{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{short description|Finnish footballer (born 1998)}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Samu Volotinen |image = Samu Volotinen.jpg |image_size = |caption = Volotinen with VPS in 2018. |fullname = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|8|26|df=y}} |birth_place = Vantaa, Finland<ref name=wf>{{WorldFootball.net|samu-volotinen}}</ref> |height = 1.93m<ref name=wf/> |position = Goalkeeper |currentclub = PK Keski-Uusimaa |clubnumber = 1 |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = VJS/Akatemia<ref>[https://pk35vantaa.fi/2016/04/18/samu-volotisen-liigadebyytti-tuli-yllattaen/ Samu Volotisen liigadebyytti tuli yllättäen], pk35vantaa.fi, 18 April 2016</ref> |youthyears2 = |youthclubs2 = PK-35 Vantaa |years1 = 2015–2016 |clubs1 = PK-35 Vantaa |caps1 = 9 |goals1 = 0 |years2 = 2017–2018 |clubs2 = VPS |caps2 = 22 |goals2 = 0 |years3 = 2019 |clubs3 = Čelik Zenica |caps3 = 0 |goals3 = 0 |years4 = 2019–2020 |clubs4 = Apollon Limassol |caps4 = 0 |goals4 = 0 |years5 = 2021–2022 |clubs5 = IF Gnistan |caps5 = 18 |goals5 = 0 |years6 = 2022 |clubs6 = → Pargas IF (loan) |caps6 = 2 |goals6 = 0 |years7 = 2023 |clubs7 = SalPa |caps7 = 0 |goals7 = 0 |years8 = 2024– |clubs8 = PK Keski-Uusimaa |caps8 = 11 |goals8 = 0 |club-update = 27 January 2025 }}
'''Samu Volotinen''' (born 26 August 1998) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for PK Keski-Uusimaa.
==Career== Volotinen spent his early career in Finland with PK-35 Vantaa and VPS.<ref>{{Soccerway|samu-volotinen/403054|accessdate=20 June 2018}}</ref> In December 2018 he signed for Bosnian club Čelik Zenica.<ref>[https://sport1.oslobodjenje.ba/premijer-liga-bih/finski-golman-stigao-u-premijer-ligu-bih/142149 Finski golman stigao u Premijer ligu BiH] at sport1.ba, 30 December 2018</ref> The deal was officially confirmed on 12 January 2019.<ref>[https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/samu-volotinen-potpisao-za-nk-celik/302863 Samu Volotinen potpisao za NK Čelik], sportsport.ba, 12 January 2019</ref> On 20 February 2019 the club announced that Volotinen would not be part of the registered squad due to the Bosnian league's restrictions on the number of foreign players, and they instead planned to bring foreign players to other positions.<ref>[https://sport1.oslobodjenje.ba/tifo/nelogicna-politika-celika-jos-jedno-zimsko-pojacanje-ostaje-bez-angazmana-na-bilinom-polju/147035 Nelogična politika Čelika: Još jedno zimsko pojačanje ostaje bez angažmana na Bilinom polju], sport1.oslobodjenje.ba, 20 February 2019</ref>
In June 2019 he signed for Cypriot First Division club Apollon Limassol.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://apollon.com.cy/gr/news-detail/11590/samu-volotinen-για-τον-άσσο|title=Samu Volotinen για τον άσσο|website=apollon.com.cy}}</ref>
In January 2021 he returned to Finland, signing with IF Gnistan,<ref>[https://gnistan.fi/2020/12/samu-volotinen-gnistanin-maalinsuulle/ Samu Volotinen Gnistanin maalin suulle], gnistan.fi, 1 December 2020</ref> signing a new contract with the club in December 2021.<ref>[https://gnistan.fi/2021/12/samu-volotinen-jatkaa-gnistanin-maalilla/ Samu Volotinen jatkaa Gnistanin maalilla], gnistan.fi, 27 December 2021</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Volotinen, Samu}} Category:1998 births Category:Footballers from Vantaa Category:Living people Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Finnish men's footballers Category:21st-century Finnish sportsmen Category:PK-35 Vantaa (men) players Category:Vaasan Palloseura players Category:NK Čelik Zenica players Category:Apollon Limassol FC players Category:IF Gnistan players Category:Pargas Idrottsförening players Category:Salon Palloilijat players Category:Pallokerho Keski-Uusimaa players Category:Veikkausliiga players Category:Ykkönen players Category:Kakkonen players Category:Finnish expatriate men's footballers Category:Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
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