Pertti Jantunen

Pertti Jantunen
Personal information
Date of birth	25 June 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth	Lahti, Finland
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1971–1977	Reipas Lahti
1977	CD Málaga
1978	IFK Eskilstuna
1979–1980	Bristol City
1980	Reipas Lahti
1981–1983	Västerås SK
1984–1989	Reipas Lahti
1990–1991	Peli-Karhut
International career
1975–1978	Finland
Managerial career
1999	Pallo-Lahti
2003–2006	City Stars
2010–2013	MPS (women)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pertti Jantunen, born 25 June 1952, is a Finnish football manager and a former footballer.

Club career

Jantunen played for Reipas Lahti in the Finnish premier division Mestaruussarja before joining CD Málaga in 1977 as the first ever Finnish footballer in Spain. In 1979, he was signed by Bristol City. Jantunen was the first Finn playing the top level in England.^[1] He also played for IFK Eskilstuna and Västerås SK in Sweden.

Jantunen was capped 26 times for Finland, making his international debut in September 1975 against the Netherlands in Nijmegen.^[2]

^ "Pertti Jantunen täyttää 60 vuotta" (in Finnish). Finnish Football Association. 25 June 2012. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
^ Pertti Jantunen EU Football Info. Retrieved 20 October 2015.