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#7 Jari Litmanen
Unopposed in the race for the best Finnish player ever, Litmanen is one of a handful of players to represent a national team in four different decades. After debuting back in 1989, he played his last match in 2010 against San Marino (8-0).
But there’s more to his career than national team glory, and despite being rarely mentioned today Litmanen was described by Van Gaal as “The best number 10 he ever had in his team” and even Zlatan Ibrahimovic himself put aside his ego to say that Jari Litmanen saved his career and “allowed others to play better”.
Litti, as he was called in Finland, played for clubs such as HJK, Barcelona, and Liverpool, but it was at Ajax where he really made a name for himself, playing alongside greats like Van der Sar, de Boer, Rijkaard, Seedorf, Overmars, and arguably the most talented player in the team that lifted the Champions League in 1995.
