Timo Furuholm

Timo Furuholm (born 11 October 1987), is a Finnish professional football Forward who plays for Finnish Veikkausliiga side Inter Turku and represents Finland national team. Furuholm was born in Pori, Finland where he started his senior career in local FC Jazz. He made his Veikkausliiga debut at age 15 in 2003. He is the son of former Finnish footballer and current Eurosport commentator, Tapio Furuholm.

Timo Furuholm
Timo Furuholm during a match in 2018 in Turku
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-10-11) 11 October 1987
Place of birth Pori, Finland[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Inter Turku
Number 15
Youth career
0000–2002 TOVE
2003 Jazz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003 Jazz 4 (0)
2004 MuSa 21 (17)
2005–2011 Inter Turku 95 (40)
2012–2013 Fortuna Düsseldorf 9 (0)
2013 → Hallescher FC (loan) 16 (8)
2013–2016 Hallescher FC 87 (27)
2017– Inter Turku 80 (27)
National team‡
Finland U-17 3 (1)
2008 Finland U-21 2 (0)
2010– Finland 10 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 August 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 June 2014

Furuholm made his international debut for Finland in January 2010, at the age of 22.

Club career

Early career

In 2003, Furuholm made his Veikkausliiga debut for FC Jazz, playing against FF Jaro at the age of 16. At the time, he was the youngest player ever to make an appearance in the Finnish top flight. In 2004, he played for another Pori based team, Musan Salama in the third level, making 21 appearances and scoring 17 goals.

Inter Turku

In 2005, he signed with Inter Turku. He has since suffered from multiple injuries. During the 2007 season he made 14 appearances and two goals for Inter. In the next season he missed three months because of a knee injury, and was only able to make nine appearances and four goals. The following season he was finally able to play the whole season without injuries, making in total of 23 appearances and scoring impressive 11 league goals. He however missed almost the whole 2010 season as he injured himself in the early days of the season (only four appearances, no goals). The 2011 season was finally his breakthrough, as he went on scoring 22 league goals and only losing by one goal to Kimmo Tarkkio and Valeri Popovitch as the record goalscorer in Veikkausliiga. After the 2011 season, his contract with Inter expired and he became a free agent.

Fortuna Düsseldorf

On 10 January 2012, it was announced that 2. Fußball-Bundesliga side Fortuna Düsseldorf had signed Furuholm, with a contract running until June 2014.[2] A year later, he signed for Hallescher FC on loan, joining his compatriot, Kristian Kojola. He scored two minutes into his debut for the club, a 1–1 draw with Stuttgarter Kickers, and ended the season with eight goals, making him Halle's top scorer for the season.

Hallescher
Timo Furuholm during a training match in 2013 in Esens.

On 26 August 2013, Hallescher FC made the move permanent and announced they had signed Furuholm on a two-year deal.[3] During season 2013–14 he scored 12 goals and was the best scorer of his team and eight best in the league.[4]

Return to Inter Turku

On 7 December 2016 it was announced that Furuholm would return to Inter Turku.[5]

International career

Furuholm made his international debut for the Finnish national team in January 2010, as he came from the bench to replace Hermanni Vuorinen in a friendly match against South Korea at Málaga, Spain.[6] He scored his first national goal on 10 August 2011 in a friendly against Latvia and second goal on 20 February 2012 in match against Austria.[7] He was chosen for the starting line up for the first time on 25 May 2012 in a match against Turkey.[8]

Personal life

Furuholm is married and has a daughter who was born in February 2014.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of 29 April 2017[10][11]
Club Season League Domestic Cups [lower-alpha 1] Europe[lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jazz 2003 Veikkausliiga 40000040
Total 40000040
MuSa 2004 Kakkonen 181700001817
Total 181700001817
VG-62 2004 Ykkönen 21000021
Total 21000021
Inter Turku 2005 Veikkausliiga 51000051
2006 70000070
2007 1420000142
2008 94000094
2009 231100202511
2010 405310103
2011 33223110103
Total 9540844010744
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2011-12 2. Bundesliga 90000090
Total 90000090
Hallescher FC 2012-13 3. Liga 1680000168
2013-14 321200003212
2014-15 351200003512
2015-16 1831000193
2016-17 20000020
Total 10335100010435
Inter Turku 2017 Veikkausliiga 427500117
Total 427500117
Career total 2359516940255104
  1. Finnish Cup statistics include app & goals in Finnish League Cup.
  2. Includes appearances in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup.

International goals
#DateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 August 2011Riga Latvia2–02–0Friendly
2.29 February 2012Klagenfurt Austria1–31–3Friendly

International
As of 15 October 2013[12][13]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Finland
201010
201141
201231
201320
Total102

Honours and achievements

Club
Inter Turku
Hallescher FC

References
  1. "Timo Furuholm". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  2. "Fortuna verpflichtet Stürmer Timo Furuholm" [Furuholm joins Düsseldorf] (in German). Fortuna Düsseldorf. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  3. "Willkommen zurück! Timo Furuholm unterschreibt Zweijahresvertrag" (in German). Hallescher FC. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  4. "Summary – 3. Liga". Soccerway. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  5. "Maalitykki Furuholm palaa FC Interiin" (in Finnish). Inter Turku. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  6. "Etelä-Korea kaatoi Huuhkajat" (in Finnish). palloliitto.fi. 18 January 2010. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  7. "Mika Ojala A-maajoukkueen valopilkku Itävallassa" (in Finnish). fcinter.fi. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  8. "17-vuotias debytoi Huuhkajissa lauantaina" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  9. "Kulttiasemassa Hallescherissa" (in Finnish). Turun Sanomat. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  10. "Timo Furuholm". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  11. "Timo Furuholm". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  12. "Timo Furuholm" (in Finnish). palloliitto.fi. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  13. Timo Furuholm at National-Football-Teams.com

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