Tommi Sillanpää
| Player information | |
|---|---|
| birthday | April 7, 1978 |
| place of birth | |
| citizenship |
 Finnish
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| height | 1.88 m |
| Playing position | Circular rotor |
| Throwing hand | right |
| Club information | |
| society | Career ended |
| Clubs as active | |
| from ... to | society |
| - |
Åbo IFK
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| –2005 |
HC Dennis Turku
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| 2005-2008 |
 LHC Cottbus
|
| 2008-2009 |
HSC Bad Neustadt
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| 2009-2011 |
EHV Aue
|
| 2011-2015 |
SG LVB
|
| National team | |
| Debut on | 1996 |
| Games (goals) | |
|
Finland
|
119 (184) |
|
As of September 16, 2015 |
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Tommi Sillanpää (born April 7, 1978 ) is a former Finnish handball player who was part of the squad of the Finnish national team.
Sillanpää initially played in his home country for Åbo IFK and HC Dennis Turku . With HC Dennis Turku he qualified several times for the European Cup. He also won the Finnish championship. In 2005 changed circular runners to the German third division LHC Cottbus . With Cottbus he rose in 2007 to the 2nd Bundesliga . After the 2007/08 season he joined the regional league team HSC Bad Neustadt . A season later, Sillanpää moved to the second division EHV Aue . After Aue was relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga, he signed a contract with third division club SG LVB in the summer of 2011 . In the summer of 2014 he also took over the office of managing director of SG LVB. In May 2015 Sillanpää ended his playing career, but he stayed with SG LVB as managing director.
Sillanpää played 119 caps for Finland in which he scored 184 goals. Behind Björn Monnberg , he has completed the second most international matches for Finland. He did not take part in any major tournament with Finland.
Web links
- Player portrait at SG LVB
- Tommi Sillanpää in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Suomen miesten maajoukkue - pelatut A-maaottelut 1947-2013 , accessed on September 1, 2014
- ↑ a b c www.handball-lvb.de: Kreisläufer Sillanpää comes from Aue , accessed on March 10, 2013
- ↑ www.handball-lvb.de: Our players (1): Tommi Sillanpää , accessed on September 16, 2015
- ↑ www.lr-online.de: Tommi Sillanpää remains with the LHC , accessed on March 10, 2013
- ↑ www.sgh2ku.de: The favorite role was first played by the opponent , accessed on March 10, 2013
- ↑ www.sparkassenhandballcup.de: EHV Aue , accessed on March 10, 2013
- ↑ www.lvz.de: SC DHfK separates from Jonsson and clearly wins the test match against SG LVB , accessed on September 16, 2015
- ↑ www.handball-lvb.de: Season finale - farewell & fresh winds , accessed on September 16, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sillanpää, Tommi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish handball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1978 |