Toni Takamäki
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Toni Johannes Takamäki | ||
| Date of birth | 15 January 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Espoo, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Espoo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Espoo | 29 | (1) |
| 2013 | Gnistan | 21 | (1) |
| 2014 | Viikingit | 0 | (0) |
| 2015 | Gnistan | 11 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | GrIFK | 47 | (1) |
| 2018–2020 | Jaro | 49 | (3) |
| 2021 | Vaajakoski | 4 | (0) |
| 2021 | TB Tvøroyri | 8 | (1) |
| 2022 | Lysekloster IL | 22 | (2) |
| 2023–2024 | Gnistan | 18 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 September 2024 | |||
Toni Johannes Takamäki (born 15 January 1992) is a Finnish professional football player who most recently played as a centre back for Veikkausliiga side Gnistan.[1]
Club career
[edit]Takamäki has played for FC Espoo, Gnistan, Grankulla IFK and FF Jaro.
After starting the 2021 season with FC Vaajakoski, Takamäki transferred to TB Tvøroyri in Faroe Islands Premier League in the summer.[2]
For the 2022 season, he joined Lysekloster IL in Norway, and after rejecting a contract extension, he returned to IF Gnistan in January 2023. Takamäki and Gnistan won a promotion to Veikkausliiga for the 2024 season.[3][4][5] He missed most of the 2024 season due to surgery-requiring injury, but made his Veikkausliiga debut on 27 September in a home win against AC Oulu, when aged 32.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Takamäki was born in Espoo and raised in Suna neighborhood. After his parents separated when he was 15, he lived with a foster family.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 23 October 2024.[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Espoo | 2011 | Ykkönen | 16 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | Kakkonen | 13 | 1 | – | – | 13 | 1 | |||
| Total | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
| Gnistan | 2013 | Kakkonen | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 23 | 1 | |
| Viikingit | 2014 | Ykkönen | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gnistan | 2015 | Kakkonen | 11 | 1 | – | – | 11 | 1 | ||
| GrIFK | 2016 | Ykkönen | 24 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | Ykkönen | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | 28 | 1 | ||
| Total | 47 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1 | ||
| Jaro | 2018 | Ykkönen | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | 17 | 1 | |
| 2019 | Ykkönen | 21 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | Ykkönen | 15 | 2 | – | – | 15 | 2 | |||
| Total | 49 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 3 | ||
| Vaajakoski | 2021 | Kakkonen | 4 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| TB Tvøroyri | 2021 | Faroe Islands Premier League | 8 | 1 | – | – | 8 | 1 | ||
| Lysekloster IL | 2022 | 3. divisjon | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 24 | 3 | |
| Gnistan | 2023 | Ykkönen | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Gnistan/Ogeli | 2024 | Kolmonen | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 211 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 231 | 11 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup and Norwegian Football Cup
Honours
[edit]Gnistan
References
[edit]- ^ Toni Takamäki vahvistamaan FCV:n takalinjoja, Keskisuomalainen, 18 March 2021
- ^ Takamäki siirtyy ulkomaille, fcvaajakoski.fi, 30 June 2021
- ^ "Haluan osoittaa kuuluvani pääsarjatasolle" - Gnistanin Toni Takamäellä on Veikkausliiga vielä kokematta, veikkausliiga.com, 2 January 2024
- ^ HAASTATTELUSSA TONI TAKAMÄKI – ”TEHDÄÄN YHDESSÄ HISTORIAA!”, gnistan.fi, 1 January 2024
- ^ TONI TAKAMÄKI PALAA GNISTANIN TAKALINJOILLE, gnistan.fi, 5 January 2023
- ^ a b Toinen tilaisuus, Helsingin Sanomat, 23 October 2024
- ^ Toni Takamäki, Norwegian Football Federation
External links
[edit]- Toni Takamäki at Soccerway
- Toni Takamäki at WorldFootball.net
- Toni Takamäki at Finnish FA
- Living people
- 1992 births
- Footballers from Espoo
- Finnish men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Kakkonen players
- Ykkönen players
- Norwegian Third Division players
- Faroe Islands Premier League players
- Veikkausliiga players
- FC Espoo players
- IF Gnistan players
- Grankulla IFK players
- Tvøroyrar Bóltfelag players
- FC Viikingit players
- FF Jaro players
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Faroe Islands
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the Faroe Islands
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Kolmonen players