# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/saku-koivu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:41:46.145Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/saku-koivu"
name: "Saku Koivu"
slug: "saku-koivu"
description: "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."
tagline: "Finnish ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sakukoivu_halifax2008.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1974-11-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.18
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.01085733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2257660/"
    handle:    "nm2257660"
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    title: "Saku Koivu"
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    title: "Saku Koivu"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump