Personal information | |||
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Full name | Martin Cristian Kuittinen Zbijewski | ||
Date of birth | 24 November 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Hanko, Finland | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender, winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Zimbru Chișinău | ||
Youth career | |||
2014–2017 | Real Valladolid | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013 | BK-46 | 2 | (0) |
2017 | Sintrense | 0 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Águias do Moradal | 21 | (2) |
2019 | Víkingur | 17 | (2) |
2021– | Zimbru Chișinău | 4 | (0) |
2023 | → Vard Haugesund (loan) | 13 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:17, 13 August 2023 (UTC) |
Martin Cristian Kuittinen Zbijewski (born 24 November 1997) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a full-back, wing-back or winger for Zimbru Chișinău.
Kuittinen was born in Hanko, Finland, to a Polish mother and a Finnish father, and he holds a dual citizenship of Finland and Poland.[1][2][3]
At the age of 15, Kuittinen debuted for Finnish side BK-46.[4] In 2014, he joined the youth academy of Real Valladolid in the Spanish second tier after trialing for the youth academy of Spanish top flight club Real Madrid.[5][6] Before the second half of 2016–17, he signed for Sintrense in the Portuguese third tier after trialing for German Bundesliga team Werder Bremen.[7][8]
Before the 2019 season, Kuittinen signed for Víkingur Ólafsvík in the Icelandic second tier.[9] In 2021, he signed for Moldovan top flight outfit Zimbru after trialing for Jagiellonia Białystok in Poland, where he made 4 league appearances.[10] On 22 October 2021, Kuittinen debuted for Zimbru during a 1–2 loss to Dinamo-Auto.[10] In April 2023, he joined Norwegian third tier side Vard Haugesund on loan.[11]