Brian Hämäläinen

Brian Tømming Hämäläinen (born 29 May 1989) is a Danish professional footballer who currently plays for the German club Dynamo Dresden.

Brian Hämäläinen
Personal information
Full name Brian Tømming Hämäläinen
Date of birth (1989-05-29) 29 May 1989
Place of birth Allerød, Denmark
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
Dynamo Dresden
Number 31
Youth career
1994–2003 Allerød FK
2003–2007 Lyngby BK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2011 Lyngby BK 98 (4)
2011–2012 Zulte Waregem 33 (1)
2012–2016 Genk 30 (0)
2016–2018 Zulte Waregem 53 (4)
2018– Dynamo Dresden 21 (1)
National team
2004 Denmark U-16 3 (0)
2005 Denmark U-17 14 (1)
2006 Denmark U-18 2 (0)
2006 Denmark U-19 3 (0)
2008–2011 Denmark U-21 10 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:57, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

Career

Hämäläinen started his professional career at Lyngby where he impressed and reached almost 100 matches in the top two Danish leagues. In May 2009 he went on trial with Lille OSC [1] but later declined an offer to sign with the French side.

In 2011, Hämäläinen was bought by Zulte Waregem of Belgium. He started all matches in his first season at Zulte before transferring to top club Genk at the end of the season. At Genk he appeared in only 31 league matches during his four years there. In 2016 Zulte Waregem re-acquired him.

Personal life

Brian is of Finnish descent.[2]

Honours

Genk
Zulte-Waregem

References

  1. "Brian Hamalainen til Lille OSC". 12 May 2009. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-02-22. Retrieved 2017-02-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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