Joona Toivio

Joona Toivio
Personal information

Date of birth	10 March 1988 (1988-03-10) (age 24)
Place of birth	Sipoo, Finland
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Djurgården
Number	2
Youth career
	SibboV
	HJK
	AZ
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2007-2010	AZ	0	(0)
2008-2010	→ Telstar (loan)	47	(0)
2010–	Djurgården	56	(7)
National team^‡
	Finland U21	10	(0)
2011-	Finland	8	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2011

Joona Toivio (born 10 March 1988) is a Finnish football player currently playing for Djurgården. Toivio was also the captain of the Finland U21 team, for whom he has played in both midfield and at the back.

Earlier in his career, he was chosen the best youth player in Finland and as a result had a trial at Manchester United.^[1] Though this proved unsuccessful, he later signed for AZ and is seen as a promising player for the future, at both domestic and national level. Toivio moved to Swedish side Djurgårdens IF after a failed stint in AZ, being on loan to Telstar during most of his time in Holland.^[2]

1 Career statistics
- 1.1 International goals
- 1.2 International
2 External links
3 References

Career statistics

International goals

#	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	October 7, 2011	Helsinki	Sweden	1−2	1−2	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

International

As of 12 October 2011

Finland national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2011	8	1
Total	8	1

External links

(Finnish) Profile at uefa.com

References

^ "United eye Finnish starlet". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 26 July 2004. Archived from the original on 12 August 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20040812135924/http://www.skysports.com/skysports/article/0,,53-1144814,00.html. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
^ Gerrit van Leeuwen (1 January 2010). "Defender leaves AZ". skysports.com. Sky Sports. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11906_5818877,00.html. Retrieved 23 January 2010.

Finland squad – 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

1 Jaakkola 2 Jalasto 3 Raitala 4 Portin 5 Turunen 6 Sparv 7 Hämäläinen 8 M.Hetemaj 9 Sadik 10 Otaru 11 Parikka 12 Masalin 13 Kärkkäinen 14 Aho 15 Äijälä 16 P.Hetemaj 17 Hakola 18 Vasara 19 Kokko 20 Pukki 21 Viljanen 22 Toivio 23 Lehtovaara Coach: Kanerva

Djurgårdens IF Fotboll – current squad

2 Toivio 3 Ayuba 5 Gustafsson 6 Lyyski 7 Igboananike 9 Oremo 10 Youssef 11 Sjölund 14 Ceesay 16 Hämäläinen 17 Riddez (c) 19 Nymann 22 Hellquist 24 Jarl 25 Rajalakso 28 Makolli 29 Kuzmanović 30 Matwiejew 32 Björk 33 Bergström 34 Alriksson 35 Vaiho 36 Sparrdal Mantilla — Chibsah — Oyal — Broberg — Span — Jensen Manager: Pehrsson & Banda

Persondata
Name	Toivio, Joona
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	10 March 1988
Place of birth	Sipoo, Finland
Date of death
Place of death