Sami Laakkonen (born 24 February 1974) is a Finnish former

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

player who played as a forward. Laakkonen was brought up by WP 35 but moved abroad to enhance his career. He played for the

Finnish national bandy team The Finnish national bandy team ( fi, Suomen jääpallomaajoukkue, sv, Finlands herrlandslag i bandy) has taken part in all the Bandy World Championships for men since the competition was launched for the first time in 1957. Finland won the ...

, scoring the decisive goal in the final of the 2004 World Championship. At the 2016 World Championship, he made his last appearance as a national team player. After the 2018–19 season he also retired at club level. Laakkonen's list of clubs is as follows: * WP 35 (1993-1997) * Vetlanda BK (1997-2002) * IFK Vänersborg (2002-2004) *

Vodnik Vodnik (russian: Водник) is a bandy club from Arkhangelsk in Russia. Vodnik was founded in 1925. During the existence of the Soviet Union the club was a part of the Voluntary Sports Societies of the USSR Vodnik. Vodnik became Russian cha ...

(2004-2005) *

Zorkij Zorky (russian: Зоркий) is a bandy club based in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia. Its team currently plays in the Russian Bandy Super League, the top tier of the Russian bandy championship. The club was founded in 1954. Zorky have ha ...

(2005-2009) * Dynamo Kazan (2009-2014) * Akilles (2014-2019)

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* * 1974 births Living people Finnish bandy players Expatriate bandy players in Sweden Expatriate bandy players in Russia Warkauden Pallo -35 players Vetlanda BK players IFK Vänersborg players Vodnik Arkhangelsk players Zorky Krasnogorsk players Dynamo Kazan players Borgå Akilles players Bandy World Championship-winning players {{Finland-bandy-bio-stub