Taneli Hämäläinen
Defender · KuPS · №33
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
IF Gnistan
KuPS
Veikkausliiga
|
1:1 | |
Inter Turku
KuPS
Veikkausliiga
|
1:0 | |
KuPS
Shamrock Rovers
UEFA Europa Conference League
|
1:0 | |
KuPS
IFK Mariehamn
Veikkausliiga
|
2:4 | |
|
Shamrock Rovers
KuPS
UEFA Europa Conference League
|
1:1 | |
FC Lahti
KuPS
Veikkausliiga
|
1:2 | |
KuPS
Turku PS
Veikkausliiga
|
1:1 | |
KuPS
Universitatea Craiova
UEFA Europa League
|
1:1 | |
|
IF Gnistan
KuPS
Veikkausliiga
|
0:1 | |
KuPS
Sabah FA
UEFA Champions League
|
0:2 |
Season statistics
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Veikkausliiga | 2026 | 13 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 2025 | 8 |
| UEFA Champions League | 2026 | 4 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 2026 | 2 |
| UEFA Europa League | 2026 | 1 |
About the player
Taneli Hämäläinen came through KuPS's own academy in Kuopio, winning the U19 Finnish Championship with the club in 2019 before stepping up through the reserve side, KuPS II, and into the first team. He made 76 appearances for KuPS's senior side and scored four goals, finishing runner-up in the Veikkausliiga in 2021, 2022 and 2023 before finally winning it in 2024. He also lifted the Suomen Cup three times with KuPS, in 2021, 2022 and 2024, and reached the final of the Finnish League Cup in 2024.
In December 2024 Hämäläinen left Finland for the first time, joining Dutch club ADO Den Haag on a free transfer and signing a contract until the summer of 2026. He made 11 appearances for the club before being loaned back to KuPS for the 2025–2026 season, a spell in which he featured 26 times. Once the loan ended he returned to KuPS on a permanent basis in 2026.
Hämäläinen has represented Finland at youth level, earning three caps for the under-17s in 2018 and twelve for the under-21s between 2021 and 2022, but has yet to be capped by the senior national team.
Career path
- 2020 — 2027 — now Kuopion Palloseura 169 matches
- 2025 ADO Den Haag 11 matches
- 2022 — 2023 Kuopion Palloseura II 2 matches
- 2019 — 2020 KuFu-98 26 matches
- 2019 — 2020 Kuopion Palloseura U21 26 matches
Career
| Season | Club | Competition | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/27 | Kuopion Palloseura | UEFA Europa League Qualifying | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 26/27 | Kuopion Palloseura | UEFA Champions League Qualifying | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 25/26 | Kuopion Palloseura | UEFA Conference League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 466 |
| 25/26 | Kuopion Palloseura | UEFA Europa League Qualifying | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 |
| 24/25 | ADO Den Haag | Keuken Kampioen Divisie | 11 | 0 | 1 | 513 |
| 24/25 | Kuopion Palloseura | UEFA Conference League Qualifying | 3 | 0 | 0 | 239 |
| 23/24 | Kuopion Palloseura | UEFA Conference League Qualifying | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 22/23 | Kuopion Palloseura | UEFA Conference League Qualifying | 5 | 0 | 0 | 253 |
| 21/22 | Kuopion Palloseura | UEFA Conference League Qualifying | 7 | 0 | 0 | 545 |
| 2026 | Kuopion Palloseura | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 290 |
| 2026 | Kuopion Palloseura | Suomen Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 171 |
| 2026 | Kuopion Palloseura | Liigacup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 |
| 2025 | Kuopion Palloseura | Veikkausliiga Championship Group | 9 | 0 | 0 | 642 |
| 2025 | Kuopion Palloseura | Veikkausliiga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 101 |
| 2025 | Kuopion Palloseura | Suomen Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 |
| 2024 | Kuopion Palloseura | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 214 |
| 2024 | Kuopion Palloseura | Veikkausliiga Championship Group | 5 | 0 | 0 | 395 |
| 2024 | Kuopion Palloseura | Suomen Cup | 5 | 0 | 0 | 293 |
| 2024 | Kuopion Palloseura | Liigacup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 161 |
| 2023 | Kuopion Palloseura | Veikkausliiga | 9 | 0 | 0 | 437 |
| 2023 | Kuopion Palloseura | Veikkausliiga Championship Group | 4 | 0 | 0 | 344 |
| 2023 | Kuopion Palloseura | Liigacup | 4 | 0 | 0 | 286 |
| 2023 | Kuopion Palloseura | Suomen Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 93 |
| 2023 | Kuopion Palloseura II | Kakkonen - Group C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 2022 | Kuopion Palloseura | Veikkausliiga | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 060 |
| 2022 | Kuopion Palloseura | Suomen Cup | 4 | 0 | 1 | 315 |
| 2022 | Kuopion Palloseura | Veikkausliiga Championship Group | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
| 2022 | Kuopion Palloseura | Liigacup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 225 |
| 2022 | Kuopion Palloseura II | Kakkonen - Group A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 2021 | Kuopion Palloseura | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 447 |
| 2021 | Kuopion Palloseura | Suomen Cup | 6 | 0 | 0 | 493 |
| 2021 | Kuopion Palloseura | Veikkausliiga Championship Group | 5 | 1 | 0 | 368 |
| 2020 | KuFu-98 | Kakkonen - Group C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 855 |
| 2020 | Kuopion Palloseura U21 | A-pojat SM-sarja Qualification | 5 | 1 | 0 | 412 |
| 2020 | Kuopion Palloseura U21 | A-Pojat SM Sarja Endrunde | 3 | 0 | 0 | 244 |
| 2020 | Kuopion Palloseura | Suomen Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 2019 | KuFu-98 | Kakkonen - Group C | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 029 |
| 2019 | Kuopion Palloseura U21 | A-Pojat SM Sarja Endrunde | 9 | 2 | 0 | 810 |
| 2019 | Kuopion Palloseura U21 | A-pojat SM-sarja Qualification | 9 | 1 | 0 | 810 |
| 2019 | KuFu-98 | Kakkonen Play-off | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 |
Transfers
Transfers- 26/27 ADO Den Haag KuPS
- 25/26 KuPS ADO Den Haag
- 25/26 ADO Den Haag KuPS
- 24/25 KuPS ADO Den Haag
- 19/20 KuPS U19 KuPS
