90s Hitmen: Selfless and Sublime, Jari Litmanen

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90s Hitmen: Selfless and Sublime, Jari Litmanen

Every so often a nation not famed for its footballing heritage produces a talent who could quite easily fit into almost any side in the game. Jari Litmanen was perhaps always going to be a footballer even given his background in Finland, a Nordic nation in which ice hockey and Formula One outweigh the world game in terms of popularity. Both of Litmanen’s parents had been footballers, each representing FC Lahti. His mother had even represented th…