Matti Lähitie [SEP] member of sports team
Matti Lähitie
Matti Lähitie (born 13 February 1985 in Pori) is a Finnish footballer, currently playing for Jyväskylän Jalkapalloklubi (JJK) in the Finnish Ykkönen. He plays as a defender or defensive midfielder.
Playing career.
Matti Lähitie started his football career at Finnish club FC Jazz, where he made his league debut at the age of just seventeen years old. In total he made forty appearances at FC Jazz between 2002 and 2004, scoring twice.
In 2005, he transferred to another Finnish club,
team in the top league. In 2006 Ville Priha returned to his home city – this time as a coach. The new coach with his team including Lassi Lehtonen, Jussi Hakasalo and a young promising striker Tommi Kari celebrated in the end of the season a promotion back to Ykkönen.
Before the 2007 season, JJK got new strengthenings with a defender Jukka Sinisalo returning from FC Inter, midfielder Matti Lähitie and striker Babatunde Wusu from Mikkeli. The team ended up being third in the league. The team continued to strengthen