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Olavi Litmanen
Personal information
Date of birth	17 April 1945 (age 79)
Place of birth	Saari, Finland
Position(s)	Forward, Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
1964–1966	Lahden Reipas
1966–1967	Lahden Palloseura
1968–1974	Lahden Reipas
1975	Lahden Palloseura
1977	Lahden Palloseura
1978	Lahden Reipas
1979–1982	Lahden Palloseura
International career
1970–1972	Finland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Olavi Litmanen (born 17 April 1945) is a Finnish former international footballer who played as a forward. He spent his career with Reipas Lahti in Mestaruussarja and Lahden Palloseura in lower divisions.^[1]^[2]

He won 5 Finnish Cup winners' medals with Reipas, 1964, 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1978.^[3]

Personal life

Litmanen married a player of the Reipas women's team.^[1] He is the father of the Finnish international footballer Jari Olavi Litmanen who also began his career with Reipas.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Litmanen Scrapbook". Fulham FC. 4 March 2008. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
^ Kasila, Markku; Vuorinen, Juha. Pelimiehet. Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö. p. 191. ISBN 978-952-99075-9-5.
^ "Suomen Cupin historiaa" (in Finnish). Palloliitto. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

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[ffc-1] "Litmanen Scrapbook". Fulham FC. 4 March 2008. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[2] Kasila, Markku; Vuorinen, Juha. Pelimiehet. Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö. p. 191. ISBN 978-952-99075-9-5.

[3] "Suomen Cupin historiaa" (in Finnish). Palloliitto. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

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