# Timo Kautonen

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{{Short description|Finnish footballer (1945–2026)}}
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{{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](/source/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](/source/Centre-back)
| years1 = 1963–1978
| clubs1 = [Reipas](/source/Reipas_Lahti)
| caps1 = 330
| goals1 = 11
| years2 = 1979–1981
| clubs2 = [LaPS](/source/Lahden_Palloseura)
| caps2 = 
| goals2 = 
| years3 = 1982–1983
| clubs3 = [FC Kuusysi](/source/FC_Kuusysi)
| caps3 = 53
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1984
| clubs4 = [Reipas](/source/Reipas_Lahti)
| caps4 = 19
| goals4 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1964–1976
| nationalteam1 = [Finland](/source/Finland_national_football_team)
| nationalcaps1 = 42
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}

'''Timo Kautonen''' (12 March 1945 – 5 May 2026) was a Finnish [footballer](/source/association_football) who played as a [centre-back](/source/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](/source/Finland_national_football_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](/source/Lahti) based clubs, mostly for [Reipas Lahti](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Turo_Kautonen) and [Tommi Kautonen](/source/Tommi_Kautonen) are former professional footballers, and later Tommi became a manager.

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Finnish Footballer of the Year}}

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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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