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Sami Hyypiä
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Finnish footballer and manager (born 1973)
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Sami Tuomas Hyypiä is a Finnish former association football player and coach. Born on October 7, 1973, in Porvoo, he played as a centre-back for the Finland men's national football team. During his playing career, he was a member of Willem II, MYPA, and Liverpool F.C., competing in the Premier League. He has also served as a coach for Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., Bayer 04 Leverkusen, and FC Zürich.
Hyypiä stands 195 centimeters tall and weighs 85 kilograms. He speaks Finnish and holds Finnish citizenship. His professional record includes two matches played and zero goals scored. He is listed as a retired soccer player and defender.
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Key facts
- 1989
- PaPe
- 2014
- Brighton & Hove Albion
- 2020
- Haka (assistant)
- Full name
- Sami Tuomas Hyypiä
- Date of birth
- ( 1973-10-07 ) 7 October 1973 (age 52)
- Place of birth
- Porvoo , Finland
- Height
- 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
- Position
- Centre-back
- 1977 1988
- Kumu
- Years
- Team
- 1990 1991
- Kumu
- 1992 1995
- MyPa
- 1995 1999
- Willem II
- 1999 2009
- Liverpool
- 2009 2011
- Bayer Leverkusen
- 1989 1992
- Finland U21
- 1992 2010
- Finland
- 2011 2012
- Finland (assistant)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Defender
- Nationality
- Finland
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tuomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Porvoo
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Native language
- Finnish
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Finland national under-21 football team
- Position played
- centre-back
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Finland
- Mass
- 85
- Image
- Sami Hyypia 2012.jpg
- Height
- 195
Show 7 more facts
- Commons category
- Sami Hyypiä
- date of birth
- 1973-10-07
- coach of sports team
- FC Zürich
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 2
- total goals in career
- 0
- birth name
- Sami Tuomas Hyypiä
- name in native language
- Sami Hyypiä
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Sami Tuomas Hyypiä ( Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsɑmi ˈhyːpiæ]; born 7 October 1973) is a Finnish professional football manager and a former player who played as a centre-back.
Hyypiä began his playing career with Ykkönen side Kumu and soon moved to Veikkausliiga outfit MyPa. He spent four years at the club, helping them win the Finnish Cup in 1992 and 1995. He moved to Willem II in 1995 and spent the next four years there. He became the team captain and was nominated their player of the year after helping them qualify for the UEFA Champions League.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sami Hyypiä” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.