Taneli Hämäläinen
_45_(cropped).jpg) Hämäläinen with Finland U21 in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 April 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Finland | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | KuPS | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | KuFu-98 | 28 | (1) |
| 2020– | KuPS | 76 | (4) |
| 2022–2023 | → KuPS II | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Finland U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Finland U21 | 12 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2022 | |||
Taneli Hämäläinen (born 16 April 2001), is a Finnish professional football player who plays as a defender for KuPS.[1]
Career
[edit]Hämäläinen is a product of Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) youth academy, and made his debut with the first team in Veikkausliiga in the 2020 season. With KuPS, Hämäläinen has won one Finnish championship title in 2024, three Finnish Cups, and finished as the league's runner-up on three occasions.
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 19 October 2024.
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| KuFu-98 | 2018 | Kakkonen | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | Kakkonen | 16 | 1 | – | – | – | 16 | 1 | ||||
| 2020 | Kakkonen | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| KuPS | 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 2 | 6 | 0 | – | 7[b] | 0 | 36 | 2 | ||
| 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 35 | 2 | |
| Total | 76 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 121 | 4 | ||
| KuPS Akatemia | 2022 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 106 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 151 | 5 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup
- ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Conference League
Honours
[edit]KuPS
- Veikkausliiga: 2024[2]
- Veikkausliiga runner-up: 2021, 2022, 2023
- Finnish Cup: 2021, 2022, 2024[3]
- Finnish League Cup runner-up: 2024
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Taneli Hämäläinen at Soccerway
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