Samu Nieminen

{{short description|Finnish footballer (born 1992)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Samu Nieminen

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|1|14}}

| birth_place = Jyväskylä, Finland

| height = {{height|m=1.85}}

| position = Centre Back

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1999–2005 |youthclubs1 = HuKi

| youthyears2 = 2005–2008 |youthclubs2 = JJK{{cite web |author=Keskisuomalainen |url=http://www.ksml.fi/teemat/jjk/pelaajaesittelyt/samu-nieminen/553288 |title=2 - Samu Nieminen - JJK:n pelaajaesittelyt - Keskisuomalainen |publisher=Ksml.fi |accessdate=2011-08-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004112135/http://www.ksml.fi/teemat/jjk/pelaajaesittelyt/samu-nieminen/553288 |archivedate=4 October 2011}}

| years1 = 2009–2013 | clubs1 = JJK | caps1 = 55 | goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2009–2010 | clubs2 = → Blackbird (loan) | caps2 = 8 | goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2014 | clubs3 = Kruoja | caps3 = 25 | goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2015–2016 | clubs4 = Ilves | caps4 = 26 | goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2016 | clubs5 = → JJK (loan) | caps5 = 3 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2017 | clubs6 = JJK | caps6 = 25 | goals6 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2008 | nationalteam1 = Finland U16 | nationalcaps1 = 15 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2009 | nationalteam2 = Finland U17 | nationalcaps2 = 13 | nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2010 | nationalteam3 = Finland U18 | nationalcaps3 = 8 | nationalgoals3 = 3

| nationalyears4 = 2010–2011 | nationalteam4 = Finland U19 | nationalcaps4 = 5 | nationalgoals4 = 0

| nationalyears5 = 2012 | nationalteam5 = Finland U20 | nationalcaps5 = 1 | nationalgoals5 = 0

| nationalyears6 = 2012−2013 | nationalteam6 = Finland U21 | nationalcaps6 = 4 | nationalgoals6 = 0

| pcupdate = 3 April 2018

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Samu Nieminen (born 14 January 1992) is a Finnish former footballer. He played as a central defender.

Nieminen started playing football at the age of seven in Huhtasuon Kisa. He moved to JJK in 2006. Nieminen signed a first team contract with the JJK in 2009 and made his Veikkausliiga debut on 9 May 2010 against MyPa. In 2012 Nieminen made a breakthrough and was 20 times in starting lineup. He continued as a starting lineup player in next season but the season was disappointment when JJK was last in league. In 2014 Nieminen signed a contract with FK Kruoja and won the silver medal. In 2015 Nieminen signed a two-year contract with Ilves.

On 15 August 2016, je returned to JJK on loan for the remainder of the 2016 season.{{cite web|title=Samu Nieminen siirtyy lainalle JJK:hon|url=http://ilvesedustus.fi/samu-nieminen-siirtyy-lainalle-jjkhon/|publisher=FC Ilves|accessdate=2 September 2016|language=fi-FI|date=15 August 2016}}