Sami Hyypiä

Football, Football player

1973 –

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Who is Sami Hyypiä?

Sami Tuomas Hyypiä is a Finnish football manager and former defender. He currently manages Football League Championship club Brighton & Hove Albion. Hyypiä began his playing career with Ykkönen side Kumu and soon moved to Veikkausliiga outfit MyPa. He spent four years at the club, helping them win the Finnish Cup in 1992 and 1995. He moved to Willem II Tilburg in 1995 and spent the next four years there. He became the team captain and was nominated their player of the year after helping them qualify for the UEFA Champions League.

In 1999 a Hyypiä moved to Liverpool, the team he supported as a child, in a deal worth £2.6 million. He quickly established himself in the first team, partnering Stéphane Henchoz in defence. By 2001, he regularly captained the team and that season Liverpool won a slew of honours, completing a cup treble of the League Cup, FA Cup and UEFA Cup, in addition to winning the UEFA Super Cup and FA Community Shield. He became first choice captain in the 2001–02 season and was part of the Football League Cup winning team in 2003. Steven Gerrard superseded him as captain in 2003 but Hyypiä still occasionally captained the side in his absence.

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Born
Oct 7, 1973
Porvoo
Also known as
  • Sami Hyypia
  • Sami Hypia
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Nationality
  • Finland
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Lived in
  • Porvoo

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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