Simo-Pekka Olli

Simo-Pekka Olli
Personal information
Full name Simo-Pekka Olli
Born (1985-11-13) 13 November 1985
Varkaus, Finland
Height 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Volleyball information
Position Setter
Current club Raision Loimu
Career
YearsTeams
2005-2006
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-2009		Raision Loimu
Padova Volley
Bergamo Volley
Padova Volley
Raision Loimu
National team
4 yearsFinland

Simo-Pekka Olli (born November 13, 1985)[1] is a professional volleyball player from Finland.[2]

He has played three seasons in Italy A1-league. Sempre Volley Padova was his club years 2005-2008. After that he came back to Finland because he must perform military service. In Finland military service is mandatory for all men.

Career

Olli started his career as a fourteen-year-old in Varkaus. First he played middle-blocker but the youth national teams coach saw his good set and moved him to setter. His first season in Finland Champion league was 2004-2005. He played in Raision Loimu where he won Finland Cup-Champion and became 4th place in the league. In Raisio Loimu played at the same time as brothers Mikko and Matti Oivanen. After one season in Finland he signed a contract with Italy A1-league.

The team was Sempre Volley Padova where set too other Finland player Mikko Esko. After one season in Padova Olli changed his team to Bergamo Volley. Olli was credit in Bergamo because he had three years contract with Padova. After Bergamo year Olli come back to Padova and played his last contract season.

National team

Olli played his first national team game in summer 2005. Finland played European league then and come second place in league. The league jury chose Olli best setter in league that year. Now Olli has 30 national team games.

Palmares

Personal

Team

Teams

References

  1. ↑ "Simo-Pekka Olli". finnvolley.com. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "Simo-Pekka Ollin ja Loimun tiet eroavat". YLE.fi. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
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