Toni Kolehmainen

Toni Kolehmainen
Kolehmainen with HJK in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-07-20) 20 July 1988
Place of birth Oulu, Finland
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2004–2005 Blackburn Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 OLS 14 (0)
2006–2007 AC Oulu 25 (3)
2007–2009 AZ Alkmaar 0 (0)
2009 AC Oulu 5 (1)
2010–2012 TPS 72 (7)
2012–2015 Hønefoss 43 (0)
2015–2017 HJK 36 (1)
2017 Wisła Puławy 10 (0)
International career
2008–2010 Finland U21 6 (0)
2012–2015 Finland 10 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Toni Kolehmainen (born 20 July 1988) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

He had previously played for AZ in Alkmaar, Netherlands. Kolehmainen also played in Blackburn Rovers' youth academy during 2004–05.

Early career

After ending his stay with Blackburn Rovers' youth academy Toni returned to Finland to play for OLS Oulu. In 2006, he joined town rival AC Oulu and helped the club gain promotion to the Veikkausliiga. His play with AC Oulu led to interest from Dutch Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar who signed Kolehmainen in 2007.

Club career

During his time with AZ he was primarily a member of the reserve squad. In 2008, he was promoted to the first team squad by Louis van Gaal and made his debut in a 3-0 KNVB Cup victory over Achilles '29.[1] Once the 2009 season concluded Kolehmainen did not exercise the option on his contract with AZ and returned to AC Oulu for a brief stay, which led to a promotion after the season.

Kolehmainen however left Oulu and went on signing a two-year contract with TPS in February 2010.[2]

After some promising performances, Kolehmainen was spotted by Hønefoss BK, where he would reunite with a TPS teammate Riku Riski. A long-term contract was signed on 31 August 2012.[3]

Kolehmainen retired in 2017, finishing his career at Polish side Wisła Puławy.[4]

International career

On 22 January 2012 Kolehmainen scored for Finland in his senior level debut, in a friendly match against Trinidad and Tobago.

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 September 2024.[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
OLS 2005 Ykkönen 140–––140
AC Oulu 2006 Ykkönen 253–––253
AZ Alkmaar 2008–09 Eredivisie 0000––00
AC Oulu 2009 Ykkönen 51–––51
TPS 2010 Veikkausliiga 21110004[c]1262
2011 Veikkausliiga 29500101[c]0315
2012 Veikkausliiga 2211061–292
Total 72720715186!9
Hønefoss 2012 Tippeligaen 80–––80
2013 Tippeligaen 80–––80
2014 1. divisjon 23010––240
2015 1. divisjon 4000––40
Total 430100000440
Hønefoss 2 2013 3. divisjon 41–––41
HJK Helsinki 2015 Veikkausliiga 21110001[c]0231
2016 Veikkausliiga 150210040211
Total 361310050442
Wisła Puławy 2016–17 I liga 10000––100
Career total 21113617110123416

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[5]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Norway 201263
201310
201420
201510
Total103
Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kolehmainen goal.
List of international goals scored by Toni Kolehmainen[5]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 22 January 2012 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago  Trinidad and Tobago 2–2 3–2 Friendly
2 3 June 2012 Võru Stadium, Võru, Estonia  Latvia 1–0 1–1 (5–6 p) 2012 Baltic Cup
3 14 November 2012 GSP Stadium, Strovolos, Cyprus  Cyprus 3–0 3–0 Friendly

Honours

TPS Turku[6]

HJK

Individual

References

  1. ↑ (in Dutch) AZ debut
  2. ↑ TPS vahvisti rivejään Toni Kolehmaisella (TPS signs Toni Kolehmainen) Archived 23 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine; 17 February 2010, Veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)
  3. ↑ Toni Kolehmainen siirtyy Norjaan Riku Riskin seurakaveriksi (Toni Kolehmainen reunites with Riku Riski in Norway) Archived 23 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine; 31.8.2012; Aamuset.fi (in Finnish)
  4. ↑ Laitinen, Ilkka (19 March 2018). "Vammakierre päätti suomalaispelaajan värikkään uran - Louis van Gaal halusi tehdä hänestä uuden Michael Reizigerin". iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Iltalehti. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 Toni Kolehmainen stats, National-Football-Teams
  6. 1 2 "Toni Kolehmainen". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  7. ↑ Veikkausliigan syyskuun joukkue nimetty (in Finnish)
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