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Kouvot, who plays in the basketball league, has signed a comprehensive player agreement for next season with 181-centimeter Tuomas Hirvonen.
Hirvonen is a player familiar to Kouvo and Kouvola residents. He has already played as many as 284 main league matches in Kouvo’s shirt. Last season, Hirvonen played for the first time in his career outside Kouvola, with the backman representing Lahti Basketball, who has risen in the series.
Hirvonen, 24, will start his tenth season in the native Korisliiga in the autumn. Despite his young age, he can already be counted as a basketball league veteran: nine seasons, 318 matches, playing time averaging almost 26 minutes per match.
– It’s always nice to come home. It is what I have been involved in exercises to train both the look good and all have a desire to develop. What could be a better place to take the next step in your career. I am already looking forward to the start of next season, Hirvonen says on Kouvo’s website.
– Tumppi is already a tough factor at the Korisliiga level, it’s great to have more Susijengi-level players on the team, Kouvo’s head coach Tuomas Oja says about the favorite returnee.
Kouvo’s player contracts for the period 2020-2021: Teemu Knihtinen, Vili Nyman, Severi Kaukiainen, Ilmari Toikkanen, Oscar Storgård, Henri Permanto, Aapeli Syrjämäki, Jacoby Armstrong (USA), Joel Mäntynen, Antonio Ballard (USA), Valtteri Leino, Kalle Kalin, Valle Helakorpi and Tuomas Hirvonen.
Source: Kouvot