
Photo: Johannes Scherman / CC BY 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Toivio is the kind of footballer I quietly admire most: a centre-back who built a career not on highlight reels but on durability and trust. Bouncing between leagues in the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden takes a special adaptability, and anchoring Finland's back line for a decade says far more than any trophy could. Finland is rarely a footballing power, so a defender who held that responsibility across changing managers earned every cap the hard way. He represents the unglamorous backbone of a small nation's game, and I find that steadiness genuinely worth celebrating.
Overview
Joona Marko Aleksi Toivio (born 10 March 1988) is a is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Toivio was a core defender of the Finland national team during 2011–2021. He has previously played for Klubi 04, AZ, Telstar, Molde, Djurgården,Termalica Nieciecza,BK Häcken, HJK Helsinki and KTP
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Joona Toivio
- Name (Japanese)
- ヨーナ・トイヴィオ
- Reading
- よーな・といゔぃお
- Born
- March 10, 1988 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Dragon
- Origin
- Sipoo, Uusimaa, Finland
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 183 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Finland →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.