Juuso Hämäläinen
 Hämäläinen with RoPS in 2018. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 December 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Raisio, Finland[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Inter Turku | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Raisio Futis[2] | |||
| 2004–2013 | Inter Turku | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Inter Turku | 84 | (3) |
| 2016–2018 | RoPS | 84 | (0) |
| 2019– | Inter Turku | 101 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2024 | |||
Juuso Hämäläinen (born 8 December 1993) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a defender and captains Finnish Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku.[3]
Club career
[edit]Born in Raisio, Hämäläinen started football in a youth team of a local club RaiFu. He joined the Inter Turku youth sector when he was 11 years old.[4] Hämäläinen made his senior debut with the club's first team in the 2013 Veikkausliiga season.[5]
After a three-year stint with Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS), on 27 November 2018, Hämäläinen returned to his former club Inter, signing a contract initially for the 2019 season.[2] He suffered from a knee injury in the 2022 season and was out of the line-up for months.[1] On 17 August 2024, Hämäläinen signed a contract extension for the 2025 season, with a further one-year option.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 23 October 2024.[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Inter Turku | 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 31 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 37 | 3 | ||
| 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 32 | 1 | ||
| Total | 84 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 5 | ||
| RoPS | 2016 | Veikkausliiga | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 0 | |||
| Total | 84 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 102 | 0 | ||
| Inter Turku | 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 1 | 7 | 0 | – | 2[c] | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
| 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | 1[c] | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
| 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 1[d] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 28 | 2 | ||
| Total | 101 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 131 | 5 | ||
| Inter Turku II | 2022 | Kolmonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | Kolmonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 271 | 7 | 42 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 338 | 10 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup
- ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
- ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
Honours
[edit]Inter Turku[3]
- Veikkausliiga runner-up: 2019, 2020
- Finnish Cup runner-up: 2014, 2015, 2020, 2022, 2024[8]
- Finnish League Cup: 2024[9]
- Finnish League Cup runner-up: 2022
RoPS
References
[edit]- ^ a b Juuso Hämäläisen tie vei Raisiosta Veikkausliigaan – Uran kymmenes kausi odottaa alkamistaan, rannikkoseutu.fi, 18 June 2022
- ^ a b Juuso Hämäläinen palaa FC Interiin, fcinter.fi, 27 November 2018
- ^ a b c Juuso Hämäläinen at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ Inter jatkosopimukseen kapteeninsa kanssa – "Hän on pitkän linjan interiläinen", Turun Sanomat, 17 August 2024
- ^ InterFaces: Juuso Hämäläinen, fcinter.fi, 17 August 2024
- ^ Kapteeni Juuso Hämäläinen jatkaa Interissä tulevalla kaudella, fcinter.fi, 17 August 2024
- ^ Juuso Hämäläinen stats, Finnish FA
- ^ "Oli jo toinen käsi kiinni pytyssä" – Cupin finaalitappio karvasta kalkkia Interille, veikkausliiga.com, 22 September 2024
- ^ Liigacupin voitto ratkesi rangaistuspotkukisassa: 17-vuotiaasta maalivahdista sankari, mtvuutiset.fi, MTV Oy, 30 March 2024