{{short description|Finnish footballer and politician (born 1987)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Timo Furuholm | fullname = | image = Timo Furuholm 2018.jpg | caption = Timo Furuholm during a match in 2018 in Turku | height = {{height|m=1.85}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1987|10|11}} | birth_place = Pori, Finland<ref>{{WorldFootball.net|timo-furuholm}}</ref> | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Forward | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2002 | youthclubs1 = Toejoen Veikot | youthyears2 = 2003 | youthclubs2 = Jazz | years1 = 2003 | clubs1 = Jazz | caps1 = 4 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2004 | clubs2 = Musan Salama | caps2 = 21 | goals2 = 17 | years3 = 2005–2011 | clubs3 = Inter Turku | caps3 = 95 | goals3 = 40 | years4 = 2012–2013 | clubs4 = Fortuna Düsseldorf | caps4 = 9 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2013 | clubs5 = → Hallescher FC (loan) | caps5 = 16 | goals5 = 8 | years6 = 2013–2016 | clubs6 = Hallescher FC | caps6 = 87 | goals6 = 27 | years7 = 2017–2021 | clubs7 = Inter Turku | caps7 = 131 | goals7 = 45 | totalcaps = 363 | totalgoals = 137 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = Finland U17 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = 2008 | nationalteam2 = Finland U21 | nationalcaps2 = 2 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2010–2013 | nationalteam3 = Finland | nationalcaps3 = 10 | nationalgoals3 = 2 | pcupdate = | ntupdate = | medaltemplates = {{medalTeam|Finland national football team}} {{medal|2nd|Baltic Cup|2012}} {{medalTeam|FC Inter Turku}} {{Medal|2nd|Finnish League Cup|2007}} {{Medal|1st|Finnish League Cup|2008}} {{Medal|1st|Veikkausliiga|2008}} {{Medal|1st|Finnish Cup|2009}} {{Medal|2nd|Veikkausliiga|2011}} {{medalTeam|Hallescher FC}} {{Medal|2nd|Saxony-Anhalt Cup|2014}} {{Medal|1st|Saxony-Anhalt Cup|2015}} {{Medal|1st|Saxony-Anhalt Cup|2016}} }}
'''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.
==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 Finnish II division, making 21 appearances and scoring 17 goals.
===FC Inter Turku===
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.
===Fortuna Düsseldorf===
On 10 January 2012, it was announced that 2. Bundesliga side Fortuna Düsseldorf had signed Furuholm, with a contract running until June 2014.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fortuna-duesseldorf.de/nc/pages/news/uebersicht-news/artikel/article/fortuna-verpflichtet-stuermer-timo-furuholm/index.htm | title = Fortuna verpflichtet Stürmer Timo Furuholm |trans-title=Furuholm joins Düsseldorf | language = German | publisher = Fortuna Düsseldorf | date = 10 January 2012 | accessdate = 18 May 2012}}</ref> 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===
[[File:Timo Furuholm.jpeg|thumb|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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hallescherfc.de/die-teams/1-maenner/artikel/datum/2013/08/16/willkommen-zurueck-timo-furuholm-unterschreibt-zweijahresvertrag/ | title = Willkommen zurück! Timo Furuholm unterschreibt Zweijahresvertrag | language = German | publisher = Hallescher FC | date = 16 August 2013 | accessdate = 16 August 2013}}</ref> During season 2013–14 he scored 12 goals and was the best scorer of his team and eight best in the league.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://int.soccerway.com/national/germany/3-liga/20132014/regular-season/r21521/ | title = Summary – 3. Liga | publisher = Soccerway| date = 10 May 2014 | accessdate = 6 November 2016}}</ref>
===Return to FC Inter Turku===
On 7 December 2016 it was announced that Furuholm would return to Inter Turku.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://fcinter.fi/uutiset/2016/12/07/timo-furuholm-palaa-fc-interiin | title = Maalitykki Furuholm palaa FC Interiin | language = Finnish | publisher = FC Inter Turku | date = 7 December 2016 | accessdate = 26 December 2016}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.palloliitto.fi/viestinta/?num=157901 |title=Etelä-Korea kaatoi Huuhkajat |language=Finnish |publisher=palloliitto.fi |date=18 January 2010 |accessdate=18 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415185054/http://www.palloliitto.fi/viestinta/?num=157901 |archivedate=15 April 2012 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://fcinter.fi/uutiset/2012/03/01/mika-ojala-a-maajoukkueen-valopilkku-itavallassa | title = Mika Ojala A-maajoukkueen valopilkku Itävallassa | language = Finnish | publisher = fcinter.fi | date = 1 March 2012 | accessdate = 26 December 2016}}</ref> He was chosen for the starting line up for the first time on 25 May 2012 in a match against Turkey.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iltasanomat.fi/huuhkajat/art-1288472078993.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519185156/http://www.iltasanomat.fi/huuhkajat/art-1288472078993.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 May 2014|title=17-vuotias debytoi Huuhkajissa lauantaina |date= 25 May 2012 |accessdate=24 January 2015|publisher=Ilta-Sanomat|language=Finnish}}</ref>
==Outside football== 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.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210614185937/https://www.ts.fi/kuntavaalit/ Kuntavaalit], Turun Sanomat archive</ref> He became a member of the Parliament of Finland in 2023 Finnish parliamentary election.<ref>[https://vasemmisto.fi/kansanedustajat/timo-furuholm/ Timo Furuholm], Left Alliance</ref><ref>[https://www.hs.fi/urheilu/art-2000009496215.html Timo Furuholm luki ylioppilaaksi, pääsi yliopistoon ja nyt eduskuntaan – lasten toive ei toteutunut], Helsingin Sanomat, 3 April 2023</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://rp-online.de/sport/fussball/fortuna/fortuna-duesseldorf-ex-profi-timo-furuholm-wird-politiker-in-seinem-heimatland-finnland_aid-56478983|title=In seinem Heimatland Dieser frühere Fortune wird jetzt Politiker|first=Jolitz|last=von Bernd|date=26 February 2021|accessdate=2 April 2021|publisher=Rheinische Post|language=German}}</ref>
==Personal life== Timo Furuholm is the son of former Finnish footballer and Eurosport commentator Tapio Furuholm.<ref>{{cite news |date=28 March 2014 |title=Kulttiasemassa Hallescherissa |url=http://futis.ts.fi/uutiset/kulttiasemassa-hallescherissa |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519184124/http://futis.ts.fi/uutiset/kulttiasemassa-hallescherissa |archive-date=19 May 2014 |accessdate=1 February 2015 |publisher=Turun Sanomat |language=Finnish}}</ref> He is divorced and has a daughter who was born in 2014. Since 2024 Furuholm has been in relationship with the Left Alliance party leader Minja Koskela.<ref>{{cite news |last=Laisi |first=Erno |date=15 December 2024 |title=Näin Minja Koskela kommentoi suhdettaan Timo Furuholmiin |url=https://www.is.fi/politiikka/art-2000010894575.html |accessdate=5 October 2015 |publisher=Ilta-Sanomat |language=Finnish}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|29 April 2017}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/35601/Timo_Furuholm.html| title = Timo Furuholm | publisher = National Football Teams | accessdate = 2 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://int.soccerway.com/players/timo-furuholm/8311/ | title = Timo Furuholm | publisher = Soccerway | accessdate = 2 April 2015}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Domestic Cups{{efn|Includes Suomen Cup, Finnish League Cup, DFB-Pokal and Sachsen-Anhalt-Pokal}} !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |Jazz |2003 |rowspan="1"|Veikkausliiga |4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||4||0 |- |MuSa |2004 |Kakkonen |18||17||0||0||colspan="2"|–||18||17 |- |VG-62 |2004 |Ykkönen |2||1||0||0||colspan="2"|–||2||1 |- |rowspan="8"|Inter Turku |2005 |Veikkausliiga |5||1||0||0||0||0||5||1 |- |2006 |Veikkausliiga |7||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||7||0 |- |2007 |Veikkausliiga |14||2||0||0||colspan="2"|–||14||2 |- |2008 |Veikkausliiga |9||4||0||0||colspan="2"|–||9||4 |- |2009 |Veikkausliiga |23||11||0||0||2{{efn|Includes UEFA Champions League|name=ucl}}||0||25||11 |- |2010 |Veikkausliiga |4||0||5||3||1{{efn|Includes UEFA Europa League|name=uel}}||0||10||3 |- |2011 |Veikkausliiga |33||22||3||1||colspan="2"|–||10||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !95!!40!!8!!4!!3!!0!!107!!44 |- |Fortuna Düsseldorf |2011–12 |2. Bundesliga |9||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||9||0 |- |rowspan="3"|Fortuna Düsseldorf II |2011–12 |Regionalliga West |1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||1||0 |- |2012–13 |Regionalliga West |6||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||6||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !7!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!7!!0 |- |Hallescher FC (loan) |2012–13 |3. Liga |16||8||0||0||colspan="2"|–||16||8 |- |rowspan="5"|Hallescher FC |2013–14 |3. Liga |32||12||0||0||colspan="2"|–||32||12 |- |2014–15 |3. Liga |35||12||2||1||colspan="2"|–||37||13 |- |2015–16 |3. Liga |18||3||1||0||colspan="2"|–||19||3 |- |2016–17 |3. Liga |2||0||2||3||colspan="2"|–||4||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !87!!27!!5!!4!!0!!0!!92!!31 |- |rowspan="6"|Inter Turku |2017 |Veikkausliiga |31||9||7||5||colspan="2"|–||38||14 |- |2018 |Veikkausliiga |29||9||7||3||colspan="2"|–||36||12 |- |2019 |Veikkausliiga |25||10||4||2||2{{efn|name=uel}}||1||31||13 |- |2020 |Veikkausliiga |21||10||7||3||1{{efn|name=uel}}||0||29||13 |- |2021 |Veikkausliiga |25||7||5||2||2{{efn|Includes UEFA Europa Conference League|name=uecl}}||0||32||9 |- !colspan="2"|Total !131!!45!!30!!15!!5!!1!!166!!61 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !369!!143!!43!!23!!8!!1!!420!!167 |} {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}}
===International===
{{updated|15 October 2013}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.palloliitto.fi/maajoukkueet/miesten-maajoukkue/pelaajat/timo-furuholm | title = Timo Furuholm | publisher = palloliitto.fi | accessdate = 2 April 2015| language = Finnish}}</ref><ref>{{NFT player|pid=35601}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="5"|Finland |- |2010||1||0 |- |2011||4||1 |- |2012||3||1 |- |2013||2||0 |- !colspan=2|Total!!10!!2 |}
===International goals=== {| class="wikitable" ! # !! Date !! Location !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 10 August 2011 || Riga || {{fb|Latvia}} || '''2'''–0 || 2–0 || Friendly |- | 2. || 29 February 2012 || Klagenfurt || {{fb|Austria}} || '''1'''–3 || 1–3 || Friendly |}
==Honours and achievements== '''Inter Turku''' *Veikkausliiga: 2008 *Finnish Cup: 2009, 2018 *Finnish League Cup: 2008
'''Hallescher FC''' *Saxony-Anhalt Cup: 2015, 2016 '''Individual''' *Veikkausliiga Player of the Month: May 2011,<ref>[http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=1&ID=43561 FC Interin Timo Furuholm Veikkausliigan toukokuun pelaaja] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804091226/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=1&ID=43561 |date=4 August 2012 }} {{in lang|fi}}</ref> *Veikkausliiga Top Scorer: 2011<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120503235403/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/Statistic.aspx?id=11 veikkausliiga.com] {{in lang|fi}}</ref> *Veikkausliiga Striker of the Year: 2011<ref>[https://archive.today/20120524110005/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=1&ID=45326 veikkausliiga.com] {{in lang|fi}} </ref>
*Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2020<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pallo-Koplan Veikkausliigan tähdistöjoukkue on valittu |url=http://www.veikkausliiga.com/uutiset/2020/11/17/pallo-koplan-veikkausliigan-tahdistojoukkue-on-valittu |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=veikkausliiga.com |language=fi}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{portal|Biography|Association football|Finland}} *{{Commons category-inline}} * {{UEFA player|72531}} * {{FIFA player|358386}} * {{NFT player|pid=35601}} * {{Soccerbase}} * {{Fussballdaten|furuholmtimo|Timo Furuholm}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120917124328/http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=55&CPID=72&pStr=Player&PLID=178294&TEID=3056 Guardian Football]
{{Veikkausliiga top scorers}}
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