Ville Seppä

Finnish footballer (born 1995)
Ville Seppä
Personal information
Full name Ville Markus Sakari Seppä
Date of birth (1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Loimaa, Finland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Ilves
Youth career
0000–2014 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

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

As of 1 September 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. ^ Includes Ykköscup and Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League

References

  1. ^ Maalivahti Ville Seppä sopimukseen Interin kanssa, Aamuset, 29 March 2024
  2. ^ Inter oli niskan päällä, mutta voitto jäi hakematta – 28-vuotias Ville Seppä debytoi turkulaisten maalilla, Turun Sanomat, 19 June 2024
  3. ^ Interin Ville Seppä piti nollan Veikkausliigadebyytissään - "Erinomainen fiilis", veikkausliiga.com, 20 June 2024
  4. ^ Maalivahti Ville Seppä Ilvekseen loppukaudeksi, ilvesfootball.com, 13 July 2024
  • Ville Seppä at Soccerway
  • Ville Seppä, stats at Finnish FA
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