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Sami Vatanen

1991 - Today

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Sami Vatanen (born 3 June 1991) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman for Genève-Servette HC of the National League (NL). He was drafted in the fourth round, 106th overall, by the Anaheim Ducks at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, and played in NHL for the Anaheim Ducks, New Jersey Devils, Carolina Hurricanes and Dallas Stars. He previously played in his native Finland for JYP, where he won the 2012 SM-liiga Championship. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sami Vatanen has received more than 168,659 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Sami Vatanen is the 406th most popular hockey player (down from 266th in 2019), the 689th most popular biography from Finland (down from 570th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Finnish Hockey Player.

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  • 17

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  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Sami Vatanen ranks 406 out of 676Before him are Jonathan Toews, Curtis Joseph, Raphael Diaz, P. K. Subban, Karri Rämö, and Kristaps Sotnieks. After him are Samuel Påhlsson, Dmitry Orlov, Antti Miettinen, Jānis Sprukts, Shea Weber, and Christian Bäckman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1991, Sami Vatanen ranks 798Before him are CoCo Vandeweghe, Dominique Fishback, Luvo Manyonga, Lukas Hinterseer, Johanna Konta, and Adrien Tambay. After him are Florian Jozefzoon, Amy Pieters, Dmitry Orlov, Ali Ahamada, Rodrigo Battaglia, and Baek Sung-dong.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Sami Vatanen ranks 689 out of 751Before him are Juuso Hietanen (1985), Hanna-Maria Seppälä (1984), Fredrik Jensen (1997), Anssi Jaakkola (1987), Karri Rämö (1986), and Henri Laaksonen (1992). After him are Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (1989), Antti Miettinen (1980), Roni Porokara (1983), Harri Pesonen (1988), Antti Ruuskanen (1984), and Tuomas Grönman (1974).

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Finland

Among hockey players born in Finland, Sami Vatanen ranks 50Before him are Mikko Koskinen (1988), Ville Pokka (1994), Antero Niittymäki (1980), Harri Säteri (1989), Juuso Hietanen (1985), and Karri Rämö (1986). After him are Antti Miettinen (1980), Harri Pesonen (1988), Tuomas Grönman (1974), Atte Ohtamaa (1987), Antti Pihlström (1984), and Antti Niemi (1983).