Ville Aaltonen

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Ville Aaltonen
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-05-17) 17 May 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Pori, Finland
Playing position MF
Club information
Current team
 Bollnäs GoIF
Number 34
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1998–2001 Porin Narukera
2001–2004 Ljusdals BK
2004–2007 Bollnäs GoIF
2007–2008 Zorki Krasnogorsk
2009– Bollnäs GoIF
National team
2001-present Finland
Medal record
Men's bandy
Representing Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Sweden Team

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (Goals).

Ville Aaltonen (born 17 May 1979 [1] ) is a Finnish bandy player. He is considered an all-rounder but is usually used offensively or in the attacking midfield.

Until 2001, Aaltonen played for his hometown club Porin Narukerä, with whom he became Finnish champion in 1999. It was also the first championship for the club, which was founded in 1965. In 2001 he moved to Sweden to Ljusdals BK. The move to Bollnäs GoIF followed in 2004. [2] With Bollnäs he won the World Championship in 2005. In 2007/08 he played one season in Russia in Krasnogorsk with Zorki and was Russian runner-up there. After the season he returned to Bollnäs. In 2010 and 2011 he reached the final of the Swedish bandy championship with the club, with Bollnäs losing both times. [3]

Aaltonen has played for the Finnish national team since the winter of 2001/02. In 2004 he became world champion with a 5–4 win after Finland's golden goal against Sweden. He has already played over 100 international matches for the national team.

In 2009 and 2010 he received the award of the best bandy player in Finland.

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References

  1. ↑ "Bandysidan.nu - Ville Aaltonen". www.bandysidan.nu. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "Myntet bakom profilens 15 år i Bollnäs: "Har aldrig berättat det här"". Ljusnan (in Swedish). 17 October 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  3. ↑ Gårdestig, Anders (24 July 2020). "Ville Aaltonen "Det känns lite vemodigt" - Bollnäs Bandy" (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 April 2024.


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