Samu Alanko
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samu Jesperi Alanko | ||
| Date of birth | 16 May 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Finland | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Jerv | ||
| Number | 77 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| VPS | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | VPS | 2 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Kiisto (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Jaro (loan) | 9 | (7) |
| 2017 | First Vienna | 9 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | Austria II | 19 | (2) |
| 2018–2020 | VPS | 43 | (8) |
| 2021–2022 | AC Oulu | 29 | (2) |
| 2022–2024 | VPS | 61 | (6) |
| 2025– | Jerv | 21 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 November 2025 | |||
Samu Jesperi Alanko (born 16 May 1998) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a winger or attacker for Norwegian club Jerv.[1]
Career
[edit | edit source]Alanko started his career with Finnish top flight side VPS, where he made 9 appearances and scored 1 goal.[2] On 11 February 2015, Alanko debuted for VPS during a 0–1 loss to SJK.[2] On 20 February 2016, he scored his first goal for VPS during a 2–0 win over Kemi City FC.[2]
In 2015, Alanko is sent on loan to Kiisto in the Finnish third division.
In 2016, he was sent on loan to Finnish second division club Jaro.
In 2018, he returned to VPS in the Finnish top flight after playing for Austrian third division team Austria II.[3]
On 13 July 2022, Alanko returned to VPS once again, this time from AC Oulu.[4]
For the 2025 season, Alanko moved to Norway and signed with Jerv in 2. divisjon. He revealed his spouse was already living in Norway.
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of 3 May 2025[5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| VPS | 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2016 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | ||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
| Kiisto (loan) | 2015 | Kakkonen | 9 | 0 | – | – | – | 9 | 0 | |||
| Jaro (loan) | 2016 | Ykkönen | 9 | 7 | – | – | – | 9 | 7 | |||
| First Vienna | 2016–17 | Austrian Regionalliga | 9 | 2 | – | – | – | 9 | 2 | |||
| Austria Wien II | 2017–18 | Austrian Regionalliga | 19 | 2 | – | – | – | 19 | 2 | |||
| VPS | 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 9 | 0 | – | – | – | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 2 | 8 | 1 | – | – | 24 | 3 | |||
| 2020 | Ykkönen | 18 | 5 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 5 | |||
| Total | 43 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 8 | ||
| VPS Akatemia | 2018 | Kolmonen | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | |||
| 2019 | Kakkonen | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| AC Oulu | 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 2 | ||
| 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||
| OLS | 2022 | Kakkonen | 7 | 6 | – | – | – | 7 | 6 | |||
| VPS | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 2 | – | – | – | 16 | 2 | |||
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | 27 | 3 | ||
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2[d] | 0 | 34 | 3 | |
| Total | 61 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 8 | ||
| VPS Akatemia | 2023 | Kolmonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jerv | 2025 | 2. divisjon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 196 | 34 | 23 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 240 | 38 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup
- ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b c Samu Alanko at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Samu Alanko stats, Football Association of Finland
External links
[edit | edit source]- Samu Alanko at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Samu Alanko at WorldFootball.netLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1998 births
- Men's association football forwards
- Men's association football wingers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
- Austrian Regionalliga players
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Veikkausliiga players
- Norwegian Second Division players
- Living people
- Ykkönen players
- Kakkonen players
- First Vienna FC players
- AC Oulu players
- FF Jaro players
- FC Kiisto players
- Vaasan Palloseura players
- Finnish men's footballers
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- FK Jerv players
- Finnish football biography stubs