Maximo Tolonen
Maximo Tolonen (born 4 March 2001) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a striker for IF Gnistan.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 4 March 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Espoo, Finland | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Gnistan | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
Rangers | |||
Hibernian | |||
Honka | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2017 | Honka | 25 | (2) |
2018–2019 | SJK | 30 | (1) |
2018–2019 | → SJK Akatemia | 14 | (8) |
2020 | IFK Mariehamn | 20 | (0) |
2021 | Ilves | 0 | (0) |
2021– | Gnistan | 66 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 October 2023 |
Career
Tolonen was born to a Finnish father and an Argentine mother. He grew up in Espoo, but moved to Cambridge in England when he was five years old. They lived for one-and-a-half years in Cambridge before moving back to Espoo.[2] Tolonen is fluent in Finnish, Spanish because his mother is Argentine, and English because he lived in England and Scotland.[3]
At the age of 10, in 2011, Tolonen moved to Scotland with his family. He began playing for Rangers. The club later offered him a contract, but he declined, because it was to far away from where he lived in Edinburgh.[2] He then moved to Hibernian. Two years later, the Tolonen family moved back to Finland and joined FC Honka.
He left SJK at the end of the 2019 season.[4] On 3 December 2019, it was confirmed that Tolonen would join IFK Mariehamn for the 2020 season, signing a one-year deal with an option for one further year.[5]
References
- Maximo Tolonen at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- Tiesitkö hänet? Maximo Tolonen, 16, on yksi Suomen lupaavimmista jalkapalloilijoista - vankka kielitaito jo valmiina, iltalehti.fi, 4 August 2017
- Laitinen, Ilkka (7 April 2017). "Tiesitkö hänet? Maximo Tolonen, 16, on yksi Suomen lupaavimmista jalkapalloilijoista - vankka kielitaito jo valmiina". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- "Maximo Tolonen jättää SJK:n". sjk.fi. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- IFK Mariehamn hankki poikien maajoukkueen vakiokasvon, yle.fi, 3 December 2019