Ari Valvee (born 1 December 1960) is a retired

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striker. During his professional career, Valvee played for

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, Vasalund,

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and Pallo-Iirot. His youth club was Euran Pallo. Valvee played 47 caps for

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. Valvee scored a game-winning goal against Northern Ireland in a 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification match.

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* 1960 births Living people People from Eura Finnish men's footballers Finland men's international footballers Men's association football forwards FC Haka players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Vasalunds IF players Footballers from Satakunta Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden 20th-century Finnish sportsmen Pallo-Iirot players Euran Pallo players {{Finland-footy-forward-stub