Timo Furuholm

Timo Furuholm

Timo Furuholm during a training match in 2013 in Esens
Personal information
Date of birth	11 October 1987
Place of birth	Pori, Finland[1]
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current team	Hallescher FC
Number	14
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2003	FC Jazz	4	(0)
2004	Musan Salama	21	(17)
2005–2011	Inter Turku	95	(40)
2012–2013	Fortuna Düsseldorf	9	(0)
2013	→ Hallescher FC (loan)	16	(8)
2013–	Hallescher FC	79	(27)
National team^‡
	Finland U-17	3	(1)
2008	Finland U-21	2	(0)
2010–	Finland	10	(2)
Honours Finland national football team Runner-up Baltic Cup 2012 Inter Turku Runner-up Finnish League Cup 2007 Winner Finnish League Cup 2008 Winner Veikkausliiga 2008 Winner Finnish Cup 2009 Runner-up Veikkausliiga 2011 Hallescher FC Runner-up Saxony-Anhalt Cup 2014
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 December 2015. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 June 2014

Timo Furuholm (born 11 October 1987), is a Finnish professional football Forward who plays for German 3. Liga side Hallescher FC and represents Finland national team. Furuholm was born in Pori, Finland where he started his senior career in local FC Jazz. He is the son of former Finnish footballer and current Eurosport commentator, Tapio Furuholm.

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

On 26 August 2013, Hallescher FC made the move permanent and announced they had signed Furuholm on a two-year deal.^[3]

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.^[4] He scored his first national goal on 10 August 2011 in a friendly against Latvia. He was chosen for the starting line up for the first time on 25 May 2012 in a match against Turkey.^[5]

Personal life

Furuholm is married and has a daughter who was born in February 2014.^[6]

Honours

Club

Inter Turku

• Veikkausliiga: 2008
• Finnish Cup: 2009
• Finnish League Cup: 2008

Career statistics

Club

As of 2 April 2015^[7][8]

Club	Season	Division	League		Domestic Cups		Europe		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Jazz
	2003	Veikkausliiga	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Jazz Total			4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
			MuSa
2004	Kakkonen	18		17	0	0	0	0	18	17
MuSa Total			18	17	0	0	0	0	18	17
			VG-62
2004	Ykkönen	2		1	0	0	0	0	2	1
VG-62 Total			2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
			Inter Turku
2005	Veikkausliiga	5		1	0	0	0	0	5	1
2006	Veikkausliiga	7		0	0	0	0	0	7	0
2007	Veikkausliiga	14		2	0	0	0	0	14	2
2008	Veikkausliiga	9		4	0	0	0	0	9	4
2009	Veikkausliiga	23		11	0	0	2	0	25	11
2010	Veikkausliiga	4		0	5	3	1	0	10	3
2011	Veikkausliiga	33		22	3	1	1	0	10	3
Inter Turku Total			95	40	8	4	4	0	107	44
			Fortuna Düsseldorf
2011-12	2. Bundesliga	9		0	0	0	0	0	9	0
Fortuna Düsseldorf Total			9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
			Hallescher
2012-13	3. Liga	16		8	0	0	0	0	16	8
2013-14	3. Liga	32		12	0	0	0	0	32	12
2014-15	3. Liga	27		10	0	0	0	0	27	10
Hallescher Total			75	32	0	0	0	0	75	32
			Career Total			203	90	8	4	4	0	215	94

International goals

#	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	10 August 2011	Riga	Latvia	2–0	2–0	Friendly
2.	29 February 2012	Klagenfurt	Austria	1–3	1–3	Friendly

International

As of 2 April 2015^[9]

Finland national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2010	1	0
2011	4	1
2012	3	1
2013	2	0
Total	10	2

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. "Etelä-Korea kaatoi Huuhkajat" (in Finnish). palloliitto.fi. 18 January 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
5. "17-vuotias debytoi Huuhkajissa lauantaina" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
6. "Kulttiasemassa Hallescherissa" (in Finnish). Turun Sanomat. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
7. "Timo Furuholm". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
8. "Timo Furuholm". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
9. "Timo Furuholm" (in Finnish). palloliitto.fi. Retrieved 2 April 2015.

External links

• Hallescher official profile (German)
• Timo Furuholm – UEFA competition record
• Timo Furuholm – FIFA competition record
• Timo Furuholm at National-Football-Teams.com
• Timo Furuholm career statistics at Soccerbase
• Timo Furuholm profile at Fussballdaten
• Guardian Football