Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Ilves, Jokerit

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Ilves, Jokerit, and HIFK.

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for IFK Mariehamn.

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for IFK Mariehamn.

Is a professional ice hockey defenceman, currently with Ilves in the Finnish elite league SM-liiga.

Is a professional ice hockey defenceman, currently with Ilves in the Finnish elite league SM-liiga.

A Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for Linköpings HC of Elitserien.Nor

A Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for Linköpings HC of Elitserien.Noronen was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft with pick number 21. In his native Finland, he has played for Tappara and HPK in the SM-liiga. He has also played for the Rochester Americans in the AHL.At the trade deadline in the 2005–06 season, Noronen was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. On March 14th, 2006, Noronen played his first game as a Vancouver Canuck, allowing five goals in a 5–0 loss to the Nashville Predators.

Is a professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Veikkausliiga side FC Inter Tur

Is a professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Veikkausliiga side FC Inter Turku.Ojala was selected in the Finnish national squad by Stuart Baxter in August 2008. He was also a member of the U-21 squad that reached the 2009 UEFA Euro

Is a Finnish racing driver and two-time Formula One champion. He was Michael Schumacher's greatest r

Is a Finnish racing driver and two-time Formula One champion. He was Michael Schumacher's greatest rival in F1 from 1998-2000. The German has said himself that Häkkinen is the rival he respected the most during his Formula One career.

Is a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1980s. He was eliminated in the semfinals in both

Is a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1980s. He was eliminated in the semfinals in both the K-2 500 m and the K-4 1000 m events at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Is a Finnish speed skater who held a Finnish record in the sport.[1] He finished 22nd at Speed skati

Is a Finnish speed skater who held a Finnish record in the sport.[1] He finished 22nd at Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres. He has a business education and is set to represent Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[2]

Is an ice hockey forward, currently playing with the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL upon signing a f

Is an ice hockey forward, currently playing with the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL upon signing a free agent contract after concluding a two-year contract with Timrå IK of the Swedish Elite League. Pyörälä has also played for Kärpät in the Finnish SM-lii

Is a Japanese beach volleyball player, and former volleyball player.She competed at the 1996 Summer

Is a Japanese beach volleyball player, and former volleyball player.She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in volleyball. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the 2008 Summer Olympics in beach volleyball.

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender. He currently represents JYP in the SM-liiga. In th

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender. He currently represents JYP in the SM-liiga. In the 2006–07 season, Wallinheimo represented Finland on the Euro Hockey Tour, being chosen best goaltender in both the Ceska Pojistovna Cup and Karjala Tourna

Is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey player. Skyttä began his career as a junior player wit

Is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey player. Skyttä began his career as a junior player with Tappara, one of the major Finnish ice hockey organisations.

Is a Swedish professional ice hockey player, currently with Salavat Yulaev Ufa in the Russian Kontin

Is a Swedish professional ice hockey player, currently with Salavat Yulaev Ufa in the Russian Kontinental Hockey League.

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques as their ele

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques as their eleventh-round pick, #211 overall, in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft.

Is a Finnish shot putter.Vasara won his first medal in the Finnish Championships in 2006 when he won

Is a Finnish shot putter.Vasara won his first medal in the Finnish Championships in 2006 when he won the bronze in the indoors championships and silver in the outdoors. On June 4, 2006, in Leppävirta, Finland, Vasara put the shot over the 20-m line for th

Is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for SC Heerenveen. Väyrynen played for FC Lahti and FC

Is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for SC Heerenveen. Väyrynen played for FC Lahti and FC Jokerit in Finland's Veikkausliiga before joining the Netherlands' SC Heerenveen in 2001. During his four seasons at Heerenveen he became one of the club's

Is a professional basketball player for the Australian National Basketball League's South Dragons an

Is a professional basketball player for the Australian National Basketball League's South Dragons and for the New Zealand Tall Blacks. He has been a member of the U/16, U/18 and U/20 national teams.

Is a former volleyball player from Japan, who was a member of the Japan Women's National Team.

Is a former volleyball player from Japan, who was a member of the Japan Women's National Team.

A Swedish footballer Wingback and Midfielder, who currently plays for Panathinaikos FC. He is known

A Swedish footballer Wingback and Midfielder, who currently plays for Panathinaikos FC. He is known for his work rate.Nilsson started his career with Ovesholms IF, where he stayed until 1999 when he moved to Åhus Horna BK. He played for the club for only one season, before he moved to Halmstads BK in 2000. His first season he mostly spent on the bench, but eventually he became one of the team's more important players until, during the successful 2004 season, he was sold to English club Southampton F.C.[1

A Swedish footballer currently playing for the Danish Superliga champions F.C. Copenhagen. He is nic

A Swedish footballer currently playing for the Danish Superliga champions F.C. Copenhagen. He is nicknamed Anton.He began his career in a local Swedish team called AIK Sillhövda (1996) and after two years he was transferred to Swedish champions IFK Göteborg. He played there until 2004, when Austria Wien bought him for 450.000€. In January 2006 Panathinaikos FC brought him in Athens to play for them on a 2 year contract. In the summer 2007 he moved to the Danish champions FC Copenhagen.

Is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NH

Is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was a first round selection, 24th overall, of the Flames in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, and made his NHL debut in 2008–09.

A Swedish footballer, currently part of the Djurgårdens IF squad. Dahlberg usually plays as striker

A Swedish footballer, currently part of the Djurgårdens IF squad. Dahlberg usually plays as striker.Dahlberg began his career in Mariehem SK from Umeå. He moved to GIF Sundsvall in the 2004 season and made his Allsvenskan debut against Örebro SK on July 18, 2004. Dahlberg was capped 61 times, scoring 10 goals before moving to Djurgårdens IF in 2007. During his time in Djurgården, Dahlberg has been capped 34 times, scoring five goals for Djurgården. He has also been capped 21 times, scoring six goals for Swedens U-21 team.

A Swedish footballer (defender) playing currently for Kalmar FF. He is a trainee of Forssa BK

A Swedish footballer (defender) playing currently for Kalmar FF. He is a trainee of Forssa BK

Is a Norwegian long track speed skater. He competed for Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the Me

Is a Norwegian long track speed skater. He competed for Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the Men's 1000 m and Men's 1500 m. He finished 15th and 8th respectively.

A Swedish football player, playing as a defender at Rosenborg BK in the Norwegian Premier League.He

A Swedish football player, playing as a defender at Rosenborg BK in the Norwegian Premier League.He started his career at minor-league IFK Lidingö. After that he played for Djurgårdens IF (until 1999), Spårvägens FF (1999), Djurgårdens IF (2000-2003), RC Strasbourg (2003-2004), Rosenborg BK (2003-2007) and CFR Cluj, before he returned to Rosenborg BK in August 2008. He has played several matches for Sweden's national team.