ROUGE Mémoire
Ola TOIVONEN
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SWEDEN| Full name | Nils Ola Toivonen | |||||||||
| Born | Jul 3, 1986 Degerfors, SWEDEN | |||||||||
| Age | 38 years old | |||||||||
| Size | 1.91 m | |||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg | |||||||||
| Position | Centre forward Playmaker | |||||||||
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| Numbers | 9 | |||||||||
| Selections | Suède A | |||||||||
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With Stade Rennais struggling in attack under Philippe Montanier, the club signed Ola Toivonen in January 2014. The Swedish striker was off the pace with PSV Eindhoven after scoring 60 goals in 5 seasons in the Dutch Eredivisie. It was the first major signing made by new Recruitment Director Jean-Luc Buisine. After a very promising first half-season, scoring 7 goals, he struggled much more in the 2014/2015 season. In a team which lacked attacking inspiration, he only managed the same number of goals in an entire season, as he had managed in the 5 previous months. Disappointing as an out-and-out centre-forward in a role which didn’t particularly suit him, he was loaned to Sunderland on 28th August 2015. After a season of inaction in the Premier League, he signed for Toulouse on 3rd August 2016.