PLAYER DETAILS
Taneli Hämäläinen profile
- Club
- KuPS
- Position
- Defender
- Nationality
- Finland
- Date of birth
- 2001-04-16
- Birthplace
- Kuopio, Finland
- Height
- 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Shirt number
- 12
PLAYER BIOGRAPHY
About Taneli Hämäläinen
Taneli Armas Hämäläinen (born 16 April 2001) is a Finnish professional football player who plays as a defender for KuPS, on loan from ADO Den Haag.
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.