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Mika Väyrynen
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Finland

Mika Väyrynen

Stalwart CM, also CDM, CAM Right-footed creator
Rating
79
Life
1981
Clubs
FC Lahti, SC Heerenveen, Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi
#22
Editorial rank of 33 for Finland
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The people's rank, live from duel votes

Väyrynen was a technically gifted midfielder whose precise passing and intelligent movement dictated the tempo for Finland and PSV Eindhoven. Career record: club career at FC Lahti, SC Heerenveen, Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi.

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Career record

1999–2000FC Lahti
2001–2001FC Jokerit
2001–2005SC Heerenveen
2005–2008PSV Eindhoven
2008–2011SC Heerenveen
2011–2012Leeds United
2012–2014Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi
2015–2015LA Galaxy

The world's great CMs

Around Väyrynen in the almanac

One rank above: Joona Toivio at #21.

One rank below: Rasmus Schüller at #23.

Finland's editorial top five: Jari Litmanen · Sami Hyypiä · Teemu Pukki · Jussi Jääskeläinen · Lukas Hradecky.