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Sami Hyypiä

1973 - Today

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Sami Tuomas Hyypiä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsɑmi ˈhyːpiæ]; born 7 October 1973) is a Finnish professional football manager and a former player who played as a centre-back. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sami Hyypiä has received more than 1,492,328 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Sami Hyypiä is the 1,114th most popular soccer player (up from 1,278th in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Finland (up from 141st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Soccer Player.

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  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Sami Hyypiä ranks 1,114 out of 21,273. Before him are Jaap Eden, Isao Iwabuchi, Mats Hummels, Joel Antônio Martins, Víctor Rodríguez Andrade, and Hugo Maradona. After him are Christian Panucci, Toshio Miyaji, David Alaba, Manuel Ferreira, Tore Keller, and Emerson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Sami Hyypiä ranks 72. Before him are David Blaine, Tyra Banks, Stephenie Meyer, Matteo Salvini, Rufus Wainwright, and Rose McGowan. After him are Christian Panucci, Fatih Akin, Matías Almeyda, Al-Saadi Gaddafi, Jay Cutler, and Ichiro Suzuki.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Sami Hyypiä ranks 122 out of 751. Before him are Rauno Aaltonen (1938), Harri Holkeri (1937), Mauno Pekkala (1890), Alexander Mozhaysky (1825), Antti Rinne (1962), and Erik Heinrichs (1890). After him are Kati Outinen (1961), Timo Salonen (1951), Anneli Jäätteenmäki (1955), Esa-Pekka Salonen (1958), Albin Stenroos (1889), and Bo Carpelan (1926).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Finland

Among soccer players born in Finland, Sami Hyypiä ranks 2. Before him are Jari Litmanen (1971). After him are Aulis Rytkönen (1929), Teemu Pukki (1990), Petri Pasanen (1980), Jussi Jääskeläinen (1975), Niklas Moisander (1985), Joonas Kolkka (1974), Gary Sundgren (1967), Mixu Paatelainen (1967), Tim Sparv (1987), and Hannu Tihinen (1976).

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