Saku Savolainen
 Savolainen with KuPS in 2020. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 August 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Iisalmi, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | KuPS | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| PK-37 | |||
| –2015 | KuPS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013– | KuPS | 222 | (21) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2014 | Finland U18 | 5 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Finland U19 | 9 | (1) |
| 2016– | Finland U21 | 6 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 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).
Club career[edit]
He made his Veikkausliiga debut for KuPS on 23 May 2013 in a game against JJK.[1]
Honours[edit]
KuPS
- Veikkausliiga: 2019
- Veikkausliiga runner-up: 2017, 2022, 2023
- Finnish Cup: 2021, 2022
- Finnish Cup runner-up: 2013
- Finnish League Cup runner-up: 2024
Career statistics[edit]
- As of 6 June 2024[2]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | 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[b] | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
| 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 27 | 4 | 5 | 1 | – | 3[b] | 0 | 35 | 5 | ||
| 2016 | Veikkausliiga | 31 | 4 | 4 | 2 | – | 5[b] | 0 | 40 | 6 | ||
| 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 1 | |||
| 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2[c] | 0 | – | 31 | 3 | ||
| 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | – | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4[d] | 0 | – | 31 | 1 | ||
| 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2[e] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | |
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2[e] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | |
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
| Total | 222 | 21 | 43 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 295 | 31 | ||
| KuFu-98 (loan) | 2014 | Kakkonen | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 225 | 21 | 43 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 298 | 31 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup
- ^ a b c d Includes Finnish League Cup
- ^ a b Includes UEFA Europa League
- ^ Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Includes UEFA Europa Conference League
References[edit]
- ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 23 May 2013.
- ^ Saku Savolainen, Finnish FA
External links[edit]
- Saku Savolainen at Soccerway
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- 1996 births
- People from Iisalmi
- Living people
- Finnish men's footballers
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Finland men's under-21 international footballers
- Kuopion Palloseura players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Pallo-Kerho 37 players
- Men's association football forwards
- Footballers from North Savo
- Kakkonen players
- SC Kuopio Futis-98 players
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