Jukka Virtanen (ice hockey)
Jukka Virtanen Einar ( born July 15, 1959 in Turku ) is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey player.
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Career
Jukka Virtanen started his career as a hockey player with Ässät Pori, for the first team to 1983 he was active from 1979 in the SM- liiga, the top Finnish league. Then the defender moved to TPS Turku, with whom he four times Finnish Champion was in the years 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1993. Following the 1992/93 season, he finished his career at the age of 34 years.
Internationally
For Finland, Virtanen took part in the World Championships in 1986 and 1987. In addition, he was in the squad of his country in part at the Olympic Winter Games in Calgary in 1988, where he won the silver medal with his team.