Jussi Länsitalo
{{short description|Finnish footballer (born 1990)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jussi Länsitalo
| image = Jussi Länsitalo 1.jpg
| caption = Länsitalo with Lahti in 2015
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|6|30}}
| birth_place = Pori, Finland
| position = Right winger
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1995–2000
| youthclubs1 = ASV Birkenheide
| youthyears2 = 2000–2004
| youthclubs2 = FC Thayngen
| youthyears3 = 2004–2006
| youthclubs3 = FC Schaffhausen
| youthyears4 = 2006–2007
| youthclubs4 = Pleasant Valley Spartans
| youthyears5 = 2007–2008
| youthclubs5 = FC Reipas
| years1 = 2009–2014
| clubs1 = Lahti
| caps1 = 96
| goals1 = 16
| years2 = 2014
| clubs2 = FSV 08 Bissingen
| caps2 = 1
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2015–2017
| clubs3 = Lahti
| caps3 = 39
| goals3 = 4
| totalcaps = 136
| totalgoals = 20
}}
Jussi Länsitalo (born 30 June 1990) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a right winger.
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.{{cite news |title=Jussi Länsitalon ura jatkuu Saksassa |url=https://www.kymppipaikka.fi/Suomalaiset-maailmalla/Jussi-Lansitalon-ura-jatkuu-Saksassa |work=Kymppipaikka |date=26 July 2014 |language=fi}}{{cite news |last1=Raninen |first1=Aatu |title=Jussi Länsitalo kulki lähtöruudun kautta |url=https://www.uusilahti.fi/urheilu/806186 |work=Uusi Lahti |date=22 April 2015 |language=fi}} In July 2014, he moved to German club FSV 08 Bissingen competing in the sixth-tier Verbandsliga Württemberg, where he would play while studying. He returned to Lahti in January 2015, and had a stint plagued by another knee injury,{{cite news |title=FC Lahti saamassa luottopakkinsa sairastuvalta – En halunnut lopettaa loukkaantumiseen |url=https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-8755408 |work=Yle Urheilu |date=18 March 2016 |language=fi}} before retiring from football in December 2016, to become sales manager of the club.{{cite news |last1=Luoma |first1=Katja |title=Myyntipäällikkö Jussi Länsitalo jättää FC Lahden |url=https://www.ess.fi/urheilu/29550 |work=Etelä-Suomen Sanomat |date=20 April 2019 |language=fi}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120322193851/http://www.fclahti.fi/index.php?mact=FCLahtiTeams,cntnt01,details,0&cntnt01player=18&cntnt01detailtemplate=&cntnt01returnid=30 Jussi Länsitalo] at FC Lahti
- {{Soccerway}}
- {{WorldFootball.net}}
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Category:Footballers from Pori
Category:Finnish men's footballers
Category:21st-century Finnish sportsmen
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:FC Schaffhausen players
Category:Veikkausliiga players
Category:Finnish expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Category:Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Category:FC City Stars players