Elias Valtonen

Elias Veikko Juhani Valtonen (born June 11, 1999) is a Finnish professional basketball player for Covirán Granada of the Liga ACB, and for the Finland national team.

In the summer of 2015, Valtonen moved to Helsinki to play in the highly regarded academy team HBA-Märsky, coached by former NBA player Hanno Möttölä.

[6] On 5 December 2022, it was announced that Valtonen was loaned out to German Basketball Bundesliga team Rostock Seawolves for the rest of the ongoing 2022–23 season.

[9] At the end of the season, he helped the club to secure their spot in Liga ACB by his game-saving block,[10] and in June 2024, he signed a two-year contract extension with Granada.

Valtonen is a member of the Finland senior national team and represented his country in the EuroBasket 2022 and in the 2023 FIBA World Cup.