Ville Aaltonen

{{Short description|Finnish bandy player (born 1979)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox bandy biography | embed = | name = Ville Aaltonen | image = | image_size = | caption = | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|05|17|df=yes}} | birth_place =[[Pori]], [[Finland]] | height = | position = MF | currentclub = [[Bollnäs GoIF]] | clubnumber = 34 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1998–2001 | clubs1 = Porin Narukera | years2 = 2001–2004 | clubs2 = Ljusdals BK | years3 = 2004–2007 | clubs3 = [[Bollnäs GoIF]] | years4 = 2007–2008 | clubs4 = Zorki Krasnogorsk | years5 = 2009– | clubs5 = [[Bollnäs GoIF]] | nationalyears1 = 2001-present | nationalteam1 = [[Finnish national bandy team|Finland]] | medals-title = Medal record | medals-expand = | medals = {{MedalSport|Men's [[bandy]]|}} {{MedalCountry|{{FIN}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Bandy World Championship|World Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2004 Bandy World Championship|2004 Sweden]]|Team}} }} '''Ville Aaltonen''' (born 17 May 1979<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bandysidan.nu - Ville Aaltonen |url=http://www.bandysidan.nu/player.php?SpelareID=13&sprak=sv&land=3 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=www.bandysidan.nu}}</ref>) is a Finnish [[Bandy|bandy player]]. He is considered an all-rounder but is usually used offensively or in the attacking midfield.

Until 2001, Aaltonen played for his hometown club Porin Narukerä, with whom he became Finnish champion in 1999. It was also the first championship for the club, which was founded in 1965. In 2001 he moved to Sweden to Ljusdals BK. The move to Bollnäs GoIF followed in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 October 2022 |title=Myntet bakom profilens 15 år i Bollnäs: "Har aldrig berättat det här" |url=https://www.ljusnan.se/2022-10-17/myntet-bakom-profilens-15-ar-i-bollnas-har-aldrig-berattat-det-har/ |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=Ljusnan |language=sv}}</ref> With Bollnäs he won the World Championship in 2005. In 2007/08 he played one season in Russia in Krasnogorsk with Zorki and was Russian runner-up there. After the season he returned to Bollnäs. In 2010 and 2011 he reached the final of the [[Swedish bandy championship]] with the club, with Bollnäs losing both times.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gårdestig |first=Anders |date=24 July 2020 |title=Ville Aaltonen "Det känns lite vemodigt" - Bollnäs Bandy |url=https://bollnasbandy.se/ville-aaltonen-det-kanns-lite-vemodigt/,%20https://bollnasbandy.se/ville-aaltonen-det-kanns-lite-vemodigt/ |access-date=13 April 2024 |language=sv-SE}}</ref>

Aaltonen has played for the [[Finnish national bandy team|Finnish national team]] since the winter of 2001/02. In 2004 he became world champion with a 5–4 win after Finland's golden goal against Sweden. He has already played over 100 international matches for the national team.

In 2009 and 2010 he received the award of the best bandy player in [[Finland]].

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