Jari Olavi Litmanen (born February 20 1971 in Lahti) is a Finnish footballer, widely considered the country's greatest ever. 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. Litmanen currently plays for Malmö FF in the Swedish Allsvenskan, and is the captain of the Finnish national team. Wikipedia
2006 September 02: Jari Litmanen scored twice as Finland got their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign off to a fine start with an impressive win away to ten-man Poland in Group A. www.footballdatabase.com/site/players/index.php?dumpPlaye...
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