Sami Laakkonen
Sami Laakkonen (born 24 February 1974) is a Finnish former bandy player who played as a forward. Laakkonen was brought up by WP 35 but moved abroad to enhance his career. He played for the Finnish national bandy team, scoring the decisive goal in the final of the 2004 World Championship. At the 2016 World Championship, he made his last appearance as a national team player. After the 2018–19 season he also retired at club level.[1]
Laakkonen's list of clubs is as follows:
- WP 35 (1993-1997)
- Vetlanda BK (1997-2002)
- IFK Vänersborg (2002-2004)
- Vodnik (2004-2005)
- Zorkij (2005-2009)
- Dynamo Kazan (2009-2014)
- Akilles (2014-2019)
References
External links
- Sami Laakkonen at Bandysidan.nu (in Swedish)
- Sami Laakkonen at the Russian Bandy Federation (in Russian)
Categories:
- Finnish bandy players
- Expatriate bandy players in Sweden
- Expatriate bandy players in Russia
- Living people
- 1974 births
- Warkauden Pallo -35 players
- Vetlanda BK players
- IFK Vänersborg players
- Vodnik Arkhangelsk players
- Zorky Krasnogorsk players
- Dynamo Kazan players
- Borgå Akilles players
- Bandy World Championship-winning players
- Bandy biography stubs
- Finnish winter sports biography stubs