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Jussi Jääskeläinen Jussi Albert Jääskeläinen ( ; born 19 April 1975 ) is a Finnish football coach and retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper . During his career , Jääskeläinen most notably represented Bolton Wanderers from 1997 until 2012 , making 530 appearances across all competitions . He left Bolton for West Ham United at the end of the 2011–12 season , moving on after three seasons to Wigan Athletic on a free transfer . In his first season with Wigan , he won the League One title . He left Wigan after two seasons to join Indian club ATK , where he retired in 2018 . Jääskeläinen earned 56 caps for the Finland national team , making his debut in 1998 and retiring from international football in 2010 . Club career . Jääskeläinen was born in Mikkeli , and made his Veikkausliiga debut for MP Mikkeli in 1992 , becoming the clubs first choice goalkeeper in 1994 . In 1996 , he moved to VPS Vaasa where he spent two seasons . Bolton Wanderers . Jääskeläinen was bought by manager Colin Todd for £100,000 for Bolton Wanderers of the Football League First Division in 1997 . He soon established himself as the clubs first choice keeper , though a cruciate ligament injury ruled him out for half of Boltons 2000–01 promotion season . In October 2006 he saved two penalties in one match from Blackburn Rovers Benni McCarthy and Jason Roberts to secure a 1–0 away win . On 13 May 2007 , Jääskeläinen received Boltons Player of the Year Award and also the Players Player of the Year Award after helping Bolton secure a UEFA Cup spot for only the second time in their history . Despite much speculation linking him with a move away from Bolton when his contract expired following the 2007–08 season , Jääskeläinen agreed a new four-year contract on 11 June , which he signed on 9 July . His 400th appearance came against Manchester City on 2 November 2008 , with his 400th start coming six days later against Hull City . In January 2009 he saved another penalty from Benni McCarthy in a match against Blackburn Rovers , now managed by his former manager Sam Allardyce , to secure a 2–2 draw . After twelve years , Jääskeläinen was granted a testimonial match against Hibernian in August 2009 in which he kept a clean sheet . His 500th appearance came against Birmingham City on 12 March 2011 in an FA Cup Quarter-Final and his 500th start a week later at Manchester United . In 2012 , in the Premier League 20 Seasons Awards , a double-save from Jääskeläinen against Manchester United on 20 October 2001 came third in a poll deciding the best save in the Premier Leagues 20-year existence . At the end of the 2011–12 season Bolton were relegated from the Premier League and Jääskeläinen rejected a two-year contract bringing an end to his 15-year stay with the club . He made 530 appearances in all competitions , putting him joint third in Boltons all-time appearance list . West Ham United . On 13 June 2012 , West Ham confirmed that Jääskeläinen had agreed personal terms on a one-year deal with an option for a second year . Jääskeläinen was once again reunited with former manager Sam Allardyce , under whom he worked for eight years at Bolton Wanderers . He made his debut for West Ham on 18 August 2012 in a 1–0 win against Aston Villa . On 12 April 2013 , the option for contract extension was activated , keeping Jääskeläinen with the Hammers until summer 2014 . He played all 38 games of West Hams 2012–13 season , in the Premier League and was named runner-up in the Hammer of the Year . He played 18 games in the next Premier League season before being dropped in January for Adrián . On 4 June 2014 , signed a new one-year contract extension with West Ham keeping him at the club until the end of the 2014–15 season , saying Physically I feel good and I felt good last season so I hope I can carry on from there . Jääskeläinen played just one game for West Ham in the 2014–15 season , coming on for Carlton Cole after Adrián had been sent-off in a goalless draw at Southampton on 11 February 2015 . He was released at the end of the campaign . Wigan Athletic . After his release from West Ham , Jääskeläinen trialled with Bradford City . On 11 August 2015 , he signed a one-year deal with Wigan Athletic , newly relegated to League One . Initially back-up to fellow incomer Richard ODonnell , he made his debut on 3 October at the age of 40 , keeping a clean sheet in a goalless draw with Walsall at the DW Stadium . On 31 March 2016 , after his 15 clean sheets in 32 games helped Wigan onto an 18-match unbeaten run and second place in the table , he extended his contract for another season . Wigan ended the season as champions . Following the end of his contract at the end of the 2016–17 season , with Wigan being relegated back to League One after finishing 23rd , Jaaskelainen was one of four players to be released by Wigan . ATK . On 1 September 2017 , 42-year old Jääskeläinen switched clubs and countries , signing for Indian Super League club ATK . He made his debut three months later in a goalless draw at Jamshedpur FC . On 17 January , he was released after having played as a second choice to Debjit Majumder . Later reports clarified he will remain at the club as a coach , but his playing career had ended . International career . Jääskeläinen made his debut for Finland on 25 March 1998 against Malta . He was Finlands second choice behind Antti Niemi for years , but after Niemi retired from international football in 2005 , Jääskeläinen finally became the Finnish number one . On 29 October 2009 , Jääskeläinen announced his retirement from international football having collected 55 caps for his country . In explaining his decision Jääskeläinen stated that he hoped that it would allow him to prolong his club career . However , on 6 October 2010 Jääskeläinen announced his comeback to national team in a match against Hungary as Otto Fredrikson was unable to play because of an injury but confirmed that this was just a one-off . Coaching career . In 2018 he was appointed as the goalkeeper coach at Wrexham by manager Sam Ricketts , a former team-mate at Bolton . Due to the speculation over Ricketts job , Jääskeläinen , alongside Graham Barrow and Carl Darlington , took charge of Wrexhams second round FA Cup match against Newport County on 1 December . The match finished 0–0 , meaning a replay would be played . Two days later , the departure of Ricketts was confirmed , and Barrow was named sole caretaker manager until a replacement was found . He left the club on 7 June 2019 . Personal life . Jääskeläinens eldest son Will Jääskeläinen plays for Crewe Alexandra , in the same position , having left Bolton in August 2017 without making a competitive senior appearance . His youngest son , Emil , plays for Kendal Town . Career statistics . Club . <nowiki>*</nowiki> includes 2 play off matches Honours . - Wigan Athletic - League One : 2015–16 National . Finland - Nordic Football Championship : 2000–01