Ville Seppä
Finnish footballer (born 1995)
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Ville Markus Sakari Seppä (born 2 May 1996) is a Finnish professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Alta IF.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ville Markus Sakari Seppä | ||
| Date of birth | 2 May 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Loimaa, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Alta | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2014 | Inter Turku | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014 | Inter Turku | 0 | (0) |
| 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) |
| 2025 | Bremer SV | 6 | (0) |
| 2025– | Alta | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 November 2025 | |||
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.
On 7 February 2024, Seppä signed with Bremer SV in Regionalliga Nord.[5]
Career statistics
- As of 27 May 2025
| 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 | ||
| Bremer SV | 2024–25 | Regionalliga Nord | 6 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | ||
| Alta | 2025 | 2. divisjon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 145 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 161 | 0 | ||
- Includes Suomen Cup
- Includes Ykköscup, Finnish League Cup and Bremen Cup
- Appearances in UEFA Conference League
Honours
Ilves
- Veikkausliiga runner-up: 2024[6]