Jari Olavi Litmanen is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a second striker. He was the first-choice captain of the Finland national team between 1996 and 2008 in an international career that ran from 1989 to 2010.
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Jari Litmanen's Ajax shirt in the Sports Museum of Finland
Jari Litmanen shirt in Vodafone Park, Istanbul
Litmanen after his last international against San Marino in November 2010
Paavo Arhinmäki interviews Litmanen at the time of announcing his autobiography book in 2015
Litmanen playing in a friendly in 2017Teams 16
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Jari Olavi Litmanen is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a second striker. He was the first-choice captain of the Finland national team between 1996 and 2008 in an international career that ran from 1989 to 2010. Litmanen is widely considered to be Finland's greatest football player of all time. He was chosen as the best Finnish player of the last 50 years by the Football Association of Finland in the UEFA Jubilee Awards in November 2003. He also finished 42nd in the 100 Greatest Finns voting in 2004. The Association of Football Statisticians' compendium of 'Greatest Ever Footballers' listed Litmanen as the 53rd best footballer ever. Litmanen was inducted into the Finnish Football Hall of Fame in 2015.
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