Kasper Hämäläinen

Kasper Hämäläinen
Personal information
Date of birth	8 August 1986 (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*
National team‡
	* 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

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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.

[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	Helsinki	San Marino	2–0	8–0	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
2.	17 November 2010	Helsinki	San Marino	5–0	8–0	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
3.	10 August 2011	Riga	Latvia	1−0	2−0	Friendly
4.	2 September 2011	Helsinki	Moldova	1−0	4−1	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
5.	2 September 2011	Helsinki	Moldova	2–0	4−1	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

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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

[edit] References

^ Turun Sanomat
^ "Kasper Hämäläinen till DIF" (in Swedish). dif.se. 2009-12-30. http://www.dif.se/sidor/nyheter/nyheter.asp?action=view&id=10257&typ=1. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
^ Finland vs Switzerland (Finnish)

[0] Turun Sanomat

[1] "Kasper Hämäläinen till DIF" (in Swedish). dif.se. 2009-12-30. http://www.dif.se/sidor/nyheter/nyheter.asp?action=view&id=10257&typ=1. Retrieved 2009-12-30.

[2] Finland vs Switzerland (Finnish)

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Persondata
Name	Hamalainen, Kasper
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	8 August 1986
Place of birth	Turku, Finland
Date of death
Place of death

Kasper Hämäläinen

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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