Jari Litmanen
Jari Olavi Litmanen is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or a second striker. He was the first-choice captain of the Finland national team between 1996 and 2008 in an international career that ran from 1989 to 2010. Litmanen is widely considered to be Finland's greatest football player of all time. He was chosen as the best Finnish player of the last 50 years by the Football Association of Finland in the UEFA Jubilee Awards in November 2003. He also finished 42nd in the 100 Greatest Finns voting in 2004. The Association of Football Statisticians' compendium of 'Greatest Ever Footballers' listed Litmanen as the 53rd best footballer ever.
20 February 1971
Born on the same birth date (20 February 1971): Joost van der Westhuizen
Born on the same birth day (20 February): Artur Boruc • Bob Richards • Buddy Rogers (wrestler) • Charles Auguste de Bériot • Clarke Schmidt • Glen Hanlon • Judith Montefiore • Lauren Ambrose • Lim Kit Siang • Poison Ivy (musician) • Stephon Marbury • Tony Wilson
Born in the same month (February 1971): Anita Tsoy • Brian Stepanek • Carlos Rogers (basketball) • Daniel Powter • Denise Richards • Gillian Flynn • Hwang Seok-jeong • Hélène Ségara • Johan Mjällby • Mats Sundin • Michelle Gayle • Pierre Fulke • Rob Corddry • Sharon Case • Tasha Smith • Todd Williams