It seems that we have had our fair share of goalkeepers but goalscorers and playmakers are harder to find. The trend is the same in ice hockey but as none of us here bothers about hockey let´s talk football!
To start from the creme de la creme;
Antti Niemi. For me personally one of the best goalkeepers in modern times. If he just had happened to born german or spanish he would be champion of the world or europe but with the finnish national team that was never too close. A career in Scotland and England, last teams were Southampton and Fulham but he was too modest, too honest, too loyal and too happy to mover anywhere in the hunt of Big Money. A fine man who retired from football in 2008 in need of rest and some surgery.
Jussi Jääskeläinen. Bolton Wanderer and the main reason for the other wanderers to still play premier league football.
Bubbling under;
Peter Enckelman at Cardiff City. A success in Wales after a disappointing spell at Blackburn. Next target in the FA-Cup is Arsenal.
Tomi Maanoja AIK Stockholm. The future awaits! After securing the Finnish U21 team in the Euro 2009 finals in Sweden in a penalty shoot-out against Austria he became famous of the phrase " vittu mä oon hyvä!" which describes in a quite of a vulgar way how good he himself thinks he is. A promising and very hard-working talent to watch.
Did you think that was all?
Bahne Magnus,1979
SWE: Halmstad (Allsvenskan)
Fredrikson Otto, 1981
NOR: Lilleström (Tippeligaen)
Jaakkola Anssi, 1987
ITA: Siena (Serie
Masalin Jon, 1986
NOR: HamKam (Tippeligaen)
Mäenpää Niki, 1985
NED: Den Bosch (Eerste divisie)
Vilmunen Mikko, 1980
NOR: Alta (Adeccoligaen)
Time to edit this post now; January 10th Lucas Hradecky from TPS gets a transfer to Esbjerg FB. A good move for the 19 year old who has mostly just been warming up the bench at TPS.
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