Simo-Pekka Olli

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Simo-Pekka Olli

Full name	Simo-Pekka Olli
Date of birth	13 November 1985 (1985-11-13) (age 22)
Place of birth	Varkaus, Finland
Height	204cm
Playing position	Setter
Club information
Current club	Raision Loimu
Senior clubs
Years	Club
2005-2006 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009	Raision Loimu Padova Volley Bergamo Volley Padova Volley Raision Loimu
National team
4 years	Finland

Simo-Pekka Olli (November 13, 1985) is Finland professional volleyball player. 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.

1 Career
2 National team
3 Palmares
4 Teams

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.