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Jussi Länsitalo

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Jussi Länsitalo
Länsitalo with Lahti in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-06-30) 30 June 1990 (age 34)
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

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

Career

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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

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  1. ^ "Jussi Länsitalo - Stats centre". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b "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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