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Nationalyears2: | 2022–2023 |
Nationalteam2: | Finland U17 |
Nationalcaps2: | 13 |
Nationalgoals2: | 3 |
Nationalyears3: | 2023– |
Nationalteam3: | Finland U18 |
Nationalcaps3: | 5 |
Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
Nationalyears4: | 2023– |
Medaltemplates: | [1] |
Club-Update: | 19 August 2024 |
Nationalteam-Update: | 24 March 2024 |
Samuel Pasanen (born 2 January 2006) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Veikkausliiga club Lahti.[2]
Pasanen started football in the youth sectors of Werder Bremen and Kuusysi before joining FC Lahti organisation.
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]
Pasanen is the son of former Finland national team defender Petri Pasanen.[8] [9] He was born in Bremen, Germany, when his father was playing for Werder Bremen.
Club | Season | League | Cup | League cup | Europe | 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 | |||||
2024 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
Total | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |||
Lahti | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 9 | 2 | ||
2023 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | |||
2024 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | 25 | 2 | |||
Total | 35 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 4 | |||
Career total | 44 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 5 |
Finland U18
Individual
The Boy Player of the Year 2022[10]