Kasper Hämäläinen

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Kasper Hämäläinen
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Personal information
Date of birth 8 August 1986 (1986-08-08) (age 25)
Place of birth Turku, Finland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Djurgården
Number 16
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2009 TPS 96 (9)
2010– Djurgården 60 (4)
National team
2002–2003 Finland U17
2008–2009 Finland U21 16 (0)
2008– Finland 22 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 January 2012.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 February 2012

Kasper Hämäläinen (born 8 August 1986 in Turku) is a Finnish footballer, who plays midfield. He currently represents Djurgården of Swedish Premier Football League, Allsvenskan. Hämäläinen has been a regular member of the Finland national under-21 football team and has also been featured in the senior national team.

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[edit] Club career

He started his career in his hometown club TPS. In June 2008, Portuguese Primera Liga club C.D. Nacional was keen to sign him, but he was said to be too expensive.[1] He has visited Italian clubs Roma, Lazio, Udinese and Siena. NEC has also shown interest. After the 2008 season, he was near a move to an unnamed Italian club but he chose to stay in Turku to secure play time in the first team. In December 2009, it was announced that Swedish club Djurgården had acquired him.[2]

[edit] International career

Hämäläinen was part of the Finnish U17 team that represented in the 2003 U17 World Cup held in Finland. He was a regular member of the Finland U21 team that qualified to the 2009 U21 European Championship held in Sweden and played in all Finland's three matches. He made his national team debut on 19 November 2008 against Switzerland.[3]

Hämäläinen scored his first international goal on 17 November 2010 against San Marino as he scored a brace in the 8–0 home victory.

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] International goals

# Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 17 November 2010 Finland Helsinki  San Marino 2–0 8–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
2. 5–0
3. 10 August 2011 Latvia Riga  Latvia 1−0 2−0 Friendly
4. 2 September 2011 Finland Helsinki  Moldova 1−0 4−1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
5. 2–0

[edit] International

As of 29 February 2012
Finland national team
Year Apps Goals
2008 1 0
2009 3 0
2010 7 2
2011 9 3
2012 2 0
Total 22 5

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