Mathias Lindström

Mathias Lindström
Personal information
Full name	Mathias Jarl Valentin Lindström
Date of birth	14 January 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Houtskär, Finland
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s)	Central defender
Youth career
1986–1991	VIFK
1991–2000	Pargas IF
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2004	Inter Turku
2005	AC Allianssi
2005	Fredrikstad
2006–2009	Tampere United
2009–2013	HJK
2013−2014	Inter Turku
International career
–1999	Finland U18
2001–2003	Finland U21
2008	Finland B
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 November 2013

Mathias Jarl Valentin Lindström (born 14 January 1981) is a retired Finnish footballer, who played as a central defender. He has played for FC Inter Turku, AC Allianssi, Fredrikstad FK, Tampere United and HJK Helsinki. Lindström last represented FC Inter Turku.

He was a failure at Fredrikstad FK, where he was sent off in his second match and only played one minute as a substitute after that.^[1]

In his career, he has played 224 games and has scored 16 goals. He is the player with most Veikkausliiga titles, currently 7. Lindström won the Veikkausliiga with Tampere United in 2006 and 2007 and with HJK Helsinki 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. He also won the Finnish League Cup with AC Allianssi in 2005 and with Tampere United in 2009. He won the Finnish Cup with Tampere United in 2007 and with HJK Helsinki in 2011.

Mathias graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics from Åbo Akademi University in Turku. He is currently^[when?] studying Journalism (Bachelor's degree) at the Swedish School of Social Science at the University of Helsinki.

Career statistics

As of 1 September 2024.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup^[a]		League cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Inter Turku	2001	Veikkausliiga	30	1	–		–		–		30	1
	2002	Veikkausliiga	28	3	–		–		–		28	3
	2003	Veikkausliiga	25	2	–		–		–		25	2
	2004	Veikkausliiga	17	2	–		–		–		17	2
	Total		100	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	8
AC Allianssi	2005	Veikkausliiga	18	0	–		–		4^[b]	0	22	0
Fredrikstad	2005	Tippeligaen	3	0	–		–		–		3	0
Fredrikstad 2	2005	3. divisjon	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
Hämeenlinna	2006	Ykkönen	2	0	–		–		–		2	0
Tampere United	2006	Veikkausliiga	13	1	–		–		–		13	1
	2007	Veikkausliiga	21	1	1	0	–		8^[c]	0	30	1
	2008	Veikkausliiga	19	2	1	0	–		3^[d]	0	23	2
	2009	Veikkausliiga	20	1	1	0	6	0	–		27	1
	Total		73	5	3	0	6	0	11	0	93	5
HJK	2009	Veikkausliiga	4	0	–		–		–		4	0
	2010	Veikkausliiga	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	1
	2011	Veikkausliiga	22	2	2	0	1	0	6^[e]	0	31	2
	2012	Veikkausliiga	18	1	3	0	8	0	5^[e]	1	34	2
	2013	Veikkausliiga	13	0	1	0	6	0	1^[d]	0	21	0
	Total		64	4	7	0	15	0	12	1	98	5
Klubi 04	2010	Ykkönen	2	0	–		–		–		2	0
Inter Turku	2014	Veikkausliiga	26	3	4	0	5	1	–		35	4
Career total			289	20	14	0	26	1	27	1	356	22

Winner
- Veikkausliiga: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
- Finnish Cup: 2010 (Runner Up), 2011

Individual

^ "Fem måneder til seriestart". Fredriksstad Blad (in Norwegian). 10 November 2005. pp. 32–33.
^ veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)

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