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Kasper Hämäläinen
Personal information
Full name Kasper Woldemar Hämäläinen
Date of birth (1986-08-08) 8 August 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Turku, Finland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Legia Warsaw
Number 22
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2009 TPS 97 (12)
2010–2012 Djurgården 90 (8)
2013–2015 Lech Poznań 101 (33)
2016– Legia Warsaw 60 (14)
International career‡
2002–2003 Finland U17 3 (0)
2008–2009 Finland U21 16 (0)
2008– Finland 52 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 June 2016

Kasper Woldemar Hämäläinen (born 8 August 1986) is a Finnish professional football attacking midfielder who plays for Legia Warsaw and represents Finland national team. Hämäläinen was born in Turku, Finland where he started his senior career in TPS before moving to Djurgården.

Club career

TPS Turku

Born in Turku, he started his career in his hometown club TPS. In June 2008, Portuguese Primeira 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.

Djurgårdens IF

In December 2009, it was announced that Swedish club Djurgården had acquired him.[2] "Kasper" as his shirt says became a star in the Djurgården-shirt and started all the 30 league games in Allsvenskan during both the 2010 and 2011 season. During his two first season he played as a central midfielder besides his fellow country man Daniel Sjölund. In the 2012 pre-season Djurgården manager Magnus Pehrsson tried Hämäläinen in a more offensive role as a trequartista. Hämäläinen did it so well that the move became permanent.

Lech Poznań

However, in January 2013, it was announced that Hämäläinen had signed a three-year contract with Polish top-flight side Lech Poznań. The transfer fee was never made public, but it was believed to be around €250.000 [3] On 24 February, he scored on his debut in a 4−0 away win over Ruch Chorzów. Hämäläinen gained 14 caps during the spring season of 2013 out of which he was in the starting eleven 12 times. In those 14 matches he scored three goals. Lech Poznań won silver medals and made it to UEFA Europa League qualifications for the next season.

Legia Warsaw

On 11 January 2016, he joined Lech's archrivals Legia Warsaw on a free transfer, signing three-and-a-half year deal.[4]

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 when Stuart Baxter chose him to the starting line up for a match played in St. Gallen.[5][6] Hämäläinen scored his first international goal on 17 November 2010 against San Marino as he scored a brace in the 8–0 home victory.

Personal life

Hämäläinen´s father Heikki Hämäläinen is a former track and field athlete.

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 December 2017.[7][8]
Club Season League League Cup Europe Other1 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Djurgården 2010 Allsvenskan 30 2 1 0 – – 31 2
2011 30 2 2 0 – – 32 2
2012 30 4 1 2 – – 31 6
Total 90 8 4 2 – – 94 10
Lech Poznań 2012–13 Ekstraklasa 14 3 – – – 14 3
2013–14 36 9 2 0 4 0 – 42 9
2014–15 36 13 4 1 4 1 – 44 15
2015–16 15 8 3 0 12 1 1 0 31 9
Total 101 33 9 1 20 2 1 0 131 36
Legia Warsaw 2015–16 Ekstraklasa 11 3 2 0 – – 13 3
2016–17 31 7 1 1 4 0 0 0 36 8
2017–18 18 4 0 0 6 2 1 0 25 6
Total 60 14 3 1 10 2 1 0 74 17

1 Including Polish SuperCup.

International

As of 1 June 2016[9]
Finland national team
Year Apps Goals
2008 1 0
2009 3 0
2010 7 2
2011 9 3
2012 9 1
2013 10 2
2014 4 0
2015 6 0
2016 3 1
Total 52 9

International goals

As of match played 1 June 2016. Finland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Hämäläinen goal.[10]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 17 November 2010 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland 11  San Marino 2–0 8–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
2 5–0
3 10 August 2011 Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia 15  Latvia 1–0 2–0 Friendly
4 2 September 2011 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland 16  Moldova 1–0 4–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
5 2–0
6 12 October 2012 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland 28  Georgia 1–1 1–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 7 June 2013 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland 33  Belarus 1–0 1–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
8 14 August 2013 Veritas Stadion, Turku, Finland 35  Slovenia 2–0 2–0 Friendly
9 1 June 2016 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium 52  Belgium 1–0 1–1 Friendly

References

  1. ^ Turun Sanomat
  2. ^ "Kasper Hämäläinen till DIF" (in Swedish). dif.se. 30 December 2009. Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Kasper Hämäläinen pelaa jatkossa Puolan hulluimpien fanien edessä (Kasper Hämäläinen will be playing in front of the craziest fans of Poland); 29.1.2013; Iltasanomat.fi Template:Fi icon
  4. ^ "Kasper Hamalainen piłkarzem Legii! - Legia Warszawa". legia.com.
  5. ^ Finland vs Switzerland Archived 6 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Template:Fi icon
  6. ^ "Sveitsi kaatoi Suomen St. Gallenissa" (in Finnish). YLE Urheilu. 19 November 2008. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Kasper Hämäläinen". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Kasper Hämäläinen". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Kasper Hämäläinen" (in Finnish). palloliitto.fi. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  10. ^ Kasper Hämäläinen at Soccerway
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