PLAYER PROFILES

 


 

 

11 • Jukka Lehto

Sophomore • Forward
5-10• 165
Lahti, Finland. • Salpausselan Urheilulukio

As a Junior in 2006: Started 10 games at forward, and played in 16... Scored a goal in three contests and totalled 14 shots... Scored first goal of season against VMI (8/27)... Tallied one of three LIU goals against Binghamton (9/3)... Scored Blackbirds' lone goal in 2-1 loss to Robert Morris (10/13).

As a Sophomore in 2005: One of four Blackbirds to start all 16 contests...Led the squad with five goals and ranked second in points with 11...Scored both of his team's goals in a 2-1 triumph of St. Francis (N.Y.) (10/16)...Recorded the first goal of his career at Michigan (9/11)...Found the back of the net a week later in 2-1 loss to Sacramento State (9/18)...Ranked second on the team in shots with 26...His three goals in conference tied him for eighth in the NEC...Also tallied two game-winning goals, good for fourth-best in league.

High School and Personal: Competed for FC Kuusysi from 1994-2004... Scored a team-best nine goals in 2003, helping them win the Finnish U-20 championship... Netted a league-best 18 goals the following season, the last of three straight years in which he led the team (10 goals in 2002)... A member of the Honors Program at Salpausselan, one where many Finnish soccer players have completed their studies and are now playing in prestigious clubs all over Europe... Son of Aila Tamminen and Juha Lehto... Born February 23, 1984... Has one brother, Mikko, and one sister, Satu Tamminen... A Business major.