FC Lahti Players: Jari Litmanen, Ville Vaisanen, Indrek Zelinski, Mika Vayrynen, Petri Pasanen, Pekka Lagerblom, Njazi Kuqi, Mika Kottil

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Ariel Ngueukam, Berat Sadik, Calvin Plummer, Christian Sund, Drilon Shala, Edgar Bernhardt, Eero Korte, Esa Pekonen, Gabor Bardi, Harri Nyyssonen, Heikki Haara, Hendrik Grossohmichen, Henri Toivomaki, Hugo Miranda, Ibrahim Kose, Ilkka Makela, Indrek Zelinski, Ismo Lius, Janne Moilanen, Jari Litmanen, Jarkko Vartto, Joel Mero, Jonne Kemppinen, Jozsef Varga (footballer born 1954), Juha Tuomi, Jukka Koskinen (footballer), Jukka Vanninen, Jukka Veltheim, Jussi Heikkinen, Jussi Lansitalo, Kaarlo Rantanen, Kalle Eerola, Kari Arkivuo, Konsta Hietanen, Marko Kristal, Micha S awuta, Mika Kottila, Mika Vayrynen, Mikko Hauhia, Mikko Hyyrynen, Mohamed Fofana (Guinean footballer), Njazi Kuqi, Oleg Viktorovich Ivanov, Pekka Lagerblom, Pekka Sihvola, Peter Kovacs (footballer), Petri Pasanen, Petri Tiainen, Pyry Karkkainen, Rafael Pires Vieira, Riku Heini, Saku Pesonen, Sami Mahlio, Sami Sanevuori, Tatu Makela, Tennant McVea, Tomi Saarelma, Toni Huuhka, Toni Jarvinen, Tuomas Haapala, Tuomas Kuparinen, Valeri Glushakov, Viktor Szentpeteri, Ville Taulo, Ville Vaisanen, Ville Wallen. Excerpt: Jari Olavi Litmanen (.)) (born 20 February 1971 in Lahti) is a former Finnish footballer who last played for HJK. He also played for the Finland national football team, where he served as a first choice captain between 1996-2008. His international career ran from 1989 to 2010, making him the only footballer to play an international in four different decades. He 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. Litmanen also finished 42nd in the 100 Greatest Finns voting in 2004. The Association of Football Statisticians' (The AFS) compendium of 'Greatest Ever Footballers' listed Litmanen as the 53rd best footballer ever. In Finland he is often called Litti (after Pierre Littbarski), which dates from his early years in Finland; his childhood playmate Tommi Kautonen was Auge after Klaus Augenthaler. He is very often also called Kuningas (The King). Litmanen was the long-time captain for the Finnish national team, in an international career lasting two decades. During his club career he has represented Reipas, HJK, MyPa and Lahti in Finland, as well as Ajax, FC Barcelona, Liverpool, Hansa Rostock, Malmo FF and Fulham abroad. Once considered one of the best attacking midfielders in the world, he became the first Finnish footballing superstar while playing for Ajax in the mid-1990s, and won the 1995 Champions League with them. Litmanen made his first-team debut for Reipas in Finland's then top division Mestaruussarja at the age of 16 in 1987. After four seasons with Reipas he moved to HJK, Finland's biggest club, in 1991. A year later he joined MyPa, where he was coached by Harri Kampman, who later introduced him to his agent, the late Heikki Marttinen. Litmanen did not win any medals in the Finnish league, but he did win the Finnish Cup with MyPa in July 1992 in a 2-0 win over FF Jaro in the f