Urpo Sivula
| Urpo Sivula | |
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| Date of birth | March 15, 1988 |
| place of birth | Kuru, Finland |
| size | 1.95 m |
| position | Acceptance / outside |
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2004–2006 2006–2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 since 2012 |
Kurun Ryhti Virtain Veikot Kuortaneen Urheiluopisto Pielaveden Sampo Galatasaray Istanbul Gabeca Montichiari Edilesse Conad Reggi Berlin Recycling Volleys Kokkolan Tigers |
| National team | |
| 2003-2006 since 2006 |
Youth national team A national team |
| successes | |
| 2007, 2008, 2009 2007, 2008 2012 |
Finnish cup winner Finnish runner-up German champion |
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As of September 26, 2012 |
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Urpo Sivula (born March 15, 1988 in Kuru ) is a Finnish volleyball player .
Career
Sivula started his volleyball career at the age of seven with his hometown club Kurun Ryhti . With Virtain Veikot he won two junior championships. With the junior team of Kuortaneen Urheiluopisto he played from 2004 to 2006 in the third and second division. He has also been named captain of the Finnish national youth team. In 2006 Sivula joined the senior national team , which was the first time ever to win a world league game on his debut . In the same year he moved to Pielaveden Sampo . With his new club he immediately won the Finnish Cup. He was also runner-up and reached the quarter-finals in the CEV Cup . At the 2007 European Championships , the Finns and Sivula were only just beaten by the Spaniards in the semifinals and finally came fourth. With his club, the outside attacker was able to repeat the national successes of the previous season in 2008. In 2009 he won the trophy for the third time in a row. He then went to Turkey to Galatasaray Istanbul . A year later, he moved to the Italian league to Gabeca Montichiari , where he met the Finnish national coach Mauro Berruto. In 2010 he played for the second division Edilesse Conad Reggi . At the European Championships in 2011 he reached the quarter-finals with Finland. Subsequently, the German Bundesliga club Berlin Recycling Volleys signed him , where he became German champion in 2012 . Then he returned to his Finnish homeland to the Kokkolan Tigers .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ BR Volley's team is complete. Berlin Recycling Volleys, September 16, 2011, accessed on September 21, 2011 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Sivula, Urpo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish volleyball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1988 |