Juha Gustafsson (born April 24, 1979) is a Finnish former

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player.

Career

He joined Tingsryd AIF in the Swedish 3rd division in September 2009. He came to

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from

Espoo Blues The Espoo Blues were an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They played in Espoo, Finland, at the Espoo Metro Areena. The club went bankrupt at the end of the 2015–16 Liiga season. History The club was established in February 1984 as Kiekko-Espoo ...

of the Finnish

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in January 2009. In season 1999–2000 Gustafsson won the

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with Team Finland. In 2007, he won the

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. He was drafted 43rd overall by the

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in the

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Career statistics

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