Jari Litmanen

Jari Litmanen (born 20 February 1971) is a Finnish football player.

Jari Litmanen

Litmanen in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Jari Olavi Litmanen
Date of birth	(1971-02-20) 20 February 1971 (age 53)[1]
Place of birth	Lahti, Finland
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder Second striker
Youth career
1977–1987	Reipas
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1990	Reipas	86	(28)
1991	HJK	27	(16)
1992	MyPa	18	(7)
1992–1999	Ajax	159	(91)
1999–2001	Barcelona	21	(3)
2001–2002	Liverpool	26	(5)
2002–2004	Ajax	20	(5)
2004	Lahti	11	(3)
2005	Hansa Rostock	13	(1)
2005–2007	Malmö FF	10	(3)
2008	Fulham	0	(0)
2008–2010	Lahti	40	(10)
2011	HJK	18	(1)
Total		449	(173)
National team
1989–2010	Finland	137	(32)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Reipas Lahti	1987	Mestaruussarja	9	0	1	0	—		—		10	0
	1988	Mestaruussarja	26	8	4	0	—		—		30	8
	1989	Mestaruussarja	25	6	4	2	—		—		29	8
	1990	Mestaruussarja	26	14	3	0	—		—		29	14
	Total		86	28	12	2	0	0	0	0	98	30
HJK Helsinki	1991	Veikkausliiga	27	16	0	0	2	0	—		29	16
MyPa	1992	Veikkausliiga	18	7	6	4	—		—		24	11
Ajax	1992–93	Eredivisie	12	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	14	1
	1993–94	Eredivisie	30	26	3	4	5	4	1	2	39	36
	1994–95	Eredivisie	27	17	4	2	11	6	1	1	43	26
	1995–96	Eredivisie	26	14	2	0	12	9	0	0	40	23
	1996–97	Eredivisie	16	6	1	0	7	2	1	0	25	8
	1997–98	Eredivisie	25	16	3	4	6	2	0	0	34	22
	1998–99	Eredivisie	23	11	5	1	4	1	1	0	33	13
	Total		159	91	19	11	46	24	4	3	228	129
Barcelona	1999–2000	La Liga	21	3	2	1	8	0	1	0	32	4
	2000–01	La Liga	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		21	3	2	1	8	0	1	0	32	4
Liverpool	2000–01	Premier League	5	1	2	1	2	0	2	0	11	2
	2001–02	Premier League	21	4	1	0	9	3	1	0	32	7
	Total		26	5	3	1	11	3	3	0	43	9
Ajax	2002–03	Eredivisie	14	5	1	0	7	2	0	0	22	7
	2003–04	Eredivisie	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	0
	Total		20	5	1	0	10	2	0	0	31	7
Lahti	2004	Veikkausliiga	11	3	1	0	1	0	—		13	3
Hansa Rostock	2004–05	Bundesliga	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	1
Malmö FF	2005	Allsvenskan	2	1		0	2	0	—		4	1
	2006	Allsvenskan	8	2		0	—		—		8	2
	2007	Allsvenskan	0	0			—		—		0	0
	Total		10	3			2	0	0	0	12	3
Fulham	2007–08	Premier League	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
Lahti	2008	Veikkausliiga	6	3	0	0	—		0	0	6	3
	2009	Veikkausliiga	13	2	2	0	6	1	3	1	24	4
	2010	Veikkausliiga	21	5	0	0	—		2	0	23	5
	Total		40	10	2	0	6	1	5	1	53	12
HJK Helsinki	2011	Veikkausliiga	18	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	22	2
Career total			449	173	48	20	15	4	87	30	599	227

• Finnish League Cup held for the first time in 1994.

International

  Win   Draw   Loss

No.	Date	Home team	Visiting team	Goals	Score	Result	Venue	Competition
1.	16 May 1991	Finland	Malta	87' 2–0	2–0	Win	Helsinki Olympic Stadium	UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying
2.	25 March 1992	Scotland	Finland	41' 1–1	1–1	Draw	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Friendly
3.	13 October 1993	Sweden	Finland	60' 3–2	3–2	Loss	Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.	16 November 1994	Finland	Faroe Islands	53' 2–0  72' 3–0	5–0	Win	Helsinki Olympic Stadium	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
5.
6.	29 March 1995	San Marino	Finland	45' 0–1	0–2	Win	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
7.	11 June 1995	Finland	Greece	45+1' 1–1 (pen.)	2–1	Win	Helsinki Olympic Stadium	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
8.	2 June 1996	Finland	Turkey	25' 1–0	1–2	Loss	Helsinki Olympic Stadium	Friendly
9.	2 February 1997	Turkey	Finland	17' 0–1	1–1	Draw	Atatürk Stadium, Denizli	Friendly
10.	2 April 1997	Azerbaijan	Finland	26 ' 0–1	1–2	Win	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
11.	8 June 1997	Finland	Azerbaijan	65' 2–0	3–0	Win	Helsinki Olympic Stadium	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
12.	6 September 1997	Switzerland	Finland	16' 0–1	1–2	Win	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
13.	14 October 1998	Turkey	Finland	90+6' 1–3	1–3	Win	Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
14.	29 March 2000	Wales	Finland	21' 0–1	1–2	Win	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	Friendly
15.	16 August 2000	Finland	Norway	24' 1–0  61' 2–1	3–1	Win	Finnair Stadium, Helsinki	2000–01 Nordic Football Championship
16.
17.	2 September 2000	Finland	Albania	45 ' 1–0	2–1	Win	Finnair Stadium, Helsinki	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
18.	15 August 2001	Finland	Belgium	3–0 (pen.)	4–1	Win	Helsinki Olympic Stadium	Friendly
19.	5 September 2001	Finland	Greece	53' 5–1	5–1	Win	Helsinki Olympic Stadium	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
20.	27 March 2002	Portugal	Finland	41' 1–3  53' 1–4	1–4	Win	Estádio do Bessa, Porto	Friendly
21.
22.	30 April 2003	Finland	Iceland	55' 1–0 (pen.)	3–0	Win	Pohjola Stadion, Myyrmäki, Vantaa	Friendly
23.	31 April 2004	Malta	Finland	86' 0–2	1–2	Win	Ta' Qali National Stadium, Valletta	Friendly
24.	28 May 2004	Finland	Sweden	8' 1–0 (pen.)	1–3	Loss	Ratina Stadion, Tampere	Friendly
25.	26 March 2005	Czech Republic	Finland	46 ' 2–1	4–3	Loss	Na Stinadlech, Teplice	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
26.	2 September 2006	Poland	Finland	54' 0–1  76' 0–2 (pen.)	1–3	Win	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak, Bydgoszcz	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
27.
28.	11 October 2006	Kazakhstan	Finland	29' 0–1	0–2	Win	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
29.	6 February 2008	Finland	Greece	66' 1–0	1–2	Loss	Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia	Friendly
30.	26 March 2008	Bulgaria	Finland	22' 0–1 (pen.)	2–1	Loss	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia	Friendly
31.	9 September 2009	Liechtenstein	Finland	74' 0–1 (pen.)	1–1	Draw	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
32.	17 November 2010	Finland	San Marino	71' 6–0 (pen.)	8–0	Win	Helsinki Olympic Stadium	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Honours

MyPa

• Finnish Cup: 1992

Ajax^[3]

• Eredivisie: 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2003–04
• KNVB Cup: 1992–93, 1997–98, 1998–99
• Dutch Supercup: 1993, 1994, 1995
• UEFA Champions League: 1994–95
• UEFA Super Cup: 1995
• Intercontinental Cup: 1995

Liverpool^[3][4][5]

• FA Cup: 2000–01
• Football League Cup: 2000–01
• FA Charity Shield: 2001^[6]
• UEFA Cup: 2000–01
• UEFA Super Cup: 2001

HJK

• Veikkausliiga: 2011
• Finnish Cup: 2011

Finland

• Nordic Football Championship: 2000–01^[7][8]

Individual

• Finnish Sports Journalists Player of the Year (8): 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
• Finnish Football Association Player of the Year (9): 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000
• Veikkausliiga Player of the Year: 1990
• Dutch Footballer of the Year: 1993
• Dutch league top scorer: 1993–94 (26 goals)
• Ballon d'Or: 1994 (8th), 1995 (3rd)
• Finnish Sports Personality of the Year: 1995
• ESM Team of the Year: 1994–95, 1995–96
• UEFA Champions League top scorer: 1995–96 (9 goals)
• Captain's Ball: 2002^[9]
• UEFA Jubilee Awards – Greatest Finnish Footballer of the last 50 Years: 2003
• Most-capped player for the Finland national team: 137 caps
• 2nd all-time top scorer for the Finland national team: 32 goals^[10]
• All-time top scorer in Europe for Ajax: 26 goals
• Oldest Player to Score in UEFA European Championship qualifying: 39 years and 270 days^[11]
• FC Lahti Hall of Fame: 2016

References

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2. "Jari Litmanen". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 10 June 2001. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
3. "Jari Litmanen and his legacy in the Netherlands". FIFA. 24 February 2023. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
4. LFChistory.net. "Liverpool career stats for Jari Litmanen – LFChistory – Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". www.lfchistory.net. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
5. "10. Jari Litmanen (January 2001)". www.liverpoolfc.com. 3 January 2018. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
6. "Liverpool edge out Man Utd". BBC Sport. 12 August 2001. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
7. "Finland vs Norway, 16 August 2000". Archived from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
8. "Nordic Championship 2000-01". Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
9. "Captain's Ball Göran Enckelmanille". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 11 November 2013. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
10. "Internationals: Teemu Pukki breaks Finland all-time goalscoring record". Canaries.co.UK. 12 October 2021. Archived from the original on 12 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
11. "Litmasesta EM-karsintahistorian vanhin maalintekijä". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 18 November 2010. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.