Facts:   - weight lb: 216    - career end: 2009    - position: left wing    - height in: 1    - draft year: 1998    - shoots: left      - height ft: 6    - birth date: 08 january 1980    - career start: 1997    - image size: 225px    - draft team: detroit red wings    - birth place: piotrków trybunalski , poland    - draft: 56th overall   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of tomek valtonen .
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tomek valtonen -lrb- born january 8 , 1980 -rrb- is a polish-born finnish former professional ice hockey forward .he is currently the head coach for sport of the finnish liiga .valtonen was drafted by the detroit red wings as their second-round draft pick -lrb- 56th overall -rrb- in the 1998 nhl entry draft .valtonen was born in piotrków trybunalski to a polish mother and a finnish father .the family moved to finland when tomek was young , and he grew up in kitee .he started his pro career in ilves in 1997 and played his next season with the plymouth whalers in the ohl , and returned to the sm-liiga in 1999 and represented jokerit until 2007 , when he signed a two-year contract with södertälje sk .valtonen returend to sm-liiga and jokerit for season 2008-2009 .he has won the sm-liiga championship , three silver medals , and the under-20s world championship .