Samu Laitinen (born 13 August 1999) is a Finnish professional footballer, who plays as a forward.
Club career HJK Laitinen is a product of FC Kontu and later joined HJK Helsinki, where he made his debut for the clubs second team, Klubi 04, in 2016. On 2 February 2017, he got his official debut for HJK in the Finnish Cup at the age of 17 against IF Gnistan.Otteluraportti: Gnistan – HJK 0-4, hjk.fi, 2 February 2019
In 2018, he became a regular starter for Klubi and on 8 September 2018, he also got his Veikkausliiga debut for HJK against FC Inter Turku.HJK VS. INTER TURKU 3 - 0, soccerway.com, 2 September 2018 He started on the bench, before replacing Riku Riski for the last couple of minutes. Laitinen got his contract further extended for the 2019 seasonHJK käytti viiden nuoren pelaajan sopimusten optiot, veikkausliiga.com, 10 December 2018 but with only one game four games in the whole 2019 season, he left the club at the end of the year.
KPV On 4 December 2019 it was confirmed, that Laitinen had joined KPV on a one-year deal.SOPIMUSUUTISIA: Puolustaja Samu Laitinen KPV:hen!, kpv.fi, 4 December 2019 Laitinen made his debut for KPV on 25 January 2020 against AC Oulu in the Finnish Cup.KPV VS. OULU 1 - 1, soccerway.com, 25 February 2020
IF Gnistan On 5 February 2021, Laitinen moved to fellow league club IF Gnistan on a one-year deal.IF Gnistan ja Samu Laitinen ovat allekirjoittaneet ensi kauden kattavan sopimuksen, gnistan.fi, 5 February 2021 He made his debut on 13 February 2021 against JIPPO. in the Suomen Cup.
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