Maximo Tolonen

Maximo Tolonen (born 4 March 2001) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ykkösliiga club PK-35.[1][2]

Career

Tolonen was born to a Finnish father and an Argentine mother. He grew up in Espoo, but moved to Cambridge in England when he was five years old. The family lived for one-and-a-half years in Cambridge before moving back to Espoo.[3] Tolonen is fluent in Finnish, Spanish because his mother is Argentine, and English because he lived in England and Scotland.[4]

At the age of 10, in 2011, Tolonen moved to Scotland with his family. He began playing for Rangers. The club later offered him a contract, but he declined, because it was to far away from where he lived in Edinburgh.[3] He then moved to Hibernian. Two years later, the Tolonen family moved back to Finland and joined FC Honka.[citation needed]

He left SJK at the end of the 2019 season.[5] On 3 December 2019, it was confirmed that Tolonen would join IFK Mariehamn for the 2020 season, signing a one-year deal with an option for one further year.[6]

References

  1. ^ Maximo Tolonen at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  2. ^ Maximo Tolonen siirtyy Käpylään, kapylanpalloedustus.fi, 24 January 2024
  3. ^ a b Tiesitkö hänet? Maximo Tolonen, 16, on yksi Suomen lupaavimmista jalkapalloilijoista - vankka kielitaito jo valmiina, iltalehti.fi, 4 August 2017
  4. ^ Laitinen, Ilkka (7 April 2017). "Tiesitkö hänet? Maximo Tolonen, 16, on yksi Suomen lupaavimmista jalkapalloilijoista - vankka kielitaito jo valmiina". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Maximo Tolonen jättää SJK:n". sjk.fi. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  6. ^ IFK Mariehamn hankki poikien maajoukkueen vakiokasvon, yle.fi, 3 December 2019