Antti Siltala | |
Nationality: | Finnish |
Birth Date: | 14 March 1984 |
Birth Place: | Vieremä, Finland |
Height: | 1.93 m |
Weight: | 88 kg |
Spike: | 348 cm |
Block: | 330 cm |
Position: | Outside hitter |
Currentclub: | Maliye Milli Piyango SK |
Currentnumber: | 4 |
Years: | 2001–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2012 2012–2013 2013–62014 2014–2016 2016– |
Teams: | Keski-Savon Pateri Pielaveden Sampo Chaumont VB 52 Pielaveden Sampo Noliko Maaseik Aris Thessaloniki SGK Ankara Delecta Bydgoszcz Argos Sora GFC Ajaccio VB Yenisey Krasnoyarsk Maliye Milli Piyango SK |
Nationalyears: | 2013– |
Updated: | 29 December 2017 |
Antti Siltala (born 14 March 1984) is a Finnish professional volleyball player who has played in Greek, Turkish and Polish leagues.[1] He also plays for the Finland men's national team.
Siltala moved to Kuortane at age 16 and started training with the Finland youth national team. After one year in Kuortane, he made a contract to the Finland league with Keski-Savon Pateri.
The first season in Keski-Savon Pateri was 2001. He played in Pateri during seasons 2001–2004. After that he made a contract with Pielaveden Sampo, which is one of the best teams in the Finland league.
The first season was difficult with Pielaveden Sampo. Last season champion, Sampo played its historical worst season and dropped before the medal games. When half of the season was played, Pielaveden Sampo rented Siltala to the France pro league. He played the end season in the Chaumont team. The second season was good to Siltala and Sampo. They won the Finland Cup Champion and Finland league silver. After the season, the media chose Siltala to be on the Finland league All-Star team.
After the season, Siltala made a contract with Noliko Maaseik. In Noliko Maaseik he rose to starting line-up and played a good season. He won the Belgium league and Belgium cup. Also, he won CEV-Cup silver and Belgium Supercup silver. The season was a success to Siltala and Noliko Maaseik team.
After one season in Noliko Maaseik, Siltala made a contract to the Greece league. There his new team was Aris Thessaloniki, where Finnish volleyball player Jukka Lehtonen also played.
Siltala first played for the Finland men's national volleyball team in 2005. He won with the team the same year that the European league silver lost in the final to Russia. He played at the 2007 European Championships and achieved Finland's best-ever result, fourth place. He has now played for Finland in more than 100 games.[2]