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Sami Tuomas Hyypiä ((:ˈsɑmi ˈhyːpiæ); born 7 October 1973) is a Finnish football manager and former defender. He is currently the manager of Swiss Super League club FC Zürich. Hyypiä began his playing career with Ykkönen side Kumu and soon moved to Veikkausliiga outfit MyPa. He spent four years at the club, helping them win the Finnish Cup in 1992 and 1995. He moved to Willem II Tilburg in 1995 and spent the next four years there. He became the team captain and was nominated their player of the year after helping them qualify for the UEFA Champions League. In 1999 he moved to Liverpool, the team he supported as a child, in a deal worth £2.6 million. He quickly established himself in the first team, partnering Stéphane Henchoz in defence. By 2001, he regularly captained the team and that season Liverpool won a slew of honours, completing a cup treble of the League Cup, FA Cup and UEFA Cup, in addition to winning the UEFA Super Cup and FA Community Shield. He became first choice captain in the 2001–02 season and was part of the Football League Cup winning team in 2003. Steven Gerrard superseded him as captain in 2003 but Hyypiä still occasionally captained the side in his absence. Hyypiä won his highest football honour in 2005 as part of Liverpool's victorious 2004–05 Champions League campaign, where his defensive partnership with Jamie Carragher helped them win in the final. During his ten years in Merseyside he became a fan favourite and remains a popular figure at the club. From 2009 to 2011 Hyypiä played for German Bundesliga side Bayer 04 Leverkusen, where he retired as a player in 2011. Hyypiä was a prominent figure in the Finland national team and was selected as the Finnish Sports' Journalists and Football Association Player of the Year numerous times. He made his debut in 1992 and, with 105 caps before retiring in 2010, is the country's second most capped Finnish player after Jari Litmanen. From the 2012-13 season, he returned to Leverkusen as full team manager. After two successful seasons in the Bundesliga he returned to English football in 2014 for a brief spell as manager of second-tier club Brighton & Hove Albion,. In August 2015 he was presented as the new manager of FC Zürich. ==Early and personal life== Hyypiä was born in Porvoo and raised in Kuusankoski, Finland, north-east of Helsinki; the son of Irma and Jouko Hyypiä.〔〔 〕 Hyypiä's parents were both footballers, his father Jouko playing for Finnish team Pallo Peikot, and his mother an amateur goalkeeper. Although the young Sami played ice hockey, one of the more popular sports in Finland, his parents' influence was important in him choosing a career in football; as he commented "I guess there was only one career option for me." Hyypiä has set up a fund to help young promising athletes of his native Finland. As part of his efforts to raise funds, he participated in the Helsinki City Marathon, his first ever, on 20 August 2011, completing the course in a time of 3h 56min 09s.〔YLE Urheiluruutu, 20 August 2011.〕 Hyypiä married his wife Susanna in 2007 and they have two sons. Off the pitch, Hyypiä is generally a private person and, although his wife has been occasionally seen at his matches, their children rarely appear in public. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sami Hyypiä」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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