Timo Kautonen

{{short description|Finnish footballer (born 1945)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Timo Kautonen

|image = Timo Kautonen 1965.jpg

|caption = Kautonen in 1965

|fullname =

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|3|12|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Lahti, Finland

|death_date =

|death_place =

| years1 = 1963–1978

| years2 = 1980-1981

| years3 = 1982–1983

| years4 = 1984

| clubs1 = Reipas

| clubs2 = LaPS

| clubs3 = Kuusysi

| clubs4 = Reipas

| caps1 = 330

| goals1 = 11

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| caps3 = 53

| goals3 = 0

| caps4 = 19

| goals4 = 0

|nationalteam1 = Finland

|nationalyears1 = 1964–1976

|nationalcaps1 = 42

|nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Timo Kautonen (born 12 March 1945) is a Finnish footballer.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=10320 |title=Timo Kautonen |work=EU Football |access-date=23 May 2021}} He played in 42 matches for the Finland national football team from 1964 to 1976.{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/46370/Timo_Kautonen.html |title=Timo Kautonen |work=National Football Teams |access-date=23 May 2021}} He played for over 20 seasons in Lahti based clubs, mostly for Reipas Lahti.{{Cite book |last=Kasila |first=Markku |title=Pelimiehet |last2=Vuorinen |first2=Juha |publisher=Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö |isbn=978-952-99075-9-5 |page=126}}