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Otso Urho Eemil Liimatta (born 10 July 2004) is a Finnish professional Football player who plays as a midfielder for Allsvenskan club IFK Värnamo, on loan from Primeira Liga club Famalicão, and the Finland under-21 national team.
He made his Veikkausliiga debut on 28 May 2021, aged 16, in a 3–1 away loss to HJK: in the process, he assisted his side's only goal. During 2021, Liimatta played for the club's reserve team Oulun Luistinseura (OLS) in third-tier Kakkonen, and additionally made nine appearances in Veikkausliiga with the first team.
Liimatta scored his first goal in the league on 29 April 2022, the opener in a 3–0 home win against FC Haka. In the summer of 2022, various Finnish media outlets reported that Liimatta had attracted interest by several high-profile European clubs. At the end of the 2022 season, Liimatta was named the Best Young Player of the Year at the Captain's Ball awards held by the Finnish FA.
On 7 March 2023, at the age of 18, he got his first call-up to the Finland under-21 national team for two friendly matches against North Macedonia and Bulgaria. He scored his first U21 goal in the latter match, on 28 March 2023, taking part in a 0–2 win over Bulgaria.
Liimatta scored a hat-trick against Albania U21 on 13 October 2023 in a 2025 UEFA U21 Euro qualifying match, which ended in 4–1 victory for Finland. Finland vs Albania, 13 October 2023, UEFA Liimatta finished the qualification campaign scoring seven goals, making him the joint-second-best goalscorer of the whole qualification, and helped Finland to qualify for the final tournament, for the second time in the nation's history.
| + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||
| OLS | 2020 | Kakkonen | 2 |
| 2021 | Kakkonen | 3 | |
| AC Oulu | 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 0 |
| 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | |
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | |
| Famalicão | 2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 0 |
| 2024–25 | Primeira Liga | 0 | |
| IFK Värnamo (loan) | 2025 | Allsvenskan | 3 |
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