Mika Kohonen celebrates a goal during a Finnish national team game | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Finland |
Born | (1977-05-10) May 10, 1977 (age 47) Jyväskylä, Finland |
Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
Weight | 176 lb (80 kg) |
Sport | |
Sport | Floorball |
Position | Forward |
Shoots | Left |
League | SSL |
Team |
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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
- Salibandyliiga
- Most Assists: 2004–05
References
- Laine, Suvi (20 April 2010). "Mika Kohonen: Estonia may surprise us all". World Floorball Championship 2010. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
- "Svensk Innebandy". stats.innebandy.se. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
- "Svensk Innebandy". stats.innebandy.se. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
- "Team card". www.floorball.org. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
- ^ "Emelie Lindström & Mika Kohonen best players in the world". floorball.org. International Floorball Federation. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- "Kohonen valittiin maailman parhaaksi salibandyn pelaajaksi". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 1 December 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
- "Kohoset | 2MK by Kohonen Bros".
- ^ "World Championships 1996-Present". floorball.org. International Floorball Federation. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- "Salibandyliigan ennätykset". floorball.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Floorball Federation. Retrieved 2 December 2014.