{{Short description|Finnish footballer (1945–2026)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Timo Kautonen | image = Timo Kautonen 1965.jpg | caption = Kautonen in 1965 | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1945|3|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = Lahti, Finland | death_date = {{death date and age|2026|5|5|1945|3|12|df=yes}}<ref name=":0" /> | death_place = | height = | position = Centre-back | years1 = 1963–1978 | clubs1 = Reipas | caps1 = 330 | goals1 = 11 | years2 = 1979–1981 | clubs2 = LaPS | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1982–1983 | clubs3 = FC Kuusysi | caps3 = 53 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 1984 | clubs4 = Reipas | caps4 = 19 | goals4 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1964–1976 | nationalteam1 = Finland | nationalcaps1 = 42 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }}
'''Timo Kautonen''' (12 March 1945 – 5 May 2026) was a Finnish footballer who played as a centre-back.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/46370/Timo_Kautonen.html |title=Timo Kautonen |work=National Football Teams |access-date=23 May 2021}}</ref> He made 42 appearances for the Finland national team from 1964 to 1976.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=10320 |title=Timo Kautonen |work=EU Football |access-date=23 May 2021}}</ref> Kautonen played for over 20 seasons in Lahti based clubs, mostly for Reipas Lahti.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kasila |first=Markku |title=Pelimiehet |last2=Vuorinen |first2=Juha |publisher=Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö |isbn=978-952-99075-9-5 |page=126}}</ref> He was inducted into the Finnish Football Hall of Fame in 2005.
Kautonen died on 5 May 2026,<ref name=":0" /> at the age of 81.<ref>{{cite news |title=Timo Kautonen on kuollut |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/jalkapallo/a/ab1b3246-a564-4d56-99bc-48a6d591bb78 |access-date=6 May 2026 |publisher=Iltalehti |date=6 May 2026}}</ref> His sons Turo Kautonen and Tommi Kautonen are former professional footballers, and later Tommi became a manager.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kautonen, Timo}} Category:1945 births Category:2026 deaths Category:20th-century Finnish sportsmen Category:Finnish men's footballers Category:Footballers from Lahti Category:Men's association football central defenders Category:Finland men's international footballers Category:Reipas Lahti players Category:FC Kuusysi players Category:Finnish Football Hall of Fame inductees
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