Justus Lehto

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Justus Lehto
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-04-06) 6 April 1997 (age 28)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 FC Jazz
Number 19
Youth career
2000–2015 FC Jazz
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016 FC Jazz 18 (3)
2016 FC Jazz II 6 (3)
2017–2018 PS Kemi 31 (1)
2021 KPV 18 (2)
2022 KuPS II 17 (11)
2023 VPS 1 (0)
2024– Jazz 52 (18)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:17, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

Justus Lehto (born 6 April 1997) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays for FC Jazz, as a midfielder. [1]

Career

Lehto began his career with FC Jazz, joining at three years of age. [2]

In December 2020, Lehto revealed that he had suffered from severe overtraining syndrome and physical burnout, which kept him on sidelines for two-and-a-half years. [3]

For the 2022 season, Lehto signed for Kuopion Palloseura, where he played for KuPS Academy team. [4]

In 2023 Lehto returned to Veikkausliiga with VPS. [5] In October 2023 VPS announced that Lehto was recovering from a heart operation, more precisely catheter ablation. [6]

On 17 March 2024, Lehto returned to his boyhood club FC Jazz, following their promotion to the Ykkönen. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Justus Lehto at Soccerway . Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Pelipaita numero 10 sai omistajan". fcjazz.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  3. ↑ Riihentupa, Timo; Pori (27 December 2020). "Cooperin testissä 3 800 metriä juossut Justus Lehto, 23, ajautui kauhujen kierteeseen: syke nousi sängyssä asentoa vaihtaessa". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Kokeneen pelaajan hankinta KuPSin Akatemiaan kannatti – heti voittomaali ja joukkueelle ensimmäiset voittopisteet". Savon Sanomat (in Finnish). 5 June 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Tervetuloa Vaasan Palloseuraan Justus Lehto! – Vaasan Palloseura" (in Finnish). 27 January 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "VPS-hyökkääjä Justus Lehto toipuu sydänoperaatiosta – Vaasan Palloseura" (in Finnish). 11 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2025.


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