{"id":16123,"date":"2025-05-21T10:03:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T07:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahto.com\/nayttely\/jari-litmanen\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T11:37:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T08:37:20","slug":"jari-litmanen","status":"publish","type":"exhibition","link":"https:\/\/tahto.com\/en\/exhibition\/jari-litmanen\/","title":{"rendered":"Jari Litmanen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"block block-content-wrapper container-fluid theme-white\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-8 offset-lg-2 col-hd-6 offset-hd-3\">\n                <main class=\"entry-content\">\n                    \n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How did a young boy from Lahti become the king of European football fields?<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Jari Litmanen Exhibition offers a comprehensive look at the incredible career of the Finnish football legend, while also paying tribute to the passion, perseverance, and courage to dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jari Litmanen has left a lasting mark on Finnish sports \u2013 and now his story is told in an exhibition that the footballer himself has played a significant role in curating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A product of Lahden Reipas, Litmanen rose to become a phenomenon across football-following Europe. During his career, he played for several clubs, achieving his greatest success with Ajax Amsterdam, where he won the Champions League in 1995. That very jersey is on display in the exhibition!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Finland, Litmanen earned the nickname \u201cThe King,\u201d and he also won the hearts of the Dutch, especially through his humility \u2013 and, of course, his goals. The exhibition also features a strong focus on the fan culture surrounding Litmanen, with the help of collector Taneli Okkonen, who specializes in \u201cLitti.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jari Litmanen Exhibition is on display at Sports Museum on 23.5.2025-8.3.2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/tahto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6108-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tahto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6108-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/tahto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6108-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tahto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6108-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tahto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6108-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tahto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6108-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tahto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6108-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/tahto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6108-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/tahto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6108-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 510px, (max-width: 991px) 290px, (max-width: 1199px) 530px, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n                <\/main>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":15424,"template":"","exhibition_hashtags":[154,155],"class_list":["post-16123","exhibition","type-exhibition","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","exhibition_hashtag-inluded-in-ticket","exhibition_hashtag-sports-museum-of-finland"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jari Litmanen - Tahto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jari Litmanen Exhibition is on display at Sports Museum of Finland on 23.5.-26.10.2025. 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