Aki-Mikael Hyryläinen (born 17 April 1968) is a Finnish

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

coach and a former player. Throughout his career, he played as a center-back. He is a legend of

HJK Helsinki Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki (), or simply as HJK (), is a Finnish football club based in Helsinki. The club competes in Veikkausliiga, the top division of the Finnish football league system. Founded in 1907, the ...

due to his 180 league appearances. He retired in 2002. Hyryläinen is currently working as a technical director in Finnish FA, having started in January 2023.

Personal life

His son

Luka Hyryläinen Luka-Mikael Hyryläinen (born 25 August 2004) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim and the Finland under-21 national team. Youth career Born in Helsinki, Hyryläinen started ...

is a professional football player for TSG Hoffenheim II.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hyryläinen goal.''

Honours

HJK *

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga () is a professional association football league in Finland and the highest level of the Finnish football league system. The league comprises the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agenc ...

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

Finnish Cup The Finnish Cup (; ) is Finland's main national cup competition in football. This yearly competition is open for all member clubs of the FA of Finland and has been played since 1955. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Europa Conference League ...

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

;Copenhagen *

Danish Cup The Danish Cup (; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "single-elimination tournament, knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will ...

: 1996–97 Jokerit *Finnish Cup:

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

References

1968 births Living people Footballers from Helsinki Finnish men's footballers Finland men's international footballers Men's association football central defenders Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players S.C. Eendracht Aalst players F.C. Copenhagen players Viborg FF players Fremad Amager players FC Jokerit players Veikkausliiga players Danish Superliga players Finnish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Finnish football managers Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi managers Veikkausliiga managers Football Association of Finland executives Finnish sporting directors Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi non-playing staff 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-footy-defender-stub