Juuso Hämäläinen

Juuso Hämäläinen (born 8 December 1993) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a defender and captains Finnish Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku.^[3]

Juuso Hämäläinen

Hämäläinen with RoPS in 2018.
Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-12-08) 8 December 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Raisio, Finland[1]
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Inter Turku
Number	3
Youth career
	Raisio Futis[2]
2004–2013	Inter Turku
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2015	Inter Turku	84	(3)
2016–2018	RoPS	84	(0)
2019–	Inter Turku	112	(4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:20, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Raisio, Hämäläinen started football in a youth team of a local club RaiFu. He joined the Inter Turku youth sector when he was 11 years old.^[4] Hämäläinen made his senior debut with the club's first team in the 2013 Veikkausliiga season.^[5]

After a three-year stint with Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS), on 27 November 2018, Hämäläinen returned to his former club Inter, signing a contract initially for the 2019 season.^[2] He suffered from a knee injury in the 2022 season and was out of the line-up for months.^[1] On 17 August 2024, Hämäläinen signed a contract extension for the 2025 season, with a further one-year option.^[6]

Career statistics

As of 31 March 2025^[7]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Inter Turku	2013	Veikkausliiga	26	1	2	0	2	0	1[c]	0	31	1
	2014	Veikkausliiga	31	1	4	2	2	0	–		37	3
	2015	Veikkausliiga	27	1	5	0	0	0	–		32	1
	Total		84	3	11	2	4	0	1	0	100	5
RoPS	2016	Veikkausliiga	28	0	1	0	5	0	4[c]	0	38	0
	2017	Veikkausliiga	29	0	6	0	–		–		35	0
	2018	Veikkausliiga	27	0	2	0	–		–		29	0
	Total		84	0	9	0	5	0	4	0	102	0
Inter Turku	2019	Veikkausliiga	23	1	7	0	–		2[c]	0	32	1
	2020	Veikkausliiga	14	0	5	1	–		1[c]	0	20	1
	2021	Veikkausliiga	18	0	3	0	–		1[d]	0	22	0
	2022	Veikkausliiga	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	1
	2023	Veikkausliiga	18	0	2	0	2	0	–		22	0
	2024	Veikkausliiga	20	2	3	0	5	0	–		28	2
	2025	Veikkausliiga	0	0	0	0	3	0	–		3	0
	Total		101	4	22	1	10	0	1	0	134	5
Inter Turku II	2022	Kolmonen	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
	2023	Kolmonen	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
	Total		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Career total			271	7	42	3	19	0	9	0	341	10

1. Includes Suomen Cup
2. Includes Finnish League Cup
3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Inter Turku^[3]

• Veikkausliiga runner-up: 2019, 2020
• Finnish Cup runner-up: 2014, 2015, 2020, 2022, 2024^[8]
• Finnish League Cup: 2024,^[9] 2025
• Finnish League Cup runner-up: 2022

RoPS

• Veikkausliiga runner-up: 2018^[3]