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Jari Litmanen is a Finnish footballer who played professionally during his career. While specific details about his accomplishments aren't provided here, he represents Finnish football talent and contribution to the sport.
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Film & TV
Lahti, Finland
Known for
- Ricky Rapper and the Wild Machine — Pizzalähetti2023
- Ricky Rapper and the Fake Vincent — Van Houten2020
- Becoming Zlatan — Himself2015
- Kuningas Litmanen — Self2012
- Ajax Collection - 1995 — Zichzelf2006
- Barend en Van Dorp — Self1998
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Olavi
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Lahti
- Father
- Olavi Litmanen
- Occupation
- color commentator
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Finland national under-21 football team
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Finland
- Mass
- 76
- Image
- Jari Litmanen 2015.jpg
- Height
- 181
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- Commons category
- Jari Litmanen
- date of birth
- 1971-02-20
- birth name
- Jari Olavi Litmanen
- nickname
- Kuningas
- start of work period
- 1987-00-00
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 1
- total goals in career
- 0
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Encyclopedic overview
Jari Olavi Litmanen ( pronounced [ˈjɑri ˈlitmɑnen] ; born 20 February 1971) 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' (The AFS) 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.
In Finland, he is often called "Litti" (after his own surname), which dates from his early years, and is also known as "Kuningas" ("The King").
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