Sami Laakkonen is a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 Bandy

Bandy

Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...

 player who currently plays for [Zorkij] as a forward. Sami was brought up by WP 35 but moved abroad to enhance his career. Sami has played for the Finnish national bandy team

Finnish national bandy team

The Finnish national bandy team has taken part in all the Bandy World Championships since the start in 1957. Finland won the championship in 2004.They have always finished in the top four, and have won 27 medals in 31 championships.-External links: finbandy...

 including at the Bandy World Championship 2004

Bandy World Championship 2004

The Bandy World Championship 2004 was a competition between Bandy playing nations. The men's tournament was played in Sweden on 1–8 February 2004 for Group A and Group B was played in Hungary from the 25–28 February 2004 Finland won the championship for the 1st time...

, when he scored the decisive goal in the final, and Bandy World Championship 2007

Bandy World Championship 2007

The Bandy World Championship 2007 was held in Kemerovo, Russia, 27 January - 4 February. 12 countries participated in the 2007 championships: Belarus, Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden and Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Mongolia, the Netherlands and the United States . Canada were initially...

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Sami has only played for two clubs.
His list of clubs are as follows-

WP-35 (1993-1997)

Vetlanda BK

Vetlanda BK

Vetlanda BK, founded in 1945, is a bandy club in Vetlanda, Sweden.The home arena is called Sapa Arena. The team colour is yellow. Vetlanda BK has won the Swedish bandy championship three times, 1986, 1991 and 1992 and European Cup once, 1991....

 (1997-2002)

IFK Vänersborg

IFK Vänersborg

IFK Vänersborg is a Swedish sports club in Vänersborg, Sweden, most famous for its success in bandy for men.-History:The club was formed on 9 March 1903. The first years, the club also competed in sports such as gymnastics and athletics....

 (2002-2004)

Vodnik

Vodnik

Vodnik is a bandy club from Arkhangelsk in Russia. Vodnik was founded in 1925 and in the mid-1990s it became a major team in both Russian and international bandy...

 (2004-2005)

Zorkij (2005-)

External links

http://www.bandysidan.nu/ibdb/playerinfo.php?SpelareID=291&sprak=eng&land=3 sami laakkonen at bandysidan

http://www.zorky.ru zorkij