# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sami-hyypia
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:55:21.707Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sami-hyypia"
name: "Sami Hyypiä"
slug: "sami-hyypia"
description: "Sami Tuomas Hyypiä is a Finnish professional football manager and a former player who played as a centre-back."
tagline: "Finnish footballer and manager (born 1973)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sami_Hyypia_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1973-10-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.38
  momentum:             2.723096199359599
  historical:           23.32467466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1596059/"
    handle:    "nm1596059"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Hyypi%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Hyypiä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "سامي هيبيا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "سامى هيبيا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7"
    title: "سامی هوپیا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8_%D0%A5%D1%8E%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%8F"
    title: "Сами Хюупия"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Hyypi%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Hyypiä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Hyypi%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Hyypiä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Hyypi%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Hyypiä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Hyypi%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Hyypiä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Hyypi%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Hyypiä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Σάμι Χίπια"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Hyypi%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Hyypiä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Hyypi%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Hyypiä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Hyypi%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Hyypiä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7"
    title: "سامی هوپیا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Hyypi%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Hyypiä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Hyypi%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Hyypiä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%99%D7%94"
    title: "סמי הופייה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Hyypi%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Hyypiä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Hyypi%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Hyypiä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Hyypi%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Hyypiä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Hyypi%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Hyypiä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%BC%E3%83%94%E3%82%A2"
    title: "サミ・ヒーピア"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Hyypi%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Hyypiä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98_%E1%83%B0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%90"
    title: "სამი ჰიუპია"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192840"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2555973"
    title: "Sami Hyypiä"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump