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Taneli Hämäläinen
	Hämäläinen with Finland U21 in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth	16 April 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Finland
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	ADO Den Haag
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2020	KuFu-98
2020–2024	KuPS
2022–2023	→ KuPS II
2025–	ADO Den Haag
International career‡
2018	Finland U17
2021–2022	Finland U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2022

Taneli Hämäläinen (born 16 April 2001), is a Finnish professional football player who plays as a defender for Dutch club ADO Den Haag.^[1]

Career

Hämäläinen is a product of Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) youth academy, and made his debut with the first team in Veikkausliiga in the 2020 season. With KuPS, Hämäläinen has won one Finnish championship title in 2024, three Finnish Cups, and finished as the league's runner-up on three occasions.

On 14 December 2024, it was announced that Hämäläinen would join Eerste Divisie club ADO Den Haag in January 2025.^[2]

Career statistics

As of 19 October 2024.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup^[a]		League cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
KuFu-98	2018	Kakkonen	2	0	–		–		–		2	0
	2019	Kakkonen	16	1	–		–		–		16	1
	2020	Kakkonen	10	0	–		–		–		10	0
	Total		28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	1
KuPS	2020	Veikkausliiga	0	0	2	0	–		0	0	2	0
	2021	Veikkausliiga	23	2	6	0	–		7^[b]	0	36	2
	2022	Veikkausliiga	16	0	4	0	3	0	5^[b]	0	28	0
	2023	Veikkausliiga	13	0	2	0	4	0	1^[b]	0	19	0
	2024	Veikkausliiga	24	2	5	0	3	0	3^[b]	0	35	2
	Total		76	4	19	0	10	0	16	0	121	4
KuPS Akatemia	2022	Kakkonen	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
	2023	Kakkonen	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
	Total		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
ADO Den Haag	2024–25	Eerste Divisie	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
Career total			106	5	19	0	10	0	16	0	151	5