# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/veli-pekka-ketola
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:37:04.551Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/veli-pekka-ketola"
name: "Veli-Pekka Ketola"
slug: "veli-pekka-ketola"
description: "Veli-Pekka Ketola is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player and coach. He played 15 seasons in the top flight of ice hockey in Finland, 10 of which were with the Porin Ässät. Ketola retired from professional ice hockey in 1982 after his National Hockey League (NHL) debut season with the Colorado Rockies. Ketola also represented the World Hockey Association (WHA) teams Winnipeg Jets and the Calgary Cowboys."
tagline: "Finnish ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Veli-Pekka_Ketola.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1948-03-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.76
  momentum:             4.183976261127597
  historical:           9.417208
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9F%A6%E5%88%A9-%E4%BD%A9%E5%8D%A1%C2%B7%E5%87%AF%E6%89%98%E6%8B%89"
    title: "韦利-佩卡·凯托拉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "ڤيلى پيكا كيتولا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veli-Pekka_Ketola"
    title: "Veli-Pekka Ketola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veli-Pekka_Ketola"
    title: "Veli-Pekka Ketola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veli-Pekka_Ketola"
    title: "Veli-Pekka Ketola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veli-Pekka_Ketola"
    title: "Veli-Pekka Ketola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veli-Pekka_Ketola"
    title: "Veli-Pekka Ketola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veli-Pekka_Ketola"
    title: "Veli-Pekka Ketola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%2C_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Кетола, Вели-Пекка"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veli-Pekka_Ketola"
    title: "Veli-Pekka Ketola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veli-Pekka_Ketola"
    title: "Veli-Pekka Ketola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q927938"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump