Luka Kuittinen
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luka Valtteri Kuittinen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 March 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Rovaniemi, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Inter Turku | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| RoPS | |||
| TP-47 | |||
| –2020 | RoPS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020 | RoPS II | 11 | (1) |
| 2021 | RoPS | 29 | (3) |
| 2022– | Inter Turku | 83 | (7) |
| 2022–2024 | Inter Turku II | 11 | (2) |
| 2023 | → SalPa (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Finland U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2025 | Finland U21 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 March 2025 | |||
Luka Valtteri Kuittinen (born 29 March 2003) is a Finnish professional football defender for Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku.[2]
Born in Rovaniemi, Kuittinen started football in a youth sector of a local club Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS). He made a senior debut with the club's reserve team in third-tier Kakkonen in the 2020 season. Next season, he played for RoPS first team in the second-tier Ykkönen, but was released after the season among other players due to club's financial problems which caused RoPS to be demoted to Kakkonen.[3]
On 26 December 2021, he signed a three-year deal with Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku. Kuittinen debuted in the league in the 2022 season, and scored his first league goal on 7 June 2024, in a 2–0 away win against Lahti.[4] He was named in the Veikkausliiga Team of the Month in June 2024.[5] On 12 September 2024, he signed a two-year contract extension with Inter.[6]
International career
Kuittinen has represented Finland U19 national team on one occasion in 2021.[7]
In the late August 2024, Kuittinen received his first call-up to the Finland U21 national team.[8]