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

Sport Ghiaccio Pontebba Sport Ghiaccio Pontebba was represented by Aquile Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the Pontebba region's flagship ice hockey team. It played its home games at the PalaVuerich arena in Pontebba, Italy. The team was a member of the Serie A The Serie A ...

from

Espoo Blues Kiekko-Espoo is a Finnish professional ice hockey club founded in 2018 as a continuation of the Kiekko-Espoo team originally founded in 1984. Kiekko-Espoo men's team plays in the Liiga, where they were promoted for the 2024–25 Liiga season, 20 ...

of the Finnish

SM-liiga The Liiga, colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. The league comprises 16 teams from all around Finland with relegation and promotion between the Mest ...

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

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with Team Finland. In 2007, he won the

Tampere Cup Tampere Cup is an annual ice hockey tournament held in Tampere, Finland. It is hosted by two local teams, Tappara and Ilves. The most successful team is one of the hosts, Tappara with four titles. Metallurg Magnitogorsk has won the tourname ...

. He was drafted 43rd overall by the

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in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft.

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