Juuso Vainio, (born September 6, 1994) is a
Finnish professional
ice hockey
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player. He is currently playing for
HC Fribourg-Gottéron
HC Fribourg-Gottéron is a professional ice hockey team based in Fribourg, Switzerland, which competes in the National League (ice hockey), National League (NL). The team was the sixth most attended team in Switzerland for the 2015–16 season wit ...
of the Swiss
National League
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(NL).
Vainio made his
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 Mesti ...
debut playing with
HPK during the
2012–13 Liiga season.
Awards and honours
References
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1994 births
Living people
HC Fribourg-Gottéron players
JYP Jyväskylä players
HPK players
Espoo Blues players
Finnish ice hockey defencemen
Ice hockey people from Hämeenlinna
Växjö Lakers players
21st-century Finnish sportsmen
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