![]() Timo Furuholm during a match in 2018 in Turku | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 October 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Pori, Finland [1] | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
–2002 | Toejoen Veikot | ||
2003 | FC Jazz | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003 | FC Jazz | 4 | (0) |
2004 | Musan Salama | 21 | (17) |
2005–2011 | FC Inter Turku | 95 | (40) |
2012–2013 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 9 | (0) |
2013 | → Hallescher FC (loan) | 16 | (8) |
2013–2016 | Hallescher FC | 87 | (27) |
2017–2021 | FC Inter Turku | 131 | (45) |
International career | |||
Finland U-17 | 3 | (1) | |
2008 | Finland U-21 | 2 | (0) |
2010–2013 | Finland | 10 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Timo Furuholm (born 11 October 1987) is a Finnish politician and a former professional football forward. He is currently a member of the Parliament of Finland, for the Left Alliance. 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.
Furuholm made his international debut for Finland in January 2010, at the age of 22.
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 Finnish II division, making 21 appearances and scoring 17 goals.
In 2005, he signed with FC 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.
On 10 January 2012, it was announced that 2. 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.
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]
On 7 December 2016 it was announced that Furuholm would return to Inter Turku. [5]
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]
Timo Furuholm is the son of former Finnish footballer and Eurosport commentator Tapio Furuholm. He is married and has a daughter who was born in February 2014. [9]
In 2020, Furuholm started social science studies at the University of Turku.
In 2021 Finnish municipal elections, Furuholm became a member of the Turku city council for the Left Alliance, receiving 865 votes in his first election. [10] He became a member of the Parliament of Finland in 2023 Finnish parliamentary election. [11] [12] [13]
Club | Season | League | Domestic Cups [lower-alpha 1] | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Jazz | 2003 | Veikkausliiga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |
MuSa | 2004 | Kakkonen | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | – | 18 | 17 | |
VG-62 | 2004 | Ykkönen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 1 | |
Inter Turku | 2005 | Veikkausliiga | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
2006 | Veikkausliiga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | ||
2007 | Veikkausliiga | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 14 | 2 | ||
2008 | Veikkausliiga | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 4 | ||
2009 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 25 | 11 | |
2010 | Veikkausliiga | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 10 | 3 | |
2011 | Veikkausliiga | 33 | 22 | 3 | 1 | – | 10 | 3 | ||
Total | 95 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 107 | 44 | ||
Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2011-12 | 2. Bundesliga | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | |
Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 2011–12 | Regionalliga West | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
2012–13 | Regionalliga West | 6 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||
Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Hallescher FC (loan) | 2012-13 | 3. Liga | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 8 | |
Hallescher FC | 2013-14 | 3. Liga | 32 | 12 | 0 | 0 | – | 32 | 12 | |
2014-15 | 3. Liga | 35 | 12 | 2 | 1 | – | 37 | 13 | ||
2015-16 | 3. Liga | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | 19 | 3 | ||
2016-17 | 3. Liga | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | ||
Total | 87 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 31 | ||
Inter Turku | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 31 | 9 | 7 | 5 | – | 38 | 14 | |
2018 | Veikkausliiga | 29 | 9 | 7 | 3 | – | 36 | 12 | ||
2019 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 [lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 31 | 13 | |
2020 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 29 | 13 | |
2021 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 32 | 9 | |
Total | 131 | 45 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 166 | 61 | ||
Career total | 369 | 143 | 43 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 420 | 167 |
# | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 10 August 2011 | Riga | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
2. | 29 February 2012 | Klagenfurt | ![]() | 1–3 | 1–3 | Friendly |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Finland | |||
2010 | 1 | 0 | |
2011 | 4 | 1 | |
2012 | 3 | 1 | |
2013 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 10 | 2 |
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