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Fullname: Viljami Kari Veikko Sinisalo
aka: Viljami Sinisalo
Born: 11 October 2001
Birthplace: Espoo, Finland
Signed: 16 July 2024 (£1m from Aston Villa)
Left: –
Position: Goalkeeper
Debut (Friendly): DC United 0-4 Celtic, Friendly, 21 Jul 2024
Debut: Celtic 5-0 Raith Rovers, Scottish Cup, 8 Feb 2025
Squad No.: 12
Internationals: Finland
International Caps: [TBC at end of career]
International Goals: [TBC at end of career]
Biog
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Quotes
“It feels amazing. It’s been on the cards for a little while and it’s finally nice to get it done.”
Viljami Sinisalo (Jul 2024)
“There was something about the kid. His professionalism was off the charts.”
The Athletic Magazine Article (2024)
“Absolutely! It’s what you want to do. It’s what every footballer wants to do. You want to play for a club like this and in front of 60,000 people. So, you never take it for granted. It’s brilliant. I don’t know for sure but it’s probably the biggest crowd that I’ve played in front of in my career. And you just want more of that. You get that little sniff of it and you want more. You want to do that every week. It can be hard to hear yourself even shouting. I’m trying to scream to my centre-halves to do certain things and they probably can’t hear anything! So, little moments you get where you can go closer to them and speak to them, you’ve got to take them. But, yeah, the atmosphere again was brilliant. The fans really helped us again. So, yeah, hopefully many more like that to come.”
Sinisalo after his league debut 3-0 v Hearts (Mar 2025)
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Playing Career
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Honours with Celtic
(Honours are marked below in which the player has played in at least one of the matches in the campaign.)
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What Aston Villa said about Viljami Sinisalo as Celtic told they have a ‘real talent’
https://www.67hailhail.com/news/what-aston-villa-said-about-viljami-sinisalo-as-celtic-told-they-have-a-real-talent/
Tue 1 April 2025 19:40
Patrick Sinat
Viljami Sinisalo was signed by Brendan Rodgers last summer for Celtic.
With Joe Hart’s retirement came a conundrum of who the Celtic manager was going to turn to to take over the reins from the treble-winning Hoops keeper.
As it turned out, Kasper Schmeichel was given that task with Viljami Sinisalo being brought in as the backup Celtic goalkeeper.
So far, Schmiechel has done a great job for the Hoops this season with 19 clean sheets, and as Sinisalo helped Hearts draw a blank at Celtic Park, Rodgers has been told he has signed a ‘real talent’.
Alan Hutton has ‘heard good things’ about Celtic’s Viljami Sinisalo from Aston Villa
Former Aston Villa man Alan Hutton has shared what people at his former club and the fans thought about Sinisalo’s decision to leave for Celtic, as he says Brendan Rodgers has his future number one.
Hutton told The Scottish Football Social Club [34m], “I always knew he was a good goalkeeper because I’ve heard good things about him from obviously Aston Villa.
“Look, I genuinely think so [at becoming Celtic’s number one choice]. Look Kasper Schmeichel came in and did really well, so at this moment in time, he’ll still be the number one.
“But Sinalo I think they [Aston Villa] were looking at him, and I thought there were a few of the fans that were a little bit unhappy with him leaving.
“Not that he was going to go out and dislodge Martinez but I think for the future or whatever or moving forward there could have been an opportunity for him.”
Sinisalo has ‘all the attributes’ to be a ‘real good goalkeeper’ at Celtic
At just 23, Sinisalo still has plenty of time to develop, but Hutton also believes that with the talent he has right now, he’s just going to keep getting better and better at Celtic.
Hutton continued, “So I think he’s got all the attributes. He’s a good size. I think he’s calm with the ball, he makes good saves, as we’ve seen.
“I think moving forward he’s only going to get better. So when he starts to play and he’s going week from week I think that’s when you see the real talent and the real player coming through, and he’ll grow and evolve.
“So yeah, I think they’ve got a real good goalkeeper there.”
With Celtic’s next fixture against St Johnstone on Sunday and then Kilmarnock the following Saturday, Sinisalo has done his chances of retaining the jersey no harm with his performance against Hearts.
But with a potential treble on the line, the likelihood is that Rodgers will reinstate Schmeichel when he is fit, but at least Celtic fans know that if and when he is called upon, Sinisalo has shown that he is more than capable to be trusted between the sticks.