Otso Liimatta

F.C. Famalicão

On 29 July 2023, Liimatta officially joined Primeira Liga side Famalicão for an undisclosed fee, signing a four-year deal with the Portuguese club. According to the media, the fee was in six figures and is believed to be close to €600,000. He made his debut for the Fama on 11 August 2023, starting in the opening league game of the season against Braga, which ended in a 2–1 win for his team.

IFK Värnamo (loan) On 26 July 2025, he was loaned out to Allsvenskan club IFK Värnamo. On 2 August, in his second match for Värnamo, Liimatta scored his first Allsvenskan goal as a substitute, in a 2–2 home draw against GAIS.

Halmstads BK (loan) On 5 March 2026, he was loaned out to Allsvenskan club Halmstads BK.

IK Sirius On 7 August 2026 Liimatta joined Allsvenskan club Sirius on a contract running to 2031.

International career

Youth Liimatta has represented Finland at various youth levels.

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. 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.

Career statistics

Honours AC Oulu Finnish League Cup runner-up: 2023

Individual Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2022 Finnish FA: Best Young Player of the Year 2022 Finnish FA, Northern Finland: Player of the Year 2022, 2023