Tobias Linderoth
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Tobias Jan Håkan Linderoth | ||
| Date of birth | April 21, 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Marseille, France | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1992 | Mjällby | ||
| 1992–1995 | Hässleholm | ||
| 1995–1996 | Feyenoord | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1996–1998 | Elfsborg | 57 | (4) |
| 1998–2001 | Stabæk | 68 | (9) |
| 2001–2004 | Everton | 40 | (0) |
| 2004–2007 | Copenhagen | 82 | (4) |
| 2007–2010 | Galatasaray | 25 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998–2001 | Sweden U21 | 22 | (0) |
| 1999–2008 | Sweden | 76 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 December 2008. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Tobias Jan Håkan Linderoth (Swedish pronunciation: [tʊˈbiːɑs ˈlɪndɛˌruːt]; born April 21, 1979 in Marseille, France) is a former Swedish football player.
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[edit] Club career
Linderoth played for Stabæk and then an unremarkable spell at Everton marred by injury, where he scored once against Charlton Athletic in the League Cup,[1] before he joined Copenhagen in summer 2004. He was a regular first team player for three seasons in Copenhagen and was made captain for the team that won two Danish championships and qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League with Linderoth as a key player.
On June 12, 2007, Linderoth signed a three-year contract with Turkish side Galatasaray, where he wore the number 6.
On January 22, 2010, Linderoth was released by the club. However, he had a contract until the end of the season.[2] On November 12, 2010, Linderoth officially announced the end of his career as a player. He stated he was aiming to become a coach like his father.[3]
[edit] International career
Linderoth was a midfield dynamo on the Swedish national team where he also was assistant captain. Tobias has competed in the UEFA European Football Championship for Sweden in the 2004 tournaments as well as the FIFA World Cups in the 2002 and 2006 tournaments. In one game at the World Cup in 2002, he ran 14.6 kilometres (9.1 mi) during the 96 minutes of the match - not an unusual feature for the always hard-working player. Another key feature is his tough, dangerous and effective tackling. He is also known for his powerful shot.
On 26 May 2008, Linderoth scored his second international goal, the only goal in a 1-0 win over Slovenia in a pre-Euro 2008 friendly warm-up.
On 6 September 2008 during a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification game against Albania, he was injured and had to be substituted in the 6th minute. He couldn't play for more than a year after that game which would eventually be his last international match.
[edit] Personal life
He is the son of football coach Anders Linderoth, a former Swedish international who played in the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina (Tobias is born in France during Anders' spell at Marseille). Linderoth is known for his extremely high work-rate as a defensive midfielder. On 25 October 2006, Tobias and his wife Maria became parents when she gave birth to their first child.
[edit] Honours
[edit] Club
[edit] Individual
Sweden
- Best Swedish Midfielder: 2006, 2007
Copenhagen
- FCK player of the year: 2006
- UEFA Champions League Fans' Man of the Match: 2006-12-06 (Copenhagen vs. Celtic)
[edit] Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Elfsborg | 1996 | 10 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 25 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 25 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 22 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 22 | 3 | |
| Total | 57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 4 | |
| Stabæk | 1999 | 23 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 23 | 3 |
| 2000 | 24 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 24 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 21 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 21 | 2 | |
| Total | 68 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 9 | |
| Everton | 2001-02 | 7 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 0 |
| 2002-03 | 5 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 0 | |
| 2003-04 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 29 | 1 | |
| Total | 39 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1 | |
| Copenhagen | 2004-05 | 29 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 29 | 0 |
| 2005-06 | 29 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |
| 2006-07 | 24 | 3 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 30 | 3 | |
| Total | 82 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 90 | 4 | |
| Galatasaray | 2007-08 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| 2008-09 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2009-10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 1 | |
- As of 22 January 2010
[edit] References
- ^ "Everton 1-0 Charlton". BBC. 29 October 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/3204845.stm. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
- ^ http://www.galatasaray.org/futbol/futbol_as/haber/5974.php Tobias Linderoth released
- ^ http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/sverige/article8113865.ab
[edit] External links
- Profile at galatasaray.org (Turkish) (English)
- Profile at TFF.org (Turkish)
- Profile at transfermarkt.de (German)
- Tobias Linderoth at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1979 births
- Living people
- People from Marseille
- Naturalized citizens of Sweden
- Swedish footballers
- Sweden international footballers
- Swedish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Swedish expatriates in the Netherlands
- Eredivisie players
- Feyenoord players
- Allsvenskan players
- IF Elfsborg players
- Expatriate footballers in Norway
- Swedish expatriates in Norway
- Norwegian Premier League players
- Stabæk Fotball players
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Premier League players
- Everton F.C. players
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 2004 players
- Swedish expatriates in Denmark
- Expatriate footballers in Denmark
- Danish Superliga players
- F.C. Copenhagen players
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- Swedish expatriates in Turkey
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Süper Lig players
- Galatasaray S.K. footballers
- UEFA Euro 2008 players
- Association football midfielders
- French people of Swedish descent
