Ola Toivonen

At 189 cm, Ola Toivonen had the frame you want in an attacking midfielder or forward, and I like that his story starts so locally, in his hometown side of Degerfors before Orgryte and the move to Malmo FF ahead of the 2007 season. That hometown-to-top-flight arc is the kind of grounded football journey I always root for. He even picked up Sweden's newcomer-of-the-year honor in 2006, which tells me the talent was obvious early. Now retired, he reads to me as a dependable, well-traveled Swedish pro rather than a tabloid star, and honestly, that durability is its own quiet achievement.

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Name (English)

Ola Toivonen

Name (Japanese)

オラ・トイヴォネン

Reading

おら・といゔぉねん

Born

July 3, 1986 (age 40)

Origin

Degerfors, Örebro County, Sweden

Height

189 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Tiger

Awards & achievements

• 2006 Årets nykomling

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/olatoivonen20/
• Xhttps://x.com/OlaToivonen20
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ola%20Toivonen
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A9%E3%83%8D%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11956

Tags

• Örebro County
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.