Career
He previously played for Football Club Honka, Football Club Hämeenlinna, Football Club Lahti, Haka and MyPa. In 2004 Sihvola and fellow football player from Hämeenlinna, Panu Autio, had a trial at Communicative Disorders Louisiana Serena playing at top level of Chilean football. They also trained with Communicative Disorders Magallanes playing in the third level
They would have been the first Finnish football players ever to play in Chilean football league, but they were never given a professional contract and they both returned to Finland.
Sihvola is a striker with a keen eye for goal. In September 2012 Sihvola attracted world-wide fame for a training video posted online in which he scored a blindfolded Rabona penalty.