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Jari Litmanen

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Jari Olavi Litmanen (pronounced [ˈjɑri ˈlitmɑnen] ; born 20 February 1971) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jari Litmanen is the 373rd most popular soccer player (down from 330th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Finland and the most popular Finnish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jari Litmanen ranks 373 out of 21,273. Before him are Kiyoo Kanda, Yasuo Haruyama, Ramón Díaz, Tamotsu Asakura, Koji Miyata, and Saizo Saito. After him are Günter Netzer, Rinat Dasayev, Mesut Özil, Thomas Müller, Shigeo Sugimoto, and Elías Figueroa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Jari Litmanen ranks 26. Before him are Julian Assange, Niko Kovač, Elif Shafak, Ricky Martin, Snoop Dogg, and Ma Dong-seok. After him are Dolores O'Riordan, Fabien Barthez, Unai Emery, Sacha Baron Cohen, Kim Jong-nam, and Ewan McGregor.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Jari Litmanen ranks 48 out of 751. Before him are Hannes Kolehmainen (1889), Antti Aarne (1867), Zachris Topelius (1818), Ari Vatanen (1952), Alexander Stubb (1968), and Kimi Räikkönen (1979). After him are Heikki Hasu (1926), Liisi Oterma (1915), Eliel Saarinen (1873), Hugo Simberg (1873), Matti Nykänen (1963), and Aino Aalto (1894).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Finland

Among soccer players born in Finland, Jari Litmanen ranks 1. After him are Sami Hyypiä (1973), Aulis Rytkönen (1929), Teemu Pukki (1990), Petri Pasanen (1980), Niklas Moisander (1985), Jussi Jääskeläinen (1975), Tim Sparv (1987), Joonas Kolkka (1974), Joel Pohjanpalo (1994), Ari Hjelm (1962), and Hannu Tihinen (1976).

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