Ville Seppä
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ville Markus Sakari Seppä | ||
| Date of birth | 2 May 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Loimaa, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ilves | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2014 | Inter Turku | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014 | → SalPa (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Åbo IFK (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2016 | SalPa | 10 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Wilpas | 1 | (0) |
| 2016 | Futura | 5 | (0) |
| 2017 | TPS | 0 | (0) |
| 2018 | Hercules | 17 | (0) |
| 2019 | Jaro | 15 | (0) |
| 2019 | → JBK | 2 | (0) |
| 2020 | Nyköpings BIS | 14 | (0) |
| 2021 | TPS Akatemia | 3 | (0) |
| 2021 | Assyriska IK | 5 | (0) |
| 2022 | Team ThorenGruppen | 4 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | KPV | 28 | (0) |
| 2024 | Inter Turku | 2 | (0) |
| 2024– | Ilves | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 August 2024 | |||
Ville Markus Sakari Seppä (born 2 May 1996) is a Finnish professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Veikkausliiga side Ilves.
Club career
[edit]Seppä played in the youth sector of Inter Turku. After a ten-year spell playing in the lower divisions in Finland and Sweden, Seppä returned to his former club Inter in March 2024.[1] He made his Veikkausliiga debut on 19 June 2024 at the age of 28, keeping a clean sheet in a 0–0 away draw against Haka.[2][3]
On 13 July 2024, Seppä signed with fellow Veikkausliiga club Ilves for the rest of the 2024 season.[4] Two weeks later on 25 July, Seppä debuted in European competitions, in a UEFA Conference League qualifying win against Austria Wien, replacing injured Otso Virtanen. He eventually made three appearances for Ilves in the qualifiers, before they were knocked out by Djurgården.
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 1 September 2024.
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Inter Turku | 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| SalPa (loan) | 2014 | Kakkonen | 15 | 0 | – | – | – | 15 | 0 | |||
| Åbo IFK (loan) | 2015 | Kakkonen | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | 12 | 0 | |||
| SalPa | 2016 | Kakkonen | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | ||
| Salon Wilpas | 2016 | Kolmonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Futura | 2016 | Kakkonen | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| TPS | 2017 | Ykkönen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hercules | 2018 | Kakkonen | 17 | 0 | – | – | – | 17 | 0 | |||
| Jaro | 2019 | Ykkönen | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 0 | ||
| JBK | 2019 | Kakkonen | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| Nyköpings BIS | 2020 | Ettan | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 0 | ||
| TPS Akatemia | 2021 | Kolmonen | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| Assyriska IK | 2021 | Ettan | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| Team ThorenGruppen | 2022 | Ettan | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| KPV Akatemia | 2022 | Kolmonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| KPV | 2022 | Ykkönen | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | Ykkönen | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 27 | 0 | ||
| Total | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Inter Turku | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |
| Ilves | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 4 | 0 | – | – | 3[c] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 138 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 154 | 0 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup
- ^ Includes Ykköscup and Finnish League Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
Honours
[edit]Ilves
- Veikkausliiga runner-up: 2024[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Maalivahti Ville Seppä sopimukseen Interin kanssa, Aamuset, 29 March 2024
- ^ Inter oli niskan päällä, mutta voitto jäi hakematta – 28-vuotias Ville Seppä debytoi turkulaisten maalilla, Turun Sanomat, 19 June 2024
- ^ Interin Ville Seppä piti nollan Veikkausliigadebyytissään - "Erinomainen fiilis", veikkausliiga.com, 20 June 2024
- ^ Maalivahti Ville Seppä Ilvekseen loppukaudeksi, ilvesfootball.com, 13 July 2024
- ^ Ilveksen päävalmentaja hopeasta: ”Voitettu mitali”, Yle, 19 October 2024
External links
[edit]- Ville Seppä at Soccerway
- Ville Seppä, stats at Finnish FA
- Living people
- 1996 births
- Finnish men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Kolmonen players
- Kakkonen players
- Ykkönen players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- FC Inter Turku players
- Salon Palloilijat players
- Åbo IFK players
- Turun Palloseura footballers
- JS Hercules players
- FF Jaro players
- Jakobstads BK players
- Nyköpings BIS players
- Assyriska IK players
- Kokkolan Palloveikot players
- Ettan Fotboll players
- People from Loimaa
- Ilves (football) players