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Ilari Seppälä

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Ilari Seppälä
Kecskeméti TE
PositionPoint guard, shooting guard
LeagueNemzeti Bajnokság I/A
Personal information
Born (1993-03-27) 27 March 1993 (age 32)
Lapua, Finland
Listed height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight82 kg (181 lb)
Career information
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2009–2015Kouvot
2015–2016Bisons Loimaa
2016Kouvot
2016–2019Kataja
2019–2021Aix Maurienne
2021–2022Argeș Pitești
2022–2024Saint-Chamond
2024–presentKecskeméti TE
Career highlights

Ilari Seppälä (born 27 March 1993) is a Finnish professional basketball player who plays as a point guard for Hungarian club Kecskeméti TE, and the Finland national basketball team.[1]

Professional career

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Born in Lapua, Seppälä played in youth teams of local Korikobrat, and started his professional career with Kouvot in Korisliiga in 2009. After a stint with Bisons Loimaa, where they also competed in VTB United League, Seppälä returned to Kouvot in 2016 and won the Finnish championship there. Next season he joined Kataja and repeated as Finnish champion. He also played with Kataja in Basketball Champions League and FIBA Europe Cup.

In 2019, he joined Aix Maurienne in French LNB Pro B, and averaged nearly 15 points per game in his second year with the team.

During the 2021–22 season, Seppälä played for Argeș Pitești in Romanian Liga Națională, averaging 10.3 points and 4.8 assists per game.

In 2022, he returned to France and joined Saint-Chamond in Pro B, where he spent two seasons.

On 24 October 2024, Seppälä signed for Kecskeméti TE in Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, averaging 17.6 points and 4.7 assists per game.[2]

National team career

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A former youth international, Seppälä has played for the Finland national team regularly since 2017. He was named in the Finland squad for the EuroBasket 2022 and the 2023 FIBA World Cup tournaments.[3][4][5]

Personal life

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His older brother Arttu is a cartoon drawer and former professional footballer, who also won the 11th edition of Diili, the Finnish version of The Apprentice reality television competition.[6]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

FIBA Champions League

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2016–17 Kataja 16 16 16.0 .371 .349 .750 1.5 2.1 .2 .0 4.5

National team

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Team Tournament Pos. GP PPG RPG APG
Finland EuroBasket 2022 7th
5
3.2
0.4
2.4
2023 FIBA World Cup 21st
4
5.5
0.8
3.0

References

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  1. ^ Ilari Seppälä ja moni muukin Susijengistä ovat tuttuja kasvoja myös Porvoossa – Tarmossa uskotaan korishuuman nosteeseen, Uusimaa-lehti, 13 September 2022
  2. ^ Ilari Seppälä Unkariin KTE-Dunan takalinjoille, basket.fi, 24 October 2024
  3. ^ Ilari Seppälä edustaa Suomea kisoissa, joista hän ei uskaltanut edes unelmoida teininä Lapualla – Susijengin MM-urakka alkaa perjantaina, Ilkka-Pohjalainen, 24 August 2023
  4. ^ Ilari Seppälä ei puhu isoista kiveksistä tai NBA:sta, vaan tekee sen mitä on sovittu, Etelä-Suomen Sanomat, 26 August 2023
  5. ^ Susijengin Ilari Seppälä paljasti kovan penkkituloksensa: ”Tuli tehtyä yläkroppaa”, Helsingin Sanomat, 22 August 2023
  6. ^ TUNNELMIA OMASP STADIONILTA | Ilari Seppälä
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