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|birth_place =[[Kokkola]], [[Finland]]
|profession =[[Surgeon]]
|specialism =[[Sports
|research_field =Sports medicine
|known_for =Surgeon for top athletes<br>
|years_active =1980 to present
|education =[[University of Oulu]]
|work_institutions =Mehiläinen Private Hospital<ref name="mehiläinen">{{cite web |url=http://www.mehilainen.fi/laakarihaku?laakari=1507 |title= Sakari Orava's profile on Mehiläinen website | language = Finnish |publisher= Mehiläinen Oy |accessdate= 25 September 2010}}</ref>
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'''Sakari Orava''' (born 17 June 1945) is a Finnish [[sports medicine]] surgeon, physician, [[orthopedist]], and professor.<ref name="mehiläinen"/>
Orava has clinics in [[Turku]], [[Rome]] and [[Madrid]].<ref
== High-profile operations ==
Orava's client list includes football clubs [[Real Madrid]], [[Sevilla FC]], [[FC Barcelona]], [[Chelsea FC]] and [[Juventus]].<ref name="Kauppalehti"/> Orava has also been working with [[AC Milan]] since 1986, and he performed a successful surgery on footballer [[David Beckham]] at his clinic in Turku in March 2010 to repair his torn [[achilles tendon]].<ref name="BBC">{{cite web |title= Beckham eyes playing return after Achilles surgery | publisher = BBC News | date=16 March 2010 |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8568689.stm|accessdate= 25 September 2010}}</ref><ref>http://www.iltalehti.fi/jalkapallo/2010031511299237_jp.shtml</ref>
Orava has performed surgery on many other top athletes as well, including [[Haile Gebreselassie]], [[Merlene Ottey]], [[Didier Deschamps]] and [[Josep Guardiola]].<ref name="Rannikkoseutu"> {{cite news |title= Oravan nahassa |author= Susanne Hiltunen |newspaper= Rannikkoseutu| date= 21 August 2009 | language = Finnish }}</ref> Spanish runner, [[Marta Domínguez]], referred to Orava as ”como díos” – like a God.<ref name="Kauppalehti">{{cite web |title= Beckhamin leikannut suomalaislääkäri "kuin jumala" | publisher = Kauppalehti | date=16 March 2010 |url= http://www.kauppalehti.fi/5/i/talous/uutiset/etusivu/uutinen.jsp?oid=2010/03/31583 |accessdate= 25 September 2010 | language = Finnish }}</ref>
== Personal life ==
Orava lives in [[Naantali]], Finland, and speaks [[Finnish language|Finnish]], [[Swedish language|Swedish]], [[English language|English]] and [[German language|German]]. He has a wife, Aira, and two children, Markus and Hanna-Maria. Orava was the 54kg Finnish [[boxing]] champion in 1962.<ref
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