Toni Kuivasto Explained

Toni Kuivasto
Birth Date:1975 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Tampere, Finland
Youthclubs1:Ilves
Position:Defender
Years1:1992–1996
Years2:1997–1998
Years3:1999–2000
Years4:2001–2003
Years5:2003–2009
Years6:2010
Years7:2012–2013
Years8:2014
Clubs1:FC Ilves
Clubs2:MyPa
Clubs3:HJK Helsinki
Clubs4:Viking FK
Clubs5:Djurgårdens IF
Clubs6:FC Haka
Clubs7:Ilves/2
Clubs8:Ilves/3
Caps1:77
Caps2:46
Caps3:60
Caps4:62
Caps5:165
Caps6:21
Goals1:5
Goals2:2
Goals3:2
Goals4:4
Goals5:6
Goals6:0
Nationalyears1:?
Nationalyears2:1997–2009
Nationalteam1:Finland U-21
Nationalteam2:Finland
Nationalcaps1:11
Nationalcaps2:75
Nationalgoals1:?
Nationalgoals2:1

Toni Kuivasto (born 31 December 1975) is a retired Finnish footballer who last played for Veikkausliigaside FC Haka.

Club career

Kuivasto started his career at home-town club FC Ilves, making his Veikkausliiga debut in 1992. He also played for MyPa and HJK Helsinki in Finland, before moving abroad to play for Viking FK of the Norwegian Tippeligaen in 2001. After a few years in Norway he wanted new challenges, and he was bought by Djurgården in the summer of 2003. Kuivasto has helped Djurgården to two Swedish championships and two Swedish Cups. Kuivasto returned to Finland for the 2010 season after spending 10 years abroad. He signed a one-year contract with FC Haka. He managed to score a vital goal for his team in his second game for Haka, in a league cup match against VPS.

After his contract with Haka expired after the 2010 season, he became a free agent. On 4 November 2011 it was announced that the 35-year-old Kuivasto would retire due his knee problems.[1] He is currently studying to become a youth coach.

International career

Kuivasto made his debut for the Finland national team on 21 February 1997 against Malaysia. He made his last national appearance on 1 April 2009 as he played 23 minutes in a friendly against Norway. He made in total of 75 national caps and scored one goal.

Honours

Club

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External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20111108090912/http://www.iltasanomat.fi/jalkapallo/entinen-suomen-maajoukkuepelaaja-joutuu-lopettamaan-uransa/art-1288425879974.html Kuivasto forced to retire
  2. http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf