Mikko Kousa (born 11 May 1988) is a Finnish professional

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who currently plays in HK Nitra.

Playing career

He logged his first minutes in the Finnish top-flight Liiga during the 2007-08 season, representing the Lahti Pelicans. He later represented fellow Liiga clubs

HIFK HIFK, the Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors (IFK, Helsingfors) rf (officially abbreviated IFK Helsingfors, colloquially often Helsingfors IFK or Helsingin IFK ) is a multi-sport association based in Helsinki, Finland. Formed in 1897 on ...

Jokerit Helsingin Jokerit (English: Jokers or Jesters) are a professional ice hockey team based in Helsinki, Finland. The team won six league championships as a member of the Finnish SM-liiga (1973, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, and 2002). Jokerit plays its ...

and Lukko, winning the title with HIFK in 2011. Other stops in his resume include Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod and Medvescak Zagreb of the

KHL The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs ba ...

MODO Hockey Modo Hockey (or MoDo with uppercase letters) is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The team plays in Sweden's second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan. The club was founded in 1987 and has won one SHL championships; in 2007. ...

of Sweden and

SC Bern Schlittschuh Club Bern (''Ice-skating Club Bern'' in English language, English) is an ice hockey team based in Bern, Switzerland. They play in the National League (ice hockey), National League (NL), the top tier of the Swiss hockey league system. ...

of Switzerland. In early September 2016, he signed a deal with Lahti Pelicans of the

Liiga The SM-liiga (marketed as just Liiga from 2013 on), (Finnish for ''League'') colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. It is one of the six founding leagu ...

International play

Kousa has played internationally for the Finnish men's national team on several occasions, including the Euro Hockey Tour.

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* 1988 births Living people Düsseldorfer EG players Jokerit players Finnish ice hockey defencemen Lahti Pelicans players HIFK (ice hockey) players Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod players Modo Hockey players Lukko players KHL Medveščak Zagreb players SC Bern players Finnish expatriate ice hockey people in Russia Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Finnish expatriate ice hockey people in Switzerland Ice hockey people from Lahti Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Expatriate ice hockey players in Croatia {{Finland-icehockey-defenceman-stub