Mika Kohonen facts for kids
Mika Kohonen celebrates a goal during a Finnish national team game
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality |  Finland |
| Born | May 10, 1977 Jyväskylä, Finland |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
| Weight | 176 lb (80 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Floorball |
| Position | Forward |
| League | SSL |
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| Turned pro | 1995 |
Mika Kohonen (born May 10, 1977) is a retired Finnish floorball player and nowadays a floorball coach. He currently coaches Storvreta IBK, a club in the Swedish Super League. He has also played for Balrog IK in SSL and Happee in Salibandyliiga. He also used be a part of Finland's national floorball team for many years both as a player and assistant coach.
He had his own line of floorball sticks, called MK29, which were released by floorball company Karhu.
In a poll conducted by the Swedish magazine Innebandymagazinet, reporters and national team coaches have voted Kohonen the world's best floorball player for five times; in 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
His brother, Mikko Kohonen, is also a floorball player.
Achievements
- World's Best Floorball Player in 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 by Innebandymagazinet
- World Championships
- World Championships titles: 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018
- World Championships runner-up: 2000, 2002, 2006, 2012, 2014
- World Championships third-placed: 1998, 2004
- World Championships All-Stars selection: 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2010
- Swedish Super League
- Player of the Year: 2001-02
- Rookie of the Year: 2001-02
- Top Point Scorer: 2001-02
- Most Assists: 2001-02, 2002–03
- SSL Champion: 2010, 2011, 2012
- SSL Third-placed: 2005, 2007, 2009
- Salibandyliiga
- Most Assists: 2004-05
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