Toni Kuivasto

Toni Kuivasto
Kuivasto in a charity match in 2010
Personal information
Full name Toni Tapio Kuivasto
Date of birth (1975-12-31) 31 December 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Tampere, Finland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Ilves
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1996 Ilves 77 (5)
1997–1998 MyPa 46 (2)
1999–2000 HJK 60 (2)
2001–2003 Viking 62 (4)
2003–2009 Djurgården 165 (6)
2010 Haka 21 (0)
2012–2013 Ilves/2
2014 Ilves/3
International career
? Finland U-21 11 (?)
1997–2009 Finland 75 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Career statistics

As of 1 September 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ilves 1992 Veikkausliiga 9 0 – – – 9 0
1993 Veikkausliiga 1 0 – – – 1 0
1994 Veikkausliiga 22 1 – – – 22 1
1995 Veikkausliiga 23 1 – – – 23 1
1996 Veikkausliiga 22 3 – – – 22 3
Total 77 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 5
MYPA 1997 Veikkausliiga 27 1 – – 2[b] 0 29 1
1998 Veikkausliiga 19 1 – – – 19 1
Total 46 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 48 2
HJK Helsinki 1999 Veikkausliiga 28 1 – – 4[b] 0 32 1
2000 Veikkausliiga 32 1 1 0 – 4 0 37[b] 1
Total 60 2 1 0 0 0 8 0 69 2
Viking 2001 Tippeligaen 25 0 6 1 – 6[b] 0 37 1
2002 Tippeligaen 26 3 4 0 – 4[b] 0 34 3
2003 Tippeligaen 11 3 3 1 – – 14 4
Total 62 6 13 2 0 0 10 0 85 8
Djurgården 2003 Allsvenskan 13 1 0 0 – 2[c] 0 15 1
2004 Allsvenskan 24 0 1 0 – 6[d] 0 31 0
2005 Allsvenskan 26 3 1 1 – 2[b] 0 29 4
2006 Allsvenskan 23 0 – – 2[c] 0 25 0
2007 Allsvenskan 26 1 – – – 26 1
2008 Allsvenskan 24 0 – – 3[b] 0 27 0
2009 Allsvenskan 31 1 1 0 – – 32 1
Total 167 6 3 1 0 0 15 0 185 7
Haka 2010 Veikkausliiga 21 0 2 0 0 0 – 23 0
Career total 433 21 19 3 0 0 35 0 487 24
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Appearances in UEFA Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup

Honours

HJK

Viking FK

Djurgårdens IF

References

  1. ^ Kuivasto forced to retire (in Finnish)
  2. ^ http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf Archived 30 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]