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Sami Hyypiä

1973 - Today

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Sami Tuomas Hyypiä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsɑmi ˈhyːpiæ]; born 7 October 1973) is a Finnish professional football manager and a former player who played as a centre-back. Hyypiä began his playing career with Ykkönen side Kumu and soon moved to Veikkausliiga outfit MyPa. He spent four years at the club, helping them win the Finnish Cup in 1992 and 1995. He moved to Willem II in 1995 and spent the next four years there. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sami Hyypiä is the 1,283rd most popular soccer player (down from 1,113th in 2019), the 129th most popular biography from Finland (down from 122nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Sami Hyypiä ranks 1,283 out of 21,273. Before him are Branco, Roberto Rosato, Guido Masetti, Milovan Rajevac, Marcelino Martínez, and Willi Schulz. After him are André Maschinot, Abel Xavier, Jamie Vardy, Štefan Čambal, Raphaël Varane, and Władysław Żmuda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Sami Hyypiä ranks 75. Before him are Verka Serduchka, Edgars Rinkēvičs, Howie Dorough, Juliette Lewis, Savo Milošević, and Takeshi Kaneshiro. After him are Haile Gebrselassie, Li Bingbing, Ian Murdock, Pharrell Williams, Stacey Abrams, and Yorgos Lanthimos.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Sami Hyypiä ranks 129 out of 751. Before him are Pentti Linkola (1932), Martti Miettunen (1907), Gunnar Höckert (1910), Jonni Myyrä (1892), Anneli Jäätteenmäki (1955), and Kaarlo Castrén (1860). After him are Alexander Mozhaysky (1825), Lauri Virtanen (1904), Rafael Paasio (1903), Mauritz Stiller (1883), Reino Ragnar Lehto (1898), and Christian von Steven (1781).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Finland

Among soccer players born in Finland, Sami Hyypiä ranks 2. Before him are Jari Litmanen (1971). After him are Aulis Rytkönen (1929), Teemu Pukki (1990), Petri Pasanen (1980), Niklas Moisander (1985), Jussi Jääskeläinen (1975), Tim Sparv (1987), Joonas Kolkka (1974), Joel Pohjanpalo (1994), Ari Hjelm (1962), and Hannu Tihinen (1976).

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