Jukka Lehtonen

Jukka Lehtonen
Jukka Lehtonen
Personal information
Full name	Jukka Lehtonen
Born	22 February 1982 (age 42); Savonlinna, Finland
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Middle-blocker
Current club	GFCO Ajaccio
Career
2001–2004; 2004–2006; 2006–2008; 2008–2009; 2009–2010 ; 2010–2011	Savonlinnan East Volley; Napapiirin Palloketut; Rovaniemen Santasport ; Aris Thessaloniki ; Marcegaglia Ravenna ; GFCO Ajaccio
National team
3 years	Finland

Jukka Lehtonen (born 22 February 1982) is a professional volleyball player from Finland who joins GFCO Ajaccio in French Ligue A for season 2010–2011.^[1] He is also the captain of Finland men's national volleyball team.^[2]

Career

Early career

Lehtonen started his volleyball career in Rantasalmen Urheilijat year 1989. Ten years after that he played on fourth highest level in Finland. Two years after that he made contract Bad Saulgau team. He moved to Germany and started play their second highest level.

East Volley

After one year in Germany he came back to Finland and started playing in Savonlinnan East Volley which played Finland volleyball league. He was two times with East Volley in medalgames, but when East Volley got many problems he changed to Napapiirin Palloketut.

Palloketut

Season 2004–2006 Lehtonen played in Napapiirin Palloketut, Rovaniemi. He won season 2005 with team Finland Cup Champion. Media chose him to season 2005–2006 All-Stars team. After two season in Napapiirin Palloketut Lehtonen made contract with new club named Rovaniemen Santasport.

Santasport

First season was success to Lehtonen in Santasport. He won Finland league Champion first time on his career. Santasport played too good games in European league. After season media chose Lehtonen again to All-Stars team. Second season was too good to Lehtonen and his team. Lehtonen got his second Finland Champion after very exciting finals. Media chose Lehtonen third time to All-Stars team.

Aris Thessalonik

After season 2008 Lehtonen made contract with Aris Thessaloniki which play in Greece Volleyball league.

National team

First time Jukka Lehtonen get to national team year 2006. He played good season in Finland league and team couch Mauro Berruto wanted Lehtonen to his team. Lehtonen played his first national team match against Canada in FIVB World league, and has altogether 61 appearances in the National Team.^[3] Since Tuomas Sammelvuo retired from the Finnish National Team, he has been the captain of the team.

Achievements

Personal

Finland league All-Stars team 2006, 2007, 2008
Sport Channel All-Stars team 2008
Best blocker in Finland league 2007, 2008
Play-off best blocker 2008
Hotsport.info All-Stars team 2008

Team

Finland Champion 2007, 2008
Finland Cup Champion 2005
Swiss Champion 2013
Swiss Cup Champion 2013

Teams

2001–2004 Savonlinnan East Volley
2004–2006 Napapiirin Palloketut
2006–2008 Rovaniemen Santasport
2008–2009 Aris Thessalonik
2009–2010 ITA Marcegaglia Ravenna
2010–2011 GFCO Ajaccio
2011–2012 Città di Castello A2 Italy
2012–2013 EN Gas & Oil Lugano
2013–2014 Energy Investments Lugano

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References

^ "Etta menettää keskitorjuja Lehtosen Ranskaan". Helsingin Sanomat. 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
^ "Finland national team". FIVB. 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
^ "Lentopallokirja 2010–2011 (in Finnish)" (PDF). Finnish Volleyball Association. 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Jukka Lehtonen ^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Jukka Lehtonen | LZSport Pro". Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.

[1] "Etta menettää keskitorjuja Lehtosen Ranskaan". Helsingin Sanomat. 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.

[2] "Finland national team". FIVB. 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.

[3] "Lentopallokirja 2010–2011 (in Finnish)" (PDF). Finnish Volleyball Association. 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[4] Jukka Lehtonen ^{[dead link‍]}

[5] "Jukka Lehtonen | LZSport Pro". Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.

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