Juuso Hämäläinen

Juuso Hämäläinen
Hämäläinen with RoPS in 2018.
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-12-08) 8 December 1993 (age 30)
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

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

As of 23 October 2024.[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Inter Turku[3]

RoPS

References

  1. ^ a b Juuso Hämäläisen tie vei Raisiosta Veikkausliigaan – Uran kymmenes kausi odottaa alkamistaan, rannikkoseutu.fi, 18 June 2022
  2. ^ a b Juuso Hämäläinen palaa FC Interiin, fcinter.fi, 27 November 2018
  3. ^ a b c Juuso Hämäläinen at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  4. ^ Inter jatkosopimukseen kapteeninsa kanssa – "Hän on pitkän linjan interiläinen", Turun Sanomat, 17 August 2024
  5. ^ InterFaces: Juuso Hämäläinen, fcinter.fi, 17 August 2024
  6. ^ Kapteeni Juuso Hämäläinen jatkaa Interissä tulevalla kaudella, fcinter.fi, 17 August 2024
  7. ^ Juuso Hämäläinen stats, Finnish FA
  8. ^ "Oli jo toinen käsi kiinni pytyssä" – Cupin finaalitappio karvasta kalkkia Interille, veikkausliiga.com, 22 September 2024
  9. ^ Liigacupin voitto ratkesi rangaistuspotkukisassa: 17-vuotiaasta maalivahdista sankari, mtvuutiset.fi, MTV Oy, 30 March 2024