Mikko Hyyrynen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 November 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Lappeenranta, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | TPS | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001 | FC Lahti | 8 | (0) |
| 2002–2006 | TPS | 104 | (39) |
| 2007 | MyPa | 22 | (4) |
| 2008–2009 | FF Jaro | 48 | (15) |
| 2010–2011 | JJK | 46 | (13) |
| 2012– | TPS | 117 | (30) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2005 | Finland | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 August 2008 | |||
Mikko Hyyrynen (born 1 November 1977) is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for TPS. His position is striker.
Career
Born in Lappeenranta, Hyyrynen debuted in Veikkausliiga for FC Lahti in 2001 but did not make his real breakthrough into top-flight football until the 2003 season when he was playing for the newly promoted TPS. He stayed at TPS for five seasons before moving on to MyPa and then FF Jaro. In winter 2009 he signed a two-year contract with JJK. He guided his new team to the Finnish League Cup 2010 final, where they lost to FC Honka on penalties. He scored his 50th Veikkausliiga goal in a 2–3 win over FC Honka on 23 August 2010.
After the 2011 season his contract with JJK expired and he returned to Turku, to sign a one-year contract with TPS, a club which he presented between 2002–2006.[1]
Hyyrynen was capped twice for the Finnish national team in friendly matches against Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in March 2005 but has not been called up since.[2]
In October 2017, he announced he would retire from professional football at the end of the season and would play his final match on 21 October.[3]
Notes
- ^ Hyyrynen return to TPS Archived 9 July 2012 at archive.today Template:Fi icon
- ^ International Friendly Matches 2005 RSSSF Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ Metsälä, Jesse (13 October 2017). "Lappeenrantalaissyntyinen Mikko Hyyrynen lopettaa pelaajauransa". Etelä-Saimaa (in Finnish). Retrieved 5 May 2018.
External links
- Mikko Hyyrynen at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mikko Hyyrynen at Soccerway
- Profile on the Veikkausliiga pages Template:Fi icon
- Veikkausliiga Hall of Fame Template:Fi icon
- Career stats at metro.co.uk