Mikko Koivisto (born April 18, 1987) is a Finnish

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player. He currently plays for

Salon Vilpas Salon Vilpas is a professional basketball club based in Salo, Finland. The team currently plays in the top level Korisliiga. The Vikings are a part of the Salon Vilpas multi-sport club. In 2021, Vilpas won its first Korisliiga championship. Curre ...

of the

Korisliiga The Korisliiga is the top-tier professional basketball league in Finland, comprising the top 12 teams of the country. In its current format, each team plays all other teams two times in the regular season, once at home and once away, for a total o ...

and for the

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. In high school at Holy Cross he won the VISSA (Virginia Independent Schools Althetes Association) division 3 state championship in 05. He started his professional career in 2003–04; later he played collegiate for the

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for four seasons. In 2010, he returned to professional basketball again.

Career

Koivisto signed with the Turkish team Royal Halı Gaziantep in February 2014.

Honours

;Nilan Bisons *

: 2011–12 ;Royal Halı Gaziantep * EuroChallenge Third Place:

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Career statistics

EuroCup

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Bisons Loimaa LoKoKo Bisons Loimaa is a Finland, Finnish professional basketball club that is based in Loimaa. History The club was established in 1964 as Loimaan Korikonkarit. The team was renamed Bisons after it was promoted to the Korisliiga in 2011. The ...

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National team

References

External links

UNC Greensboro profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Koivisto, Mikko 1987 births Living people Basketball players from Helsinki Bisons Loimaa players Finnish expatriate basketball people in Germany Finnish expatriate basketball people in Turkey Finnish expatriate basketball people in the United States Finnish men's basketball players Gaziantep Basketbol players Kauhajoen Karhu players Sportspeople from Vantaa Shooting guards Skyliners Frankfurt players Torpan Pojat players UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball players 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup players Vilpas Vikings players 21st-century Finnish sportsmen