Jussi Länsitalo

Jussi Länsitalo (born 30 June 1990) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a right winger.

Jussi Länsitalo
Länsitalo with Lahti in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-06-30) 30 June 1990
Place of birth Pori, Finland
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Right winger
Youth career
1995–2000 ASV Birkenheide
2000–2004 FC Thayngen
2004–2006 FC Schaffhausen
2006–2007 Pleasant Valley Spartans
2007–2008 FC Reipas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2014 Lahti 96 (16)
2014 FSV 08 Bissingen 1 (0)
2015–2017 Lahti 39 (4)
Total 136 (20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Länsitalo began his professional career with Lahti, and was the club top goalscorer in the 2013 Veikkausliiga season, before suffering a serious knee injury in a match against VPS in June 2013.[2][3] In July 2014, he moved to German club FSV 08 Bissingen competing in the sixth-tier Verbandsliga Württemberg, where he would play while studying.[2] He returned to Lahti in January 2015, and had a stint plagued by another knee injury,[4] before retiring from football in December 2016, to become sales manager of the club.[5]

References
  1. "Jussi Länsitalo - Stats centre". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  2. "Jussi Länsitalon ura jatkuu Saksassa". Kymppipaikka (in Finnish). 26 July 2014.
  3. Raninen, Aatu (22 April 2015). "Jussi Länsitalo kulki lähtöruudun kautta". Uusi Lahti (in Finnish).
  4. "FC Lahti saamassa luottopakkinsa sairastuvalta – En halunnut lopettaa loukkaantumiseen". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 18 March 2016.
  5. Luoma, Katja (20 April 2019). "Myyntipäällikkö Jussi Länsitalo jättää FC Lahden". Etelä-Suomen Sanomat (in Finnish).
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