nationalcaps birth_date currentclub years caps goals nationalyears image name caption fullname birth_place nationalteam height clubnumber nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
56 19 april 1975 wigan athletic 1996 2015 & ndash ; -- 1997 1997 -- 2012 2012 -- 2015 64 54 474 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 1998 -- 2010 jussi jääskeläinenwhu.jpg jussi jääskeläinen jääskeläinen training with west ham united in 2012 jussi albert jääskeläinen mikkeli , finland finland 1.91 m ftin on 32 0 mikkelin palloilijat mikkelin wigan athletic palloilijat vaasan palloseura bolton wanderers west ham united goalkeeper jussi jääskeläinen

jussi jääskeläinen

jussi albert jääskeläinen -lrb- ; born 19 april 1975 -rrb- is a finnish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for english club wigan athletic .
he holds the record for being the longest serving foreign player in the premier league after playing for bolton wanderers from 1997 until 2012 .
he left bolton for west ham united at the end of the 2011 -- 12 season after turning down a contract extension , and spent three seasons at west ham before moving to wigan athletic on a free transfer .
he earned 56 caps for the finland national football team , making his debut in 1998 and retiring from international football in 2010 .
