Aaro Toivonen
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| Date of birth | 19 April 2005 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Finland | ||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||
Current team | HJK | ||||||||||
| Number | 52 | ||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||
| Kasiysi | |||||||||||
| –2019 | Espoo | ||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | HJK | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2022– | Klubi 04 | 40 | (8) | ||||||||
| 2022– | HJK | 7 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2024– | → Tallinna Kalev (loan) | 7 | (2) | ||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Finland U15 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Finland U17 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Finland U18 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2023– | Finland U19 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 December 2023 | |||||||||||
Aaro Toivonen (born 19 April 2005) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Meistriliiga club Tallinna Kalev, on loan from HJK Helsinki.[2]
Career
[edit]Toivonen joined HJK youth academy in 2020 from FC Espoo.
He made his Veikkausliiga debut with HJK on 30 July 2022 aged 17, in a 1–0 home win against IFK Mariehamn.[3] On 31 August 2022, his deal was extended until the end of 2024.[4] On 3 August 2023, he extended his contract again, until the end of 2025.[5]
Toivonen was part of the HJK Youth squad in the 2023–24 UEFA Youth League campaign, playing in all four matches, against Malmö FF youth and Nantes youth.[6][7][8]
On 7 August 2024, Toivonen was loaned out to Meistriliiga club Tallinna Kalev for the rest of the season.[9]
International career
[edit]Toivonen was named in the Finland U17 squad for the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification tournament in October 2021, against Bosnia-Herzegovina, Switzerland and Gibraltar, providing an assist in three games in total. Finland finished 2nd in the group and advanced to the Elite round. In March 2022, Toivonen was also named in the Finland U17 squad in the Elite round matches against Portugal, Bulgaria and Ireland.[10]
Toivonen was part of the Finland U18 squad winning the friendly tournament Baltic Cup in June 2023.[11]
In October 2023, Toivonen was named in Finland U19 squad in the 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification tournament, scoring one goal in three games, against Romania, Czech Republic and San Marino.[12]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 23 September 2024[13]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Klubi 04 | 2022 | Kakkonen | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 22 | 6 | ||
| 2023 | Kakkonen | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 2 | |||
| 2024 | Ykkönen | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 9 | ||
| HJK | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0[b] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Tallinna Kalev (loan) | 2024 | Meistriliiga | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | |
| Tallinna Kalev II (loan) | 2024 | Esiliiga | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 54 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 13 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
Honours
[edit]HJK
Finland U18
- Baltic Cup: 2023
References
[edit]- ^ Finnish FA
- ^ Player profile A.Toivonen, hjk.fi
- ^ 17-vuotias Aaro Toivonen teki Veikkausliigadebyyttinsä, hjk.fi, 1 August 2022
- ^ HJK ja Aaro Toivonen pidensivät sopimustaan, hjk.fi, 31 August 2022
- ^ HJK ja Aaro Toivonen pidensivät sopimustaan, hjk.fi, 3 August 2023
- ^ Aaro Toivonen, players profile, UEFA
- ^ Historiallinen temppu! HJK:n nuoret tähdet jyräsivät Malmön UEFA Youth Leaguessa, hjk.fi, 4 October 2023
- ^ HJK:n matka päättyi UEFA Youth Leaguessa upeasta taistelusta huolimatta, hjk.fi, 22 November 2023
- ^ "Toivonen ja Baranov lainalle Tallinnaan". hjk.fi (in Finnish). Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ EM-karsinnat U17-pojat MAAOTTELUT 2022, Finnish FA/ Palloliitto
- ^ U18-pojat nimetty kesäkuun Baltic Cupiin, Football Association of Finland, 30 May 2023
- ^ U19-pojat nimetty lokakuun EM-karsintaturnaukseen, Finnish FA/ Palloliitto, 25 September 2023
- ^ Tulospalvelu Palloliitto, A.Toivonen, Finnish FA/ Palloliitto
External links
[edit]- Aaro Toivonen at Soccerway
- Aaro Toivonen at WorldFootball.net
- Living people
- 2005 births
- Finnish men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Kakkonen players
- Veikkausliiga players
- FC Espoo players
- Klubi 04 players
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Estonia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Estonia
- JK Tallinna Kalev players
- Meistriliiga players
- Esiliiga players