{{short description|Swedish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Sulo Vaattovaara | fullname = | image = Sulo Vaattovaara.jpg | height = 1.80 m | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|07|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Torshälla, Sweden | position = Defender | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = | years1 = 1980–1983 | clubs1 = Gällivare SK | caps1 = 54 | goals1 = 6 | years2 = 1983–1988 | clubs2 = Hammarby IF | caps2 = 114 | goals2 = 9 | years3 = 1988–1998 | clubs3 = IFK Norrköping | caps3 = 252 | goals3 = 12 | years4 = 1998–1999 | clubs4 = IF Sylvia | caps4 = 29 | goals4 = 3 | nationalyears1 = 1988–1990 | nationalteam1 = Sweden | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = 26 October 2017 (UTC) | ntupdate = 26 October (UTC) | totalcaps = 449 | totalgoals = 30 }}

'''Sulo Vaattovaara''' (born 18 July 1962) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a defender. During his club career, Vaattovaara played for Gällivare SK, Hammarby IF, IFK Norrköping and IF Sylvia between 1980 and 1999. He made 6 appearances for the Sweden national team. He also competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/sulo-vaattovaara-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205646/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/sulo-vaattovaara-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Sulo Vaattovaara Olympic Results |accessdate=1 November 2018}}</ref> Vaattovaara is of Finnish descent.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://docplayer.fi/3486764-Ruotsinsuomalaista-ruumiinkulttuuria-viisi-vuosikymmenta-ja-vahan-enemmankin.html |title=Ruotsinsuomalaista ruumiinkulttuuria viisi vuosikymmentä ja vähän enemmänkin |last=Pesonen |first=Seppo |date=1999 |website=DocPlayer.fi |page=13 |language=fi |access-date=25 January 2023}}</ref>

==Honours== '''IFK Norrköping''' * Swedish Champion: 1989 * Svenska Cupen: 1987-88, 1990-91, 1993-94

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==External links== *{{NFT player|24259}} *{{WorldFootball.net|sulo-vaattovaara}}

{{Sweden football squad 1988 Summer Olympics}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vaattovaara, Sulo}} Category:1962 births Category:Living people Category:Swedish men's footballers Category:Sweden men's international footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Allsvenskan players Category:Hammarby Fotboll players Category:IFK Norrköping players Category:IF Sylvia players Category:Olympic footballers for Sweden Category:Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Category:Swedish people of Finnish descent Category:20th-century Swedish sportsmen Category:People from Eskilstuna Municipality

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