Matti Oivanen

Personal information

Full name

Matti Tapio Oivanen

Nationality

Finnish

Born

26 May 1986 (age 31)
Huittinen, Finland

Height

1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)

Weight

90 kg (200 lb)

Spike

355 cm (140 in)

Block

320 cm (130 in)

Volleyball information

Position

Middle blocker

Current team

Hurrikaani Loimaa

Number

Career

Years	Teams
2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2004–2006 2006–2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012 2012–2013 2013–2014 2014–	Kiikoisten Kirma Kuortane Vammalan Lentopallo Fakel Novy Urengoy Raision Loimu Pielaveden Sampo Beauvais OUC Copra Berni Piacenza Volley Forlì Guberniya Nizhniy Novgorod Al-Arabi Doha Hurrikaani Loimaa Indykpol AZS Olsztyn Hurrikaani Loimaa

National team

2005–

Finland

Honours

Representing Finland
European League
	2005 Russia

Last updated: 21 February 2017

Matti Tapio Oivanen (born 26 May 1986 in Huittinen) is a Finnish volleyball player, a member of Finland men's national volleyball team and Finnish club Hurrikaani Loimaa. His twin brother is Mikko Oivanen also volleyball player.

Matti Oivanen was born on 26 May 1986 in Huittinen, Finland, the same day as his brother Mikko Oivanen. He began his volleyball career with his brother, playing for Kiikoisten Kirma. During this time, the pair was selected by coaches for the Finland youth national volleyball team. They moved to Kuortane, Finland, to attend high school, where they trained with the national team until graduation. Oivanen and his brother also played with Vammalan Lentopallo during their last years of high school, until they graduated in 2004.

After leaving Kuortane in 2004, Oivanen signed a contract with the Raision Loimu team, which plays in the Finland volleyball league. While there, he helped the team achieve fourth place in the league championship. During his second season, he helped the team make it to the finals, where they lost to Napapiirin Palloketut.

After two seasons with Loimu, Oivanen left the team and signed with Pielaveden Sampo. His brother signed with Rovaniemen Santasport, marking the first time the two had separated since they started playing volleyball years earlier. Oivanen helped Sampo win the Finland Cup Championship, while they lost the Finland league championship. During his second season with the team, he led them to the Finland Cup Championship, but lost in the finals to Santasport.

During the 2008–2009 season, Oivanen played in France's Pro A league with Beauvais OUC.

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