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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 1,418,986 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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  • 50.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

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.

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Contemporaries

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.

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In Finland

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).

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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 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).

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