Sami Hyypiä
Hyypiä in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Sami Tuomas Hyypiä | ||
| Date of birth | 7 October 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Porvoo, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1977–1988 | Kumu | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989 | PaPe | 3 | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | Kumu | 19 | (0) |
| 1992–1995 | MyPa | 96 | (8) |
| 1995–1999 | Willem II | 100 | (3) |
| 1999–2009 | Liverpool | 318 | (22) |
| 2009–2011 | Bayer Leverkusen | 53 | (3) |
| Total | 589 | (36) | |
| National team | |||
| 1989–1992 | Finland U21 | 27 | (3) |
| 1992–2010 | Finland | 105 | (5) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2011–2012 | Finland (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2014 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| 2014 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
| 2015–2016 | FC Zürich | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Sami Tuomas Hyypiä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsɑmi ˈhyːpiæ]; born 7 October 1973) is a Finnish football manager and former defender.
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.
In 1999, he moved to Liverpool, the team he supported as a child, in a deal worth £2.6 million. He quickly established himself in the first team, partnering Stéphane Henchoz in defence. By 2001, he regularly captained the team and that season Liverpool won a slew of honours, completing a cup treble of the League Cup, FA Cup and UEFA Cup, in addition to winning the UEFA Super Cup and FA Community Shield. He became first choice captain in the 2001–02 season and was part of the Football League Cup-winning team in 2003. Steven Gerrard superseded him as captain in 2003, but Hyypiä still occasionally captained the side in his absence. Hyypiä won his highest football honour in 2005 as part of Liverpool's victorious 2004–05 Champions League campaign, where his defensive partnership with Jamie Carragher helped them win in the final. During his ten years in Merseyside, he became a fan favourite and remains a popular figure at the club. From 2009 to 2011, Hyypiä played for German Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen, where he retired as a player in 2011.
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