Jari Litmanen officially makes return to football age 55

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Former Liverpool man Jari Litmanen has officially returned to football at the age of 55, ending a 14-year retirement. Image Credits: Imago Images Former Liverpool man Jari Litmanen has officially returned to football at the age of 55, ending a 14-year retirement to sign for Tallinna Kalev III in Estonia.

The Finnish legend, who played his best football at Ajax and Barcelona, has been registered for the club’s third team. 🇫🇮🇪🇪 || 55 YEAR OLD, Finland legend Jari Litmanen has been registered by Tallinna Kalev III ahead of the new season Life in the old dog yet 😉🇫🇮 pic.twitter.com/WOSy0xMrfo — 🇪🇪 Estonian Football Podcast 🇪🇪 (@EstonianFBP) April 2, 2026 Litmanen’s spell at Anfield was brief and, by his own elite standards, a little bittersweet. Litmanen last played professional football in the 2011/12 season with HJK Helsinki, where he signed off by winning his first and only Finnish league title before calling time on a glittering career.

Fourteen years later, he is back on the pitch with Tallinna Kalev III, a side competing in the lower tiers of Estonian football and owned by former Liverpool defender Ragnar Klavan – who actually ran for the presidency of the Estonian Football Association in 2025 but lost the election to long‑serving Aivar Pohlak. During his peak in Amsterdam he became Champions League top scorer in 1995/96, while on the international stage he amassed 137 caps for Finland and was named his country’s player of the year 10 times.