Sami Hyypiä

**Sami Tuomas Hyypiä** (; born 7 October 1973) is a Finnish professional football manager and a former player who played as a centre-back.

### Club career statistics

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Kumu|1991|Ykkönen|19|0|||—|—|—|19|0|||||
|rowspan="5"|MyPa|1992|Veikkausliiga|33|0|||—|—|—|33|0||||
|1993|Veikkausliiga|12|0|||—|1|0|—|13|0|||||
|1994|Veikkausliiga|25|5|||—|4|0|—|29|5|||||
|1995|Veikkausliiga|26|3|||—|4|0|—|30|3|||||
|rowspan="5"|Willem II|1995–96|Eredivisie|14|0|||—|—|—|14|0||||
|1996–97|Eredivisie|30|1|||—|—|—|30|1||||||
|1997–98|Eredivisie|30|0|||—|—|—|30|0||||||
|1998–99|Eredivisie|26|2|1|0|—|4|0|—|59|4|||||
|rowspan="11"|Liverpool|1999–2000|Premier League|38|2|2|0|2|0|—|—|42|2|||
|2000–01|Premier League|35|3|6|0|6|1|11|0|—|58|4||||
|2001–02|Premier League|37|3|2|0|1|0|16|2|1|0|57|5|||
|2002–03|Premier League|36|3|3|0|4|0|12|2|1|0|56|5|||
|2003–04|Premier League|38|4|4|0|1|0|8|1|—|51|5||||
|2004–05|Premier League|32|2|1|0|1|0|15|1|—|49|3||||
|2005–06|Premier League|36|1|6|1|1|0|13|0|3|0|59|2|||
|2006–07|Premier League|23|2|0|0|1|1|5|0|0|0|29|3|||
|2007–08|Premier League|27|1|4|1|0|0|13|2|—|44|4||||
|2008–09|Premier League|16|1|1|0|2|1|0|0|—|19|2||||
|rowspan="3"|Bayer Leverkusen|2009–10|Bundesliga|32|2|1|0|–|–|—|33|2||||
|2010–11|Bundesliga|21|1|1|0|–|5|0|—|27|1|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="19"|Finland|1992|1|0|
|1993|0|0|||
|1994|2|0|||
|1995|4|0|||
|1996|5|0|||
|1997|4|0|||
|1998|7|0|||
|1999|7|1|||
|2000|6|0|||
|2001|7|0|||
|2002|6|1|||
|2003|9|2|||
|2004|8|0|||
|2005|8|0|||
|2006|7|1|||
|2007|9|0|||
|2008|5|0|||
|2009|8|0|||
|2010|2|0|||

- _Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hyypiä goal_.

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|9 October 1999|Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki||2–1|4–1|Euro 2000 qualifier||||||||
|2|12 October 2002|Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki||3–0|3–0|Euro 2004 qualifier||||||||
|3|12 February 2003|Windsor Park, Belfast||1–0|1–0|Friendly||||||||
|4|7 June 2003|Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki||1–0|3–0|Euro 2004 qualifier||||||||
|5|11 October 2006|Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty||2–0|2–0|Euro 2008 qualifier||||||||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="5"|Record|rowspan="2"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Bayer Leverkusen|align=left|1 April 2012|align=left|24 June 2013|||||
|align=left|Bayer Leverkusen|align=left|24 June 2013|align=left|5 April 2014|||||
|align=left|Brighton & Hove Albion|align=left|6 June 2014|align=left|22 December 2014|||||
|align=left|Zürich|align=left|21 August 2015|align=left|12 May 2016|||||

- 1.Sami Hyypiä and Sascha Lewandowski were both in-charge of the first team.
- 2.Sascha Lewandowski left the first team to go back to work with the youth team. Hyypiä's first training session was on 12 March 2013.

## Honours

**MyPa**
- Finnish Cup: 1992, 1995

**Liverpool**
- FA Cup: 2000–01, 2005–06
- Football League Cup: 2000–01, 2002–03; runner-up 2004–05
- FA Charity/Community Shield: 2001, 2006
- UEFA Champions League: 2004–05; runner-up 2006–07
- UEFA Cup: 2000–01
- UEFA Super Cup: 2001, 2005
- FIFA Club World Championship runner-up: 2005

**Finland**
- Nordic Football Championship: 2000–01

**Individual**
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2001
- ESM Team of the Year: 2000–01
- Liverpool Player of the Season: 2001–02
- Finnish Sportsperson of the Year: 2001
- Premier League Player of the Month: November 1999
- PFA Team of the Year: 1999–2000 Premier League, 2001–02 Premier League
- Finnish Sports Hall of Fame
- Finnish Footballer of the Year: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
- _kicker_ Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2009–10
- UEFA awards 100 caps: 2011

## Other websites

- Thisisanfield.com player profile
- Profile at ESPNsoccernet.com

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Sami Hyypiä
- **image**: Sami Hyypia 2012.jpg
- **image size**: 300
- **caption**: Hyypiä with Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen in 2012
- **full name**: Sami Tuomas Hyypiä
- **birth place**: Porvoo, Finland
- **height**: 1.93 m
- **position**: Centre-back
- **youthyears1**: 1977–1988
- **youthclubs1**: Kuusankosken Kumu, Kumu
- **years1**: 1989
- **clubs1**: PaPe
- **caps1**: 3
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 1990–1991
- **clubs2**: Kuusankosken Kumu, Kumu
- **caps2**: 19
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 1992–1995
- **clubs3**: MYPA, MyPa
- **caps3**: 96
- **goals3**: 8
- **years4**: 1995–1999
- **clubs4**: Willem II (football club), Willem II
- **caps4**: 100
- **goals4**: 3
- **years5**: 1999–2009
- **clubs5**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps5**: 318
- **goals5**: 22
- **years6**: 2009–2011
- **clubs6**: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen
- **caps6**: 53
- **goals6**: 3
- **totalcaps**: 589
- **totalgoals**: 36
- **nationalyears1**: 1989–1992
- **nationalteam1**: Finland national under-21 football team, Finland U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 27
- **nationalgoals1**: 3
- **nationalyears2**: 1992–2010
- **nationalteam2**: Finland national football team, Finland
- **nationalcaps2**: 105
- **nationalgoals2**: 5
- **manageryears1**: 2011–2012
- **managerclubs1**: Finland national football team, Finland (assistant)
- **manageryears2**: 2012–2014
- **managerclubs2**: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen
- **manageryears3**: 2014
- **managerclubs3**: Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., Brighton & Hove Albion
- **manageryears4**: 2015–2016
- **managerclubs4**: FC Zürich, Zürich
- **manageryears5**: 2020
- **managerclubs5**: FC Haka, Haka (assistant)