Ville Lehtinen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ville Lehtinen

Finnish footballer

Date of Birth: 17-Dec-1978

Place of Birth: Toijala, Finland

Profession: musician, association football player

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Ville Lehtinen

  • Ville Lehtinen (born 17 December 1978) is a Finnish former footballer. As a junior Lehtinen played for Jyväskylän Jalkapalloklubi.
  • He made his first-team debut in Finland's top division Veikkausliiga for Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi in 1997.
  • He played only two games before moving to Sheffield United.
  • He played only in youth and reserve team matches for Sheffield United . In December 1998 Lehtinen returned to Finland and practised with FC Inter Turku.
  • Inter and Lehtinen had some controversy regarding the contract between them.
  • Inter claimed that Lehtinen was only for trial in the team, but Lehtinen claimed he had signed a one-year contract with Inter.
  • Inter won the court battle, and in 1999 Lehtinen played for FC Jazz from Pori.
  • In 2000, he played with Pallo-Iirot from Rauma. In 2001 Lehtinen joined Tampere United.
  • He made seven goals and won the Finnish championship.
  • During the season 2002 he moved to Norwegian F.K.
  • Bodø/Glimt.
  • He spent three years in Norway before returning to Finland and AC Allianssi.
  • With Allianssi he won the Finnish League Cup in 2005.
  • After Allianssi was drifted to match fixing scandal, Lehtinen returned to Tampere United during the season.
  • In 2006, he was the best goalscorer for the team and again won the Finnish championship.
  • After the season, he traveled to England doing trials for many clubs like Leeds United and also tried to sign contract with FC Honka from Espoo.
  • However no contract was made and Lehtinen decided to end his football career and concentrate on his job as an investment manager.
  • In July 2007 Lehtinen decided come back to football fields.
  • He played two games in Atlantis FC in Ykkönen (the second tier) before the contract with Veikkausliiga team AC Oulu was announced. He is also a musician and his first single Naapurintyttö was released in 2006.
  • Many Finnish radio stations have played his music.

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