1973 - Today
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 1,418,986 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Sami Hyypiä is the 1,278th most popular soccer player (up from 1,456th in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from Finland (up from 156th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Sami Hyypiä ranks 1,278 out of 16,880. Before him are Fernando Paternoster, Marinho Chagas, Eraldo Monzeglio, Riyad Mahrez, Ernesto Vidal, and Jesús Garay. After him are László Fazekas, Nuri Şahin, Yasuhiko Okudera, Ronnie Brunswijk, Björn Nordqvist, and Hiroshi Katayama.
1903 - 1967
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 1,272
1952 - 2014
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 1,273
1906 - 1981
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 1,274
1991 - Present
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 1,275
1921 - 1974
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 1,276
1930 - 1995
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 1,277
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 1,278
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 1,279
1988 - Present
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 1,280
1952 - Present
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 1,281
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 1,282
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 1,283
1940 - Present
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 1,284
Among people born in 1973, Sami Hyypiä ranks 87. Before him are Ioan Gruffudd, Sasha Alexander, Luis Lacalle Pou, Jan Ullrich, Tim Kang, and Nikolai Valuev. After him are Rose McGowan, Christian Horner, Essam El Hadary, Semmy Schilt, Ichiro Suzuki, and Sean Paul.
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 81
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 82
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 83
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 84
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 85
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 86
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 87
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 88
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 89
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 90
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 91
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 92
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 93
Among people born in Finland, Sami Hyypiä ranks 141 out of 642. Before him are Marcus Grönholm (1968), Ali Aaltonen (1884), Toivo Mikael Kivimäki (1886), Lauri Virtanen (1904), Elias Katz (1901), and Lydia Wideman (1920). After him are Leo Kinnunen (1943), Hertta Kuusinen (1904), Ernst Leonard Lindelöf (1870), Veikko Kankkonen (1940), Anneli Jäätteenmäki (1955), and Tuomas Holopainen (1976).
1968 - Present
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 135
1884 - 1918
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 136
1886 - 1968
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 137
1904 - 1982
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 138
1901 - 1947
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 139
1920 - 2019
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 140
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 141
1943 - 2017
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 142
1904 - 1974
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 143
1870 - 1946
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 144
1940 - Present
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 145
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 146
1976 - Present
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 147
Among soccer players born in Finland, Sami Hyypiä ranks 2. Before him are Jari Litmanen (1971). After him are Teemu Pukki (1990), Petri Pasanen (1980), Niklas Moisander (1985), Tim Sparv (1987), Jussi Jääskeläinen (1975), Joel Pohjanpalo (1994), Mixu Paatelainen (1967), Hannu Tihinen (1976), Joonas Kolkka (1974), and Teemu Tainio (1979).
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 1
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 2
1990 - Present
HPI: 42.01
Rank: 3
1980 - Present
HPI: 39.30
Rank: 4
1985 - Present
HPI: 39.10
Rank: 5
1987 - Present
HPI: 37.52
Rank: 6
1975 - Present
HPI: 37.16
Rank: 7
1994 - Present
HPI: 36.07
Rank: 8
1967 - Present
HPI: 36.02
Rank: 9
1976 - Present
HPI: 35.69
Rank: 10
1974 - Present
HPI: 35.20
Rank: 11
1979 - Present
HPI: 35.10
Rank: 12