Profile: Pekka Hämäläinen

Pekka Hämäläinen

Nationality: Finnish
Date of birth: 25 October 1938
Profession and function in football:
Jurist, chief executive
President, Football Association of Finland 
Former Finnish first-division player

Election statement: "(I attach) great importance to the concept of compensating clubs for training young players. Also, we must work hard to maintain the principle of solidarity within the UEFA football family. Renewal of the assistance programmes is also an important issue."

Football souvenir: “I remember that on two occasions I scored a goal directly from kick-off.”