Luka Hyryläinen
Personal information
Full name Luka-Mikael Hyryläinen
Date of birth (2004-08-25) 25 August 2004
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 TSG Hoffenheim II
Number 32
Youth career
2009–2012 LPS
2012–2020 HJK
2020–2022 Eintracht Frankfurt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– TSG Hoffenheim II 18 (1)
International career‡
2019 Finland U15 3 (0)
2019 Finland U16 6 (0)
2021–2022 Finland U19 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2023

Luka-Mikael Hyryläinen (born 25 August 2004) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for TSG Hoffenheim II.

Youth career

Born in Helsinki, Hyryläinen started to play football in a youth team of LPS in Laajasalo, before joining the youth sector of HJK in 2012.

After eight years with HJK, Hyryläinen was acquired by the Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt in 2020, for an undisclosed fee.[1] He spent two seasons with the club's U17 and U19 academy squads, playing 22 games and scoring twice in total.[2]

Career

TSG Hoffenheim

In the summer 2022, he signed a three-year deal with a fellow Bundesliga side TSG Hoffenheim, for a reported transfer fee of €1 million.[3][4] He missed the 2022–23 season due to an injury and returned to the line-up one year later.[5] He was first registered to the club's reserve team TSG Hoffenheim II.

International career

Hyryläinen has represented Finland at under-16 and under-19 youth national team levels.

Personal life

He is the son of former HJK and Finland national football team defender Aki Hyryläinen.

Career statistics

As of 10 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Other Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
TSG Hoffenheim II 2023–24 Regionalliga Südwest 18100——181
Total 181000000181
Career total 181000000181
  1. ↑ Includes DFB Pokal

References

  1. ↑ "Luka Hyryläinen siirtyy Saksaan". HJK. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  2. ↑ WF
  3. ↑ "Luka Hyryläisestä, 17, maksettiin miljoona euroa". Ilta-Sanomat. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Suomi on Pohjoismaiden lilliputti, kun usein vain nuoret jalkapalloilijat kiinnostavat". YLE. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Luka Hyryläinen palasi kentille yli vuoden tauon jälkeen". Palloliitto. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
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