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Originally Posted by Nimmy
what sports are big in finland?
greatest finnish player ever? anti niemi or jari liteaman? is that how you spell it?
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Participant-wise footy is the biggest, but attendance-wise it's ice hockey.
Other than hockey, we seem to do OK in F1, rally, strongman competitions and javelin... aaaaand that's about it.
Jari Litmanen is the greatest so far surely. He's won the Champs League (and been the top scorer), and was voted third best in the world (behind Rivaldo and someone else).
Would love it, if we made it to the next Euro with the Mighty Mullet(we've never had as good a chance as now). We've NEVER been to a Euro or World Cup, can you believe that. Whereas Sweden gets there every time.
Our most "famous" players at the mo' would be Niemi, Jaaskelainen, Hyypia, Tainio, Vayrynen and Forssell. A decent starting line-up,not much talent behind it.