Ola Toivonen

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Ola Toivonen

Full name	Ola Toivonen
Date of birth	July 3, 1986 (1986-07-03) (age 21)
Place of birth	Degerfors, Sweden
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder / Striker
Club information
Current club	Malmö FF
Number	20
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-	Degerfors IF Örgryte IS Malmö FF	027 00(5) 025 00(6) 029 00(4)
National team²
2006- 2007-	Sweden U21 Sweden	009 00(6) 003 00(1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 April 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 22 November 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Ola Toivonen (born July 3, 1986 in Degerfors, Sweden with Finnish parentage) plays primary as a midfielder, or secondary as a striker. He currently plays for Malmö FF in the Allsvenskan.

1 Career
2 International career
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Career

He started his career for Degerfors, where there he was heavily involved in their campaign in 2005 when they avoided relegation from Superettan.

He was then bought by Örgryte, and their manager Zoran Lukic. That season ended sadly, as Lukic was sacked, and Örgryte finsished last in Allsvenskan, and thus relegated to Superettan. However Toivonen was praised for his efforts in midfield and soon signed a deal with Malmö FF in a transfer worth more than $1.1m. He became Malmö's second expensive all time player (only Brazilian international Afonso's transfer were more expensive, as Malmö bought him from the same club for $1.3m in 2004). Toivonen's Malmö career has started in style, and he also made his debut as full international.