Sami Hyypiä

Finnish association football player and coach

Sami Tuomas Hyypiä (fi; born 7 October 1973) is a Finnish professional football manager and a former player who played as a centre-back.

Sami Hyypiä
Hyypiä with Bayer Leverkusen in 2012
Personal information
Full name Sami Tuomas Hyypiä[1]
Date of birth (1973-10-07) 7 October 1973 (age 51)[2]
Place of birth Porvoo, Finland
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[3]
Position(s) Centre-back
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 Zürich
2020 Haka (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Statistics

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Club career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kumu 1991[4] Ykkönen 19 0 19 0
MyPa 1992[4][5] Veikkausliiga 33 0 33 0
1993[4][5] Veikkausliiga 12 0 1[c] 0 13 0
1994[4][5] Veikkausliiga 25 5 4[d] 0 29 5
1995[4][5] Veikkausliiga 26 3 4[d] 0 30 3
Total 96 8 0 0 9 0 0 0 107 8
Willem II 1995–96[5] Eredivisie 14 0 14 0
1996–97[5] Eredivisie 30 1 30 1
1997–98[5] Eredivisie 30 0 30 0
1998–99[5] Eredivisie 26 2 1 0 4[d] 0 59 4
Total 100 3 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 105 3
Liverpool 1999–2000[5] Premier League 38 2 2 0 2 0 42 2
2000–01[5] Premier League 35 3 6 0 6 1 11[d] 0 58 4
2001–02[5] Premier League 37 3 2 0 1 0 16[e] 2 1[f] 0 57 5
2002–03[5] Premier League 36 3 3 0 4 0 12[e] 2 1[f] 0 56 5
2003–04[5] Premier League 38 4 4 0 1 0 8[d] 1 51 5
2004–05[5] Premier League 32 2 1 0 1 0 15[e] 1 49 3
2005–06[5] Premier League 36 1 6 1 1 0 13[e] 0 3[g] 0 59 2
2006–07[5] Premier League 23 2 0 0 1 1 5[e] 0 0 0 29 3
2007–08[5] Premier League 27 1 4 1 0 0 13[e] 2 44 4
2008–09[5] Premier League 16 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 19 2
Total 318 22 29 2 19 3 93 8 5 0 464 35
Bayer Leverkusen 2009–10[5] Bundesliga 32 2 1 0 33 2
2010–11[5] Bundesliga 21 1 1 0 5[h] 0 27 1
Total 53 3 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 60 3
Career total 586 36 32 2 19 3 111 8 5 0 753 49
  1. Includes Finnish Cup, KNVB Cup, FA Cup, DFB-Pokal
  2. Includes Football League Cup
  3. Appearance in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  6. 6.0 6.1 Appearance in FA Community Shield
  7. One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  8. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]
National team Year Apps Goals
Finland 1992 1 0
1993 0 0
1994 2 0
1995 4 0
1996 5 0
1997 4 0
1998 7 0
1999 7 1
2000 6 0
2001 7 0
2002 6 1
2003 9 2
2004 8 0
2005 8 0
2006 7 1
2007 9 0
2008 5 0
2009 8 0
2010 2 0
Total 105 5
Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hyypiä goal.
List of international goals scored by Sami Hyypiä
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 9 October 1999 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki   Northern Ireland 2–1 4–1 Euro 2000 qualifier
2 12 October 2002 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki   Azerbaijan 3–0 3–0 Euro 2004 qualifier
3 12 February 2003 Windsor Park, Belfast   Northern Ireland 1–0 1–0 Friendly
4 7 June 2003 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki   Serbia and Montenegro 1–0 3–0 Euro 2004 qualifier
5 11 October 2006 Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty   Kazakhstan 2–0 2–0 Euro 2008 qualifier

Managerial statistics

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As of 12 May 2016
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref
P W D L Win %
Bayer Leverkusen1 1 April 2012[7] 24 June 2013[8] 51 29 11 11 056.9 [9]
Bayer Leverkusen2 24 June 2013[8] 5 April 2014[10] 41 21 4 16 051.2 [9]
Brighton & Hove Albion 6 June 2014[11] 22 December 2014[12] 26 6 10 10 023.1 [13]
Zürich 21 August 2015[14] 12 May 2016[15] 30 9 10 11 030.0 [16]
Total 148 65 35 48 043.9
  • 1.^ Sami Hyypiä and Sascha Lewandowski were both in-charge of the first team.[7]
  • 2.^ Sascha Lewandowski left the first team to go back to work with the youth team.[17] Hyypiä's first training session was on 12 March 2013.[8]

Honours

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MyPa

Liverpool

Finland

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Individual

Other websites

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References

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  1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. p. 208. ISBN 9781845964740.
  2. "FIFA Club World Championship Japan 2005 – Official Rosters". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 December 2005. Archived from the original on 19 December 2005.
  3. "Sami Hyypia 1st team squad profile". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 1 August 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Sami Hyypiä at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 "Sami Hyypiä » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  6. "Sami Hyypiä – Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Bayer trennt sich von Dutt – Hyypiä übernimmt". kicker (in German). 1 April 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Hyypia bemused by player departures". ESPN FC. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  9. 9.0 9.1 "Bayer 04 Leverkusen" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  10. "Leverkusen trennt sich von Trainer Hyypiä". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 5 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  11. "Sami Hyypia: Brighton appoint ex-Liverpool defender as new boss". BBC Sport. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  12. "Sami Hyypia: Brighton manager resigns after one win in 18 games". BBC Sport. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  13. "Managers". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  14. "Ex-Liverpool player appointed FC Zurich coach". British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). 21 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  15. Rey, Claudia (12 May 2016). "Hyypiä muss gehen". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  16. "FC Zürich » Fixtures & Results 2015/2016". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  17. "Sami Hyypia to take sole charge at Bayer Leverkusen next season". BBC. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  18. "Sami Hyypiä - Perfil del jugador - Fútbol". Eurosport.
  19. "Blues shot down as Liverpool lift cup". BBC Sport. 25 February 2001. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  20. "Liverpool lift Worthington Cup". BBC Sport. 2 March 2003. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  21. "Liverpool 2–3 Chelsea". BBC Sport. 27 February 2005. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  22. "AC Milan 2-1 Liverpool". BBC Sport. 23 May 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  23. "Sao Paulo 1–0 Liverpool". BBC Sport. 18 December 2005. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  24. "Nordic Championship 2000-01".
  25. "Finland vs Norway, 16 August 2000".
  26. "Team of the Year 2001". UEFA. 3 January 2002. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  27. "ESM XI". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  28. "We speak to YOUR Player of the Season - Liverpool FC". 12 June 2015. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  29. "Hyypiä grabs top award". BBC Sport. 28 December 2001. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
  30. "Sami Hyypiä: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  31. Pietarinen, Heikki (31 January 2008). "Finland – Player of the Year Awards". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
  32. "Vuoden parhaat valittu, Kontiolle jo 21:s Vuoden paras -titteli" (in Finnish). YLE Urheilu. 11 January 2012. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  33. "Sami Hyypiä jälleen urheilutoimittajien ykkönen" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  34. "Bundesliga Historie 2009/10" (in German). kicker.
  35. "International centurions to receive UEFA award". UEFA. 30 August 2011. Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2013.