Timo Stavitski (, born 17 July 1999) is a Finnish professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club

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Club career

Early career

Born in

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and raised in

Kirkkonummi Kirkkonummi (; , , Sweden ) is a municipality in Finland, located in the southern coast of the country. Kirkkonummi is situated in the western part of the Uusimaa region. The population of Kirkkonummi is approximately . It is the most populous Mu ...

, Stavitski played in the youth sectors of his hometown club

Kyrkslätt Idrottsförening Kyrkslätt Idrottsföreningen (abbreviated KyIF and also known as Kyrkslätt IF) is a sports club from Kirkkonummi, Finland. The club was formed on 9 November 1924 and covers the sports of football, handball, skiing, alpine sports, gymnastics, ho ...

(KyIF) and

HJK Helsinki Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki (), or simply as HJK (), is a Finnish football club based in Helsinki. The club competes in Veikkausliiga, the top division of the Finnish football league system. Founded in 1907, the ...

, and made his senior debut with HJK's reserve team

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in 2016. He joined

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side

Rovaniemen Palloseura Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) is a football club founded in 1950 and based in Rovaniemi, Finland. RoPS played in the Finnish Premier Division, (''Veikkausliiga'') for 32 years, from 1981 to 2021. In 2021, RoPS withdrew from professional football ...

(RoPS) in early 2017. He scored his first professional goal in a 6–2 defeat by

Inter Turku Football Club International Turku, commonly referred to as Inter Turku () and colloquially known as Inter, is a Finnish professional football club based in Turku that competes in the Veikkausliiga, the top flight of Finnish Football. Founded i ...

Caen and loans

In December 2017, after trialling with

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, Stavitski joined French

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side Caen, for a €600,000 transfer fee. After spending chaotic six months on loan with

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, in January 2019, he went again on loan for

RoPS Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) is a football club founded in 1950 and based in Rovaniemi, Finland. RoPS played in the Finnish Premier Division, (''Veikkausliiga'') for 32 years, from 1981 to 2021. In 2021, RoPS withdrew from professional football ...

. On 4 February 2019, Stavitski was loaned out to

, where he played before in 2017, until mid July. Stavitski had had a long-lasting pain in his groin for about six to seven months. It resulted in a surgery in April 2019 and he would be out for the rest of the season. Stavitski returned to France to get treatment in Caen. In July 2020, Stavitski joined Dutch

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club

MVV Maastricht Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently ...

on a one-season loan deal, but suffered from a knee injury during his loan. On 7 January 2022, his contract with Caen was terminated by mutual consent. Later in 2022, Stavitski spent time with Norwegian

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club

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on trial, but the deal was collapsed due to injury.

Inter Turku

Due to consecutive injuries, Stavitski had already ended his career. However, he returned to Finland for the

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season and signed with

on a one-year deal with an option to extend. On 4 February 2023, Stavitski made his first competitive appearance in over two years, helping Inter to take a 1–0 win in a

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match against

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. On 17 August 2023, his contract with Inter was extended for the

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season, with an option for 2025. The option was exercised in August 2024. During his one-and-a-half seasons with Inter, Stavitski made a total of 62 official appearances, scoring 12 goals and providing 11 assists.

Mjällby

On 22 August 2024, Stavitski signed with

club

Mjällby AIF Mjällby Allmänna Idrottsförening, also known simply as Mjällby AIF, Mjällby or (especially locally) MAIF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Hällevik in Sölvesborg Municipality. The club is affiliated to Blekinge Fo ...

on a four-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee. Four days later, he debuted in Allsvenskan for his new club, scoring a winning goal and providing an assist in a 2–1 away win against

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollför ...

. He went on to provide two more assists during the remainder of the 2024 season, totalling 11 appearances for Mjällby as the club finished 5th in the league.

International career

Stavitski has represented

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at under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 youth national team levels.

Personal life

Stavitski is of

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and

Ingrian Finnish Ingrian Finnish may refer to: *Ingrian Finns, the descendants of Lutheran emigrants from present-day Finland who settled in Ingria in 17th century *Ingrian dialects Ingrian dialects () are the Finnish dialects spoken by Ingrian Finns around Ing ...

descent, and he is bilingual, speaking both Finnish and Russian.

Career statistics

¹Includes

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and

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appearances.

²Includes

and

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appearances.

Honours

Inter Turku *

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, 30 March 2024

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stavitski, Timo 1999 births Living people Sportspeople from Kirkkonummi Finnish men's footballers 21st-century Finnish sportsmen Finnish expatriate men's footballers Finland men's youth international footballers Finland men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football forwards Kyrkslätt Idrottsförening players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Rovaniemen Palloseura players Stade Malherbe Caen players NK Osijek players MVV Maastricht players FC Inter Turku players Kakkonen players Ligue 1 players Championnat National 3 players Veikkausliiga players Eerste Divisie players Expatriate men's footballers in France Finnish expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands People of Ingrian Finnish descent Finnish people of Russian descent Russian-speaking Finns Footballers from Uusimaa Mjällby AIF players Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Allsvenskan players