| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 October 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Pori, Finland[1] | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | F.C. International Turku | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2003 | FC Jazz | 4 | (0) |
| 2004 | Musan Salama | 21 | (17) |
| 2005–2011 | F.C. International Turku | 99 | (40) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008– | Finland U-21 | 5 | (0) |
| 2010– | Finland | 5 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Timo Furuholm (born 11 October 1987) is a Finnish professional footballer who currently plays for F.C. International Turku in the Finnish Veikkausliiga. He is the son of former Finnish footballer and current Eurosport commentator, Tapio Furuholm.
In 2003, Furuholm made his Veikkausliiga debut for FC Jazz, playing against FF Jaro at the age of 16. At the time, he was the youngest player ever to make an appearance in the Finnish top flight. In 2004 he played for another Pori based team, Musan Salama in the third level, making 21 appearances and scoring 17 goals. In 2005 he signed with Inter Turku. He was been since suffered from multiple injuries.
During the 2007 season he made 14 appearances and two goals for Inter. In the next season he missed three months because of a knee injury, and was only able to make nine appearances and four goals. The following season he was finally able to play the whole season without injuries, making in total of 23 appearances and scoring impressive 11 league goals. He however missed almost the whole 2010 season as he injured himself in the early days of the season (only four appearances, no goals).
The 2011 season was finally his breakthrough, as he went on scoring 22 league goals and only losing by one goal to Kimmo Tarkkio and Valeri Popovitch as the record goalscorer in Veikkausliiga. His contract with Inter expired after the 2011 season and he is expected to leave the club in the near future.
Furuholm made his international debut for the Finnish national team in January 2010, as he came from the bench to replace Hermanni Vuorinen in a friendly match against South Korea at Málaga, Spain.[2] He scored his first national goal on 10 August 2011 in a friendly against Latvia.
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