Niko Hämäläinen
.jpg) Hämäläinen on the bench for the Finland under-21s against the Austria under-21s in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicholas Antero Hämäläinen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Florida, United States | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder / Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010 | Wellington Wave[2] | ||
| 2010–2013 | FC Florida | ||
| 2013–2014 | FC Dallas | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014– | Queens Park Rangers | 3 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Finland U18 | 12 | (1) |
| 2015 | Finland U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2017– | Finland U21 | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:43, 26 March 2017 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 November 2017 (UTC) | |||
Nicholas Antero "Niko" Hämäläinen (born 5 March 1997) is Finnish footballer who plays as a midfielder or a defender for English club Queens Park Rangers and Finland U19's.
Club career
Queens Park Rangers
On 18 September 2014, Hämäläinen signed for Queens Park Rangers.[3] He made his league debut for QPR as a substitute for Joel Lynch in a 2–1 win against West London rivals Fulham on 1 October 2016.
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan)
On 6 August 2015, Hämäläinen signed on a loan deal at Dagenham & Redbridge until 5 September 2015.
Hämäläinen made his professional debut on 12 August 2015, in Dagenham & Redbridge's 1–4 loss to Charlton Athletic in the League Cup. He was named in the starting 11 and replaced by Ashley Hemmings in the 58th minute.[4] His loan was extended in September 2015 for an additional month.[5]
International career
Hämäläinen was born and raised in the United States, and is of Finnish descent[6] through his father, Timo Hämäläinen, who played for the Finnish football club Koparit in 1978–1982 in the SM-sarja before moving to the United States to work.[7] He is a youth international for Finland.[8]
Career statistics
- As of match played 18 October 2016.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Queen's Park Rangers | 2015–16[9] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17[10] | Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18[11] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) | 2015–16[9] | League Two | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||
References
- ^ "Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists" (PDF). Premier League. p. 32. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ Wagner, Jodie (14 April 2011). "RPB Strikers' Byrne, Hamalainen earn national soccer honors". The Palm Beach Post. Archived from the original on 28 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "NICHOLAS HAMALAINEN ARRIVES AT QPR". Queens Park Rangers. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ^ "Charlton 4–1 Dag & Red". BBC Sport. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ^ "Niko Hamalainen: Dagenham & Redbridge keep QPR youngster". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- ^ http://www.westlondonsport.com/qpr/niko-hamalainen-lowdown-qpr-youngster-making-debut-sunderland
- ^ "Tässä on 18-vuotias suomalaisen futiksen uusi tähti – "Välillä ihmetyttää, lyökö sydän ollenkaan"". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved January 29, 2017.
- ^ http://www.qpr.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/qpr-niko-hamalainen-finland-under-21-3324123.aspx
- ^ a b "Games played by Niko Hämäläinen in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "Games played by Niko Hämäläinen in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ "Games played by Niko Hämäläinen in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
External links
- Queens Park Rangers F.C. official profile
- Niko Hämäläinen – SPL competition record
- Niko Hämäläinen – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Niko Hämäläinen at Soccerbase
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Finnish footballers
- Finland youth international footballers
- Finland under-21 international footballers
- American soccer players
- Finnish people of American descent
- American people of Finnish descent
- Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
- Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Soccer players from Florida
- Association footballers not categorized by position