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World League 2011
22nd Edition
 
- FIN / Finland - Player's biography
   
 
Team name  Hietanen
First name Matti
Last name Hietanen
Age (birth date) 30  (3/01/1983)
Hometown TAMPERE
Languages FIN, ENG, ITA
   
   
Position Height Weight Spike Block
Wing-spiker 199 cm 93 kg 350 cm 320 cm
             
National Selections Olympic W.Champ. Other Total  
  0 0 201 201
 
Volleyball career
International debut FIN-TUR, 2004 
Club debut Vilppulan Tähti (FIN)
Actual Club Gdansk (POL) 
Personal
Hobbies movies, interner, music 
Favourites Books:
Food: mexican food
Movie: 300
Music: many
Other sports: javelin / Seppo Räty
 
   Profile
  Universal player Matti Hietanen has lots of good memories from volleyball, but he thinks that his first summer in the World League and the matches in Brazil in front of 20,000 spectators is the best.

He played in Padova in 2005-2006, and then in Avignon, France before returning to Italy. for Mantova. In 2010 he played for PAOK in Greece and then again returned to Italy for  Perugia.

He has 142 national team matches and is 199cm tall.

Hietanen was an all star player in the Finnish League 2005 and the best boys' junior player 2001.

His big sister Maarit has also played for the women’s national team.
 
 
 

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