Taneli Hämäläinen
 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 | ADO Den Haag | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | KuFu-98 | 28 | (1) |
| 2020–2024 | KuPS | 76 | (4) |
| 2022–2023 | → KuPS II | 2 | (0) |
| 2025– | ADO Den Haag | 0 | (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 Dutch club ADO Den Haag.[1]
Career
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.
On 14 December 2024, it was announced that Hämäläinen would join Eerste Divisie club ADO Den Haag in January 2025.[2]
Career statistics
- 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 | ||
| ADO Den Haag | 2024–25 | Eerste Divisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 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
KuPS
- Veikkausliiga: 2024[3]
- Veikkausliiga runner-up: 2021, 2022, 2023
- Finnish Cup: 2021, 2022, 2024[4]
- Finnish League Cup runner-up: 2024
References
- ^ "Taneli Hämäläinen".
- ^ ADO DEN HAAG CONTRACTEERT MULTIFUNCTIONELE VERDEDIGER TANELI HÄMÄLÄINEN, adodenhaag.nl, 14 December 2024
- ^ Kuopio villiintyi KuPSin mestaruudesta – Eini ilmestyi juhlahumuun, Yle, 19 October 2024
- ^ KuPS nousi takaa ohi Suomen Cupin voittoon – Petteri Pennanen ratkaisi pelin upealla laukauksella, Yle, 21 September 2024
External links
- Taneli Hämäläinen at Soccerway