pcbear 10,924 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Scored a couple for Finland today, same one that was scoring 20 years ago?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
we_are_the_people 2 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Scored a couple for Finland today, same one that was scoring 20 years ago??Same player mate, think he is about 39/40 years of age.Must be close to 150 caps, lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingWilBEARy 4,319 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Same one - still playing at 39. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raligt 2,541 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 There is a statue of him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amac9 2,060 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 He was a class act! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieD 19,188 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Absolute legend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwrfc 32 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 There is a statue of him Which one of the guys is he in the picture? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcbear 10,924 Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 Played for some cracking clubs, i could have swore he played for Dortmund, i just looked it up and no mention of him playing for Dortmund, Paul Lambert time,or am i thinking of someone else?? was there a Litmanen playalike around that time? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwrfc 32 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Played for some cracking clubs, i could have swore he played for Dortmund, i just looked it up and no mention of him playing for Dortmund, Paul Lambert time,or am i thinking of someone else?? was there a Litmanen playalike around that time?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_UEFA_Champions_League_FinalYou may be thinking of Chapuisat or Moller? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcbear 10,924 Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_UEFA_Champions_League_FinalYou may be thinking of Chapuisat or Moller?Chapuisats exactly who i was thinking of, cheers, it was nowhere near the tip of my tongue, pretty similar player to Litmanen imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Sasac 164 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Wee bit before my time. Did he not go to Fulham?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris182 6,366 Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Litmanen was fantastic in SWOS 96/97 - FACT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steffdrum33 0 Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 The guys played international football in 4 different decades thats impressive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kai270466 2 Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Brilliant player good to see he is still playing International Footballall the best kai Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemeanie6 3 Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 One of my fav players of all time, phenomenal at Ajax and has one of the sweetest left foots ever to grace football (bar Laudrup!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoghurto 9 Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Check out this goal he scored in September. As they say...class is permanent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aird 3,848 Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 On 10th October 2010 Litmanen became the first Finnish team sport player to receive a statue. His statue is located at Kisapuisto (Lahti) where he started his career in the 70'sHow weird is that. Starting your career in the 70s and you're still playing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby 41 Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 unreal this guy is still playing to that level Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieD 19,188 Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 How weird is that. Starting your career in the 70s and you're still playing To be fair, it means his youth team.It's like Paolo Maldini, who joined AC Milan in 1978 and played for them until 2009 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRICKY1872 118 Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Fantastic player, skillful and intelligent. Thought Liverpool would be the twilight of his career, did a great job with them. Didn't realise he was still playing, fantastic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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