Sami Hyypiä

Sami Hyypiä is a Finnish football manager, born on 7 October 1973 in Porvoo, Finland. Hyypiä played as a centre-back for Liverpool and MyPa. Hyypiä scored 51 goals in 758 games for club and country and won 12 trophies, including the Champions League.

Hyypiä's career stats

GamesGoals
Clubs, all competitions65346
Finland1055
Total75851

Goals per game: 0.07.

Hyypiä's trophies and awards

  • Trophies with club and country: 12
  • Domestic cups: 8
  • Champions League: 1
  • Other international club trophies: 3
  • Individual awards: 21

MyPa

  • Finnish Cup: 2 (1992, 1995)

Liverpool

  • FA Cup: 2 (2000–01, 2005–06)
  • Football League Cup: 2 (2000–01, 2002–03)
  • FA Charity/Community Shield: 2 (2001, 2006)
  • UEFA Champions League: 1 (2004–05)
  • UEFA Cup: 1 (2000–01)
  • UEFA Super Cup: 2 (2001, 2005)

Individual

  • UEFA Team of the Year: 1 (2001)
  • ESM Team of the Year: 1 (2000–01)
  • Liverpool Player of the Season: 1 (2001–02)
  • Finnish Sportsperson of the Year: 1 (2001)
  • Premier League Player of the Month: 1 (1999)
  • PFA Team of the Year: 2 (1999–2000, 2001–02)
  • Finnish Sports Hall of Fame: 1
  • Finnish Footballer of the Year: 10 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010)
  • kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1 (2009–10)
  • UEFA awards 100 caps: 1 (2011)
  • Finnish Football Hall of Fame inductee: 1 (2015)

Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

  1. 1989: PaPe, 3 games, 0 goals
  2. 1990–1991: Kumu, 19 games, 0 goals
  3. 1992–1995: MyPa, 96 games, 8 goals
  4. 1999–2009: Liverpool, 318 games, 22 goals
  5. 2009–2011: Bayer Leverkusen, 53 games, 3 goals

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