Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter M

A Finnish ice hockey defenceman currently playing for Timrå IK in the Swedish Elitserien.Mikko Leht

A Finnish ice hockey defenceman currently playing for Timrå IK in the Swedish Elitserien.Mikko Lehtonen appeared in his first National Hockey League game on October 7, 2006 with the Nashville Predators against the Minnesota Wild, and registered his first NHL goal in that game.He was traded on February 27, 2007 to the Buffalo Sabres for a fourth-round pick in the 2007 draft.[1]

A Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing with HV71 in the Swedish Elite Leagu

A Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing with HV71 in the Swedish Elite League Elitserien.Luoma was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the 6th round of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, 181st overall, as an over-aged player. He only played one season in North America, largely in the American Hockey League with the Toronto Roadrunners, although he also saw some time with the Oilers. He has played extensively in Sweden and Finland.

Is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey left wing. He was drafted in the fourth round, 65th ove

Is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey left wing. He was drafted in the fourth round, 65th overall, by the New York Islanders in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft. Mäkelä appeared in 423 NHL games in his career, scoring 118 goals and adding 147 assists. He a

Is a Finnish professional football striker who currently plays for the Veikkausliiga side Turun Pall

Is a Finnish professional football striker who currently plays for the Veikkausliiga side Turun Palloseura in Finland.Manninen played well in pre-season for TPS but since the Veikkausliiga started, he's been struggling to find his old form, although he ha

Is a Finnish figure skater. He is the 2008 Finnish national champion and the 2002 Junior national ch

Is a Finnish figure skater. He is the 2008 Finnish national champion and the 2002 Junior national champion. He placed 15th at the 2003 World Figure Skating Championships. He is the 2002 Nordic junior silver medalist and 2008 senior silver medalist.

Is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey player. Niemi began his career at junior level icing fo

Is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey player. Niemi began his career at junior level icing for his local team Ilves Tampere at junior A SM-Liiga standard, the highest level of junior ice hockey. In his first season, 1989/90 he featured in 34 games,

Is a Finnish professional volleyball player who plays for Polish volleyball league club Resovia Rzes

Is a Finnish professional volleyball player who plays for Polish volleyball league club Resovia Rzeszów and Finnish national team.Oivanen started his career with his brother Matti in Kiikoisten Kirma. Soon Finnish youth national team's coach picks him to youth national team. Mikko moved with his brother to Kuortane and started studying in local high school. Same time he trained with youth national team.

Is a Finnish professional footballer, currently playing as a Striker for Veikkausliiga side TPS.Paat

Is a Finnish professional footballer, currently playing as a Striker for Veikkausliiga side TPS.Paatelainen began his career with FC Haka, moving on to AC Allianssi and FC KooTeePee before joining Scottish side Aberdeen in July 2004. After 10 months at Pi

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender.

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender.

Is a retired Finnish ice hockey forward. Ruutu played for HIFK and Jokerit in the Finnish SM-liiga,

Is a retired Finnish ice hockey forward. Ruutu played for HIFK and Jokerit in the Finnish SM-liiga, earning a silver medal with HIFK and the SM-liiga championship with Jokerit in 2002.

A Finnish professional ice hockey forward plays centre and is team captain of the Minnesota Wild of

A Finnish professional ice hockey forward plays centre and is team captain of the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is the younger brother of Montreal Canadiens captain Saku Koivu.After playing in the Finnish junior leagues, Koivu began playing for TPS of the SM-liiga as a seventeen-year-old in 2000–01. He was selected 6th overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Minnesota Wild and continued to play with TPS Turku for three more seasons.

Is a Finnish professional football goalkeeper who currently plays for AC Oulu in Oulu in Finland.

Is a Finnish professional football goalkeeper who currently plays for AC Oulu in Oulu in Finland.

Is a retired Finnish Ice hockey player and currently the chief executive of Finnish elite league SM-

Is a retired Finnish Ice hockey player and currently the chief executive of Finnish elite league SM-liiga team Tappara. He played 162 games in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers and Washington Capitals. His teams never made it beyond the

Is a Finnish professional football player who is currently playing for the Veikkausliiga side Atlant

Is a Finnish professional football player who is currently playing for the Veikkausliiga side Atlantis FC based in Helsinki in Finland.

Is a Finnish footballer, who represents HJK Helsinki in the Veikkausliiga.

Is a Finnish footballer, who represents HJK Helsinki in the Veikkausliiga.

Is a Finnish football goalkeeper who plays for KuPS in Finnish Premier League. Vilmunen was instrume

Is a Finnish football goalkeeper who plays for KuPS in Finnish Premier League. Vilmunen was instrumental in the Drogheda United F.C.'s 2007 Setanta Cup win, saving two penalties in the shoot out against Linfield.

Is a Danish former professional football (soccer) player with Hungarian origins, who played as a str

Is a Danish former professional football (soccer) player with Hungarian origins, who played as a striker for a number of Danish and foreign clubs. Miklos Molnar played football in Copenhagen clubs B 1908, Fremad Amager and Hvidovre IF.

Is a Hungarian amateur boxer who competed at the 2008 Olympics but lost his only bout at lightweight

Is a Hungarian amateur boxer who competed at the 2008 Olympics but lost his only bout at lightweight to Merey Akshalov.

Is an Estonian freestyle swimmer. He competed for his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

Is an Estonian freestyle swimmer. He competed for his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, where he finished in 25th place in the men's 50 metre freestyle clocking 22.37 seconds in the preliminary.

A Polish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Polish second-tier side Znicz Pruszków.

A Polish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Polish second-tier side Znicz Pruszków.

Is a Finnish figure skater. She placed 12th at the 1994 Winter Olympics. She won the silver medal at

Is a Finnish figure skater. She placed 12th at the 1994 Winter Olympics. She won the silver medal at the 1993 Trophee Lalique.

An Iranian football striker who currently plays for Al-Ahli in the UAE League.Meydavoudi played for

An Iranian football striker who currently plays for Al-Ahli in the UAE League.Meydavoudi played for a season for PAS Tehran's first-team before moving to Esteghlal Ahvaz for the Persian Gulf Cup (2006-2007) season.On February 1, 2008 Meydavoudi signed a 4-month contract with UAE League side Al-Ahli for a transfer fee of $600,000.[1]On February 8, 2008 Meydavoudi signed a 2.5 year contract extension with Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C. which will keep him at the Takhti Stadium until 2010.[2], But on September 22, 2008 He signed a 1 year contract with Al-Ahli for a transfer fee of $1,000,000.[3

An Iranian football player, who currently plays for Esteghlal F.C. in IPL. He usually plays as a mid

An Iranian football player, who currently plays for Esteghlal F.C. in IPL. He usually plays as a midfielder.

An Afghan footballer who last played with Eintracht Frankfurt U23.Nahimi began his career in the you

An Afghan footballer who last played with Eintracht Frankfurt U23.Nahimi began his career in the youth from Kickers Offenbach and moved in July 2004 to Eintracht Frankfurt[2], was in summer 2007 promoted to the reserve team. Than left in January 2009 Frankfurt and is currently free agent.

An Iranian footballer who plays for the Saipa F.C. in Iran as a Left footed Midfielder.Having played

An Iranian footballer who plays for the Saipa F.C. in Iran as a Left footed Midfielder.Having played for the Iranian national team U-20 in India he caught the attention of Saipa F.C. coach Ali Daei and in 2007 he joined Saipa. Since then the young starlet has managed to impose himself on to the starting line up where he has managed to develop a name for himself.In Saipa F.C.’s first step in the Asian Champions League Zaynadpour featured as a substitute in the second half but his rifle of a left foot managed to bring his back on level.