pcupdate youthclubs clubs caps goals ntupdate birth_place nationalteam height article_title position nationalcaps nationalyears birth_date clubnumber currentclub name nationalgoals
18 july 2012 tps tps 107 0 23 may 2010 turku , finland finland u-21 finland 1.87 0 jukka lehtovaara
 goalkeeper 6 1 2008 -- 2010 - 15 march 1988 12 tps turku jukka lehtovaara 0 0
jukka lehtovaara

jukka lehtovaara -lrb- born 15 march 1988 , turku -rrb- is a finnish football goalkeeper .
he represents tps of finnish premier football division , veikkausliiga .
he made his debut in 2006 .
during the 2007 lehtovaara gained his place as the starting goalie for the team .
after the season he was nominated as the goalkeeper of the year and rookie of the year in finland .
he is generally considered as one of the most promising footballers in finland .
2009 he was nominated again as the goalkeeper of the year after a terrific season and thus has stirred up a lot of interest in bigger clubs .
he continued dominating in the 2010 season as well , winning the goalkeeper of the year award again .
lehtovaara has played several caps for finland on different junior levels and he is currently a member of the finland national under-21 football team .
he has also visited the training camps of , for example , west ham united fc , liverpool f.c. , chelsea fc , everton fc and fulham fc .
on 4 november 2010 he is on a one-week trial at west bromwich .
his current contract with tps lasts until 2013 .
lehtovaara made his debut for finnish national squad on 21 may 2010 against estonia , playing the first half in a 2-0 away defeat .
