Timo Stavitski

Early career

Born in Lahti and raised in Kirkkonummi, Stavitski played in the youth sectors of his hometown club Kyrkslätt Idrottsförening (KyIF) and HJK Helsinki, and made his senior debut with HJK's reserve team Klubi 04 in 2016. He joined Veikkausliiga side Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) in early 2017. He scored his first professional goal in a 6–2 defeat by Inter Turku.

Caen and loans

In December 2017, after trialling with La Liga club Barcelona, Stavitski joined Ligue 1 side Caen, for a €600,000 transfer fee. After spending a chaotic six months on loan with NK Osijek, in January 2019, he joined RoPS on loan. On 4 February 2019, Stavitski was loaned out to RoPS, 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 Eerste Divisie club MVV Maastricht 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 Eliteserien club Sarpsborg 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 2023 Veikkausliiga season and signed with Inter Turku on a one-year…

Stavitski has represented Finland at under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 youth national team levels.

As of 27 July 2025

1Includes Finnish Cup, Coupe de France, Croatian Football Cup and Svenska Cupen appearances. 2Includes Finnish League Cup and Coupe de la Ligue appearances.

Stavitski is of Russian and Ingrian Finnish descent, and he is bilingual, speaking both Finnish and Russian.