Antti Siltala (born 14 March 1984) is a Finnish professional

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player who has played in Greek, Turkish and Polish leagues. He also plays for the Finland men's national team.

Career

Early career

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.

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.

Pielaveden Sampo

The first season was difficult with

Pielaveden Sampo Pielaveden Sampo is a professional volleyball club based in Pielavesi, a small town in Eastern Finland. The club is one of the most successful teams in the Finland volleyball league. The team has become a national champion in the national volle ...

. 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.

Noliko Maaseik

After the season, Siltala made a contract with

Noliko Maaseik Greenyard Maaseik is a Belgian professional men's volleyball club from the city of Maaseik. They compete in the Euro Millions Volley League. Honours Domestic * Belgian Championship :Winners (16): 1990–91, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 199 ...

. 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

team.

Aris Thessaloniki

After one season in Noliko Maaseik, Siltala made a contract to the Greece league. There his new team was

Aris Thessaloniki Athlitikos Syllogos Aris Thessalonikis, means Athletic Club Aris Thessaloniki
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, where Finnish volleyball player

Jukka Lehtonen Jukka Lehtonen (born 22 February 1982) is a professional volleyball player from Finland who joins GFCO Ajaccio in French Ligue A for season 2010–2011. He is also the captain of Finland men's national volleyball team The Finland men's nationa ...

also played.

National team

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.Suomi puristi erän lentopallon olympiavoittajalta
(in Finnish)

Achievements

;Personal: * Finland league All-Star player 2006 * Finland league best server 2006 * Belgium league best server 2007 * Best Spiker in Belgium league 2007 * Mvp in Belgium league 2007 * Best Receivers in Greek Cup 2009 * Best Spiker in Greek Cup 2009 * Mvp in Turkey League 2009 * Best Receivers in Turkey League 2009 * Best Receivers in France League 2014 * Best server in France League 2014 ;Club: * CEV-Cup silver 2008 * Belgium Champion 2008 * Belgium Cup-win 2008 * Belgium SuperCup silver 2007 * Finland league silver 2006 * Finland Cup-win 2006 ;National team: * 4.place in European Championships 2007

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Siltala, Antti 1984 births Living people Finnish men's volleyball players Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Poland Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate volleyball players in Belgium Expatriate volleyball players in Greece Expatriate volleyball players in Poland Expatriate volleyball players in Turkey People from Vieremä Aris Thessaloniki Volleyball Club players Sportspeople from North Savo