# Saku Koivu

> Saku Antero Koivu is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He began his NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens in 1995–96 after three seasons with TPS of the Finnish SM-liiga. Koivu served as the Canadiens' captain for ten of his 14 years with the club, making his captaincy tenure the longest in the team's history, tied with Jean Béliveau. Koivu was the first European player to captain the Canadiens. He also served as captain of the Finnish national men's ice hockey team from 1998 to 2010, and was inducted into IIHF Hall of Fame in 2017.

*Finnish ice hockey player*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/saku-koivu

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Born:** 1974-11-23
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 53.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 20.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 65.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2257660/ (@nm2257660)

## Sources
- [Saku Koivu](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saku_Koivu)
- [ساكو كويڤو](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%88)
- [Саку Койву](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%B2%D1%83)
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- [ساکو کویوو](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88_%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%88)
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- [사쿠 코이부](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EC%BF%A0_%EC%BD%94%EC%9D%B4%EB%B6%80)
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- [Койву, Саку](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%B2%D1%83%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83)
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- [Saku Koivu](https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saku_Koivu)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q347963)

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