Daniel Håkans (born 26 October 2000) is a Finnish professional

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playing as a winger for

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

club

Lech Poznań Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division. ...

and the Finland national team.

Early life

Born in

Vaasa Vaasa (; , ), formerly (1855-1917) known as Nikolaistad (; ),Swedish-speaking Finn The Swedish-speaking population of Finland (whose members are called by many names—see below; ; ) is a linguistic minority in Finland. They maintain a strong identity and are seen either as a separate cultural, ethnic or linguistic group or, ...

Club career

SJK

Håkans started to play football with a local club VIFK, before moving to

Seinäjoki Seinäjoki (; "Wall River"; , formerly ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of South Ostrobothnia. Seinäjoki is located in the western interior of the country and along the Seinäjoki (river), River Seinäjoki. The population of Sein ...

and signing with

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 ...

club

Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho, commonly referred to as SJK, also internationally SJK Seinäjoki, is a Finland, Finnish professional association football, football club from the city of Seinäjoki. The club plays in the Veikkausliiga, the highest ...

(SJK) in 2019, starting in the club's academy team

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in the second-tier. He said in an interview that he did not speak any Finnish before moving to Seinäjoki, and learned the language there. In SJK, Håkans was deployed in many different roles, as a wing-back and as a midfielder as well.

FK Jerv

In the summer 2022, Håkans signed a loan deal with Norwegian

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club Jerv for the rest of the season, with a purchase option. Despite Jerv being relegated after the season, the club exercised their option and Håkans signed a permanent deal, for a total fee of €210,000.

Vålerenga

However, after only a short time, Håkans was acquired by fellow

side

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on a four-year deal as the replacement for

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, for a transfer fee of €400,000. He usually celebrates his goals with a

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-celebration.

Lech Poznan

On 1 August 2024, Håkans officially joined Polish

club

on a deal until June 2028, for a reported fee of €850,000 which would rise to €1.27 million per add-ons. On 8 March 2025, Håkans scored his first goal for Lech, a winning goal in a 3–1 home win over

Stal Mielec FKS Stal Mielec, commonly known as Stal Mielec (), is a Polish professional football club based in Mielec. The team competes in the I liga, the second level of the Polish football league system. The club was established on 10 April 1939. Histori ...

in the league. They went on to win the Polish championship title in the 2024–25 season, when Håkans contributed in 20 matches, scoring once and providing six assists.

International career

On 8 June 2023, Håkans was called up to the Finland national team for the first time; he made his senior national team debut on 16 June 2023 against

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. On 19 June 2023, in his second international appearance, he scored his first goals for his country – a hat-trick during a nine-minute span – after coming off the bench for Oliver Antman in the 60th minute of in a 6–0 win against

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during the

UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying The UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying tournament was a football competition that was played from March 2023 to March 2024 to determine the 23 UEFA member men's national teams that would join the automatically qualified host team Germany in the UEFA Eur ...

. Håkans made six appearances in the qualification campaign and scored four goals.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Finland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Håkans goal.''

Honours

Lech Poznań *

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hakans, Daniel 2000 births Living people Footballers from Vaasa Finnish men's footballers 21st-century Finnish sportsmen Finland men's under-21 international footballers Finland men's international footballers Men's association football wingers Vasa IFK players Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players FK Jerv players Vålerenga Fotball players Lech Poznań players Lech Poznań II players Veikkausliiga players Kakkonen players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Ekstraklasa players III liga players Finnish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Poland Swedish-speaking Finns