Jari Litmanen

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

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="5"|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|||||
|HJK Helsinki|1991|Veikkausliiga|27|16|0|0|2|0|—|29|16|||
|MyPa|1992|Veikkausliiga|18|7|6|4|—|—|24|11||||
|rowspan="8"|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|||
|rowspan="3"|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||||
|rowspan="3"|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|||
|rowspan="3"|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|||
|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||
|rowspan="4"|Malmö FF|2005|Allsvenskan|2|1||0|2|0|—|4|1||
|2006|Allsvenskan|8|2||0|—|—|8|2|||||
|2007|Allsvenskan|0|0|||—|—|0|0|||||
|Fulham|2007–08|Premier League|0|0|0|0|—|0|0|0|0|||
|rowspan="4"|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||||
|HJK Helsinki|2011|Veikkausliiga|18|1|1|1|2|0|1|0|22|2||

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

### International

|width=30|No.|width=70|Date|width=110|Home team|width=100|Visiting team|width=105|Goals|width=65|Score|width=70|Result|width=260|Venue|width=200|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|** 1.**|16 May 1991|||**2**–0|**2–0**|Win|Helsinki Olympic Stadium|UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying||||||||||
|** 2.**|25 March 1992|||1–**1**|**1–1**|Draw|Hampden Park, Glasgow|Friendly||||||||||
|** 3.**|13 October 1993|||3–**2**|**3–2**|Loss|Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||||
|** 4.**|16 November 1994|||**2**–0 **3**–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| **5–0** || rowspan=2 align=center| Win || rowspan=2| Helsinki Olympic Stadium || rowspan=2| UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying||||||||||||||
|align=center|** 5.**|||||||||||||||||
|** 6.**|29 March 1995|San Marino||0–**1**|**0–2**|Win|Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle|UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying||||||||||
|** 7.**|11 June 1995|||**1**–1 (pen.)|**2–1**|Win|Helsinki Olympic Stadium|UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying||||||||||
|** 8.**|2 June 1996|||**1**–0|**1–2**|Loss|Helsinki Olympic Stadium|Friendly||||||||||
|** 9.**|2 February 1997|||0–**1**|**1–1**|Draw|Atatürk Stadium, Denizli|Friendly||||||||||
|** 10.**|2 April 1997|||0–**1**|**1–2**|Win|Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||||
|align=center|** 11.**|8 June 1997|||**2**–0|**3–0**|Win|Helsinki Olympic Stadium|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||
|** 12.**|6 September 1997|||0–**1**|**1–2**|Win|Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||||
|** 13.**|14 October 1998|||1–**3**|**1–3**|Win|Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul|UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying||||||||||
|** 14.**|29 March 2000|||0–**1**|**1–2**|Win|Millennium Stadium, Cardiff|Friendly||||||||||
|** 15.**|16 August 2000||****|**1**–0 **2**–1 || rowspan=2 align=center| **3–1** || rowspan=2 align=center| Win || rowspan=2| Finnair Stadium, Helsinki || rowspan=2| 2000–01 Nordic Football Championship||||||||||||||
|align=center|** 16.**|||||||||||||||||
|** 17.**|2 September 2000|||**1**–0|**2–1**|Win|Finnair Stadium, Helsinki|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||||
|** 18.**|15 August 2001|||**3**–0 (pen.)|**4–1**|Win|Helsinki Olympic Stadium|Friendly||||||||||
|** 19.**|5 September 2001|||**5**–1|**5–1**|Win|Helsinki Olympic Stadium|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||||
|** 20.**|27 March 2002|||1–**3** 1–**4** || rowspan=2 align=center| **1–4** || rowspan=2 align=center| Win || rowspan=2| Estádio do Bessa, Porto || rowspan=2| Friendly||||||||||||||
|align=center|** 21.**|||||||||||||||||
|** 22.**|30 April 2003|||1–0 (pen.)|**3–0**|Win|Pohjola Stadion, Myyrmäki, Vantaa|Friendly||||||||||
|** 23.**|31 April 2004|||0–**2**|**1–2**|Win|Ta' Qali National Stadium, Valletta|Friendly||||||||||
|** 24.**|28 May 2004|||**1**–0 (pen.)|**1–3**|Loss|Ratina Stadion, Tampere|Friendly||||||||||
|** 25.**|26 March 2005|||2–**1**|**4–3**|Loss|Na Stinadlech, Teplice|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||||
|** 26.**|2 September 2006|||0–**1** 0–**2** (pen.) || rowspan=2 align=center| **1–3** || rowspan=2 align=center| Win || rowspan=2| Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak, Bydgoszcz || rowspan=2| UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying||||||||||||||
|align=center|** 27.**|||||||||||||||||
|**28.**|11 October 2006|||0–**1**|**0–2**|Win|Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying||||||||||
|** 29.**|6 February 2008|||**1**–0|**1–2**|Loss|Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia|Friendly||||||||||
|** 30.**|26 March 2008|||0–**1** (pen.)|**2–1**|Loss|Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia|Friendly||||||||||
|** 31.**|9 September 2009|||0–**1** (pen.)|**1–1**|Draw|Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||||
|** 32.**|17 November 2010||San Marino|**6**–0 (pen.)|**8–0**|Win|Helsinki Olympic Stadium|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying||||||||||

## Honours

**MyPa**
- Finnish Cup: 1992

**Ajax**
- 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**
- FA Cup: 2000–01
- Football League Cup: 2000–01
- FA Charity Shield: 2001
- UEFA Cup: 2000–01
- UEFA Super Cup: 2001

**HJK**
- Veikkausliiga: 2011
- Finnish Cup: 2011

**Finland**
- Nordic Football Championship: 2000–01

**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
- 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
- All-time top scorer in Europe for Ajax: 26 goals
- Oldest Player to Score in UEFA European Championship qualifying: 39 years and 270 days
- FC Lahti Hall of Fame: 2016

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Jari Litmanen
- **image**: Jari Litmanen 2015.jpg
- **caption**: Litmanen in 2015
- **full name**: Jari Olavi Litmanen
- **birth place**: Lahti, Finland
- **height**: 1.82 m
- **position**: Attacking midfielder
Second striker
- **youthyears1**: 1977–1987
- **youthclubs1**: Reipas Lahti, Reipas
- **years1**: 1987–1990
- **clubs1**: Reipas Lahti, Reipas
- **caps1**: 86
- **goals1**: 28
- **years2**: 1991
- **clubs2**: Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi, HJK
- **caps2**: 27
- **goals2**: 16
- **years3**: 1992
- **clubs3**: MyPa
- **caps3**: 18
- **goals3**: 7
- **years4**: 1992–1999
- **clubs4**: AFC Ajax, Ajax
- **caps4**: 159
- **goals4**: 91
- **years5**: 1999–2001
- **clubs5**: FC Barcelona, Barcelona
- **caps5**: 21
- **goals5**: 3
- **years6**: 2001–2002
- **clubs6**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps6**: 26
- **goals6**: 5
- **years7**: 2002–2004
- **clubs7**: AFC Ajax, Ajax
- **caps7**: 20
- **goals7**: 5
- **years8**: 2004
- **clubs8**: FC Lahti, Lahti
- **caps8**: 11
- **goals8**: 3
- **years9**: 2005
- **clubs9**: FC Hansa Rostock, Hansa Rostock
- **caps9**: 13
- **goals9**: 1
- **years10**: 2005–2007
- **clubs10**: Malmö FF
- **caps10**: 10
- **goals10**: 3
- **years11**: 2008
- **clubs11**: Fulham F.C., Fulham
- **caps11**: 0
- **goals11**: 0
- **years12**: 2008–2010
- **clubs12**: FC Lahti, Lahti
- **caps12**: 40
- **goals12**: 10
- **years13**: 2011
- **clubs13**: Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi, HJK
- **caps13**: 18
- **goals13**: 1
- **totalcaps**: 449
- **totalgoals**: 173
- **nationalyears1**: 1989–2010
- **nationalteam1**: Finland national football team, Finland
- **nationalcaps1**: 137
- **nationalgoals1**: 32