Justus Lehto

Justus Lehto
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-04-06) 6 April 1997 (age 29)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 FC Jazz
Number 19
Youth career
2000–2015 FC Jazz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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.

Career

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

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.

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

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

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

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.