Ville Taulo

Ville Taulo
Personal information
Full name Ville Olavi Taulo
Date of birth (1985-08-14) 14 August 1985
Place of birth Lahti, Finland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Midfielder
Youth career
Reipas Lahti
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 Lahti 98 (10)
2008–2009 HJK 29 (0)
2009 → Klubi 04 5 (0)
2010–2011 Taranto 5 (0)
2010 → Bellinzona (loan) 3 (0)
2012 → Lahti (loan) 10 (0)
2012 Alta 5 (0)
2013–2016 HIFK 37 (3)
2021 PPJ 1 (0)
International career
2005–2008 Finland 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ville Olavi Taulo (born 14 August 1985) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

He has played for both FC Lahti and HJK in Finnish Veikkausliiga. In January 2010 it was announced that he had signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with Italian club Taranto.[1]

Just after one unsuccessful season – and only five first team appearances – Taulo was loaned to AC Bellinzona.[2] In April 2012 Taulo was loaned to FC Lahti for three months.[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 September 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lahti 2003 Veikkausliiga 212–––212
2004 Veikkausliiga 171–––171
2005 Veikkausliiga 254–––254
2006 Veikkausliiga 130–––130
2007 Veikkausliiga 223–––223
Total 98100000009810
HJK 2008 Veikkausliiga 17020––190
2009 Veikkausliiga 12010–1[c]0140
Total 290300010220
Klubi 04 2009 Ykkönen 50–––50
Taranto 2009–10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione 4000––40
2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione 1000––10
Total 5000000050
Bellinzona (loan) 2010–11 Swiss Super League 3000––30
Lahti (loan) 2012 Veikkausliiga 90–––90
Alta 2012 1. divisjon 50–––50
HIFK 2013 Kakkonen 42–––42
2014 Ykkönen 14110––151
2015 Veikkausliiga 1201040–170
2016 Veikkausliiga 702010–100
Total 373405000463
HIFK II 2017 Kolmonen 22–––22
PPJ 2021 Kolmonen 20–––20
Career total 1951570501020815
  1. ↑ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International

As of 31 May 2012[4]
Finland national team
YearAppsGoals
200510
200620
200700
200810
200900
201000
201100
201200
Total40

Honours

HJK

References

  1. ↑ "Taulo siirtyy Italiaan" (in Finnish). hjk.fi. 1 January 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  2. ↑ Taulo joins Bellinzona
  3. ↑ Laaksonen, Antti (4 April 2012). "Taulo palaa Italiasta FC Lahteen" (in Finnish). YLE. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  4. ↑ Ville Taulo at National-Football-Teams.com