Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Nicholas Antero Hämäläinen was born 5 March 1997 in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. He is a left back for Major League Soccer,

Born and raised in the United States, Hämäläinen was eligible to represent Finland through his Finnish father. He represented Finland at various youth levels before making his senior debut against Estonia on 11 January 2019.

On 18 September 2014, Hämäläinen signed for Queens Park Rangers from the FC Dallas Academy. Then on 6 August 2015, Hämäläinen signed on an emergency loan deal at Dagenham & Redbridge until 5 September 2015. Hämäläinen made his league return for QPR on 1 October 2016. He made his first appearance in the starting lineup on 22 October 2016 in a match against Sheffield Wednesday. 

On 25 February 2019, Hämäläinen joined Major League Soccer side Los Angeles FC on a six-month loan deal. 

Hämäläinen was loaned to Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock in August 2019 and was named in the Scottish Premiership team of the week twice.

On 6 August 2021, Hämäläinen returned to Major League Soccer and joined LA Galaxy on loan through the end of the 2021 season.