Mikko Vilmunen (born 23 August 1980) is a Finnish football goalkeeper who plays for PS Kemi in

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

. Vilmunen was instrumental in the Drogheda United's 2007

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win, saving two penalties in the shoot out against Linfield. Mikko joined Drogheda United in November 2006 from

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where he was first choice keeper. In January 2017, Vilmunen extended his contract with Palloseura Kemi Kings for an additional season.

Career statistics

Mikko Vilmunen stats

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Honours

Haka: *

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga () is a professional association football league in Finland and the highest level of the Finnish football league system. The league comprises the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agenc ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

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: 2005 Drogheda United * LOI Premier Division:

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

References

External links

* https://www.rops.fi/edustusjoukkueen-uutiset/2746-rangaistusalueen-viikinkipaeaellikkoe * https://www.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/sport/soccer/keegan-and-sami-sign-extensions-27101283.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20190623000911/https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/vilmunen-ready-to-battle-for-place-26426059.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20190623000925/https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/vilmunen-innolla-irlannin-kentille/4032196
Veikkausliiga

Player Profile form Official Drogheda United Website
1980 births Living people Finnish men's footballers 21st-century Finnish sportsmen FC Haka players Drogheda United F.C. players League of Ireland players Kuopion Palloseura players Veikkausliiga players Finnish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's association footballers in the Republic of Ireland Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Men's association football goalkeepers People from Lempäälä Footballers from Pirkanmaa Pallo-Kerho 37 players Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Ireland Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Norwegian First Division players Ykkönen players Kakkonen players Kolmonen players Finnish football coaches Association football goalkeeping coaches Kemi City F.C. players Kemi City F.C. managers {{finland-footy-goalkeeper-stub