Edward Linskens

Edward Linskens
	Linskens (center) after scoring at 1987–88 European Cup Semi-final, Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Personal information
Full name	Edward Linskens
Date of birth	6 November 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth	Venray, Netherlands
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	SV Venray
Senior career*
Years	Team
1987–1995	PSV
1995–1996	NAC
1996–1997	Lokeren
1997–1998	VVV
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward Linskens (born 6 November 1968) is a Dutch retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, mainly for PSV.

Football career

Linskens was born in Venray, Limburg. During his 11-year professional career he played for PSV Eindhoven, NAC Breda, K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen (Belgium) and VVV-Venlo, the latter club competing in the second division.

At PSV, Linskens was an important first-team element and helped it to the European Cup victory in 1988, by scoring the equalizer in the semi's in the Bernabéu against Madrid and playing the entire final against S.L. Benfica of Portugal, which PSV won on penalties.^[1] With the Eindhoven side, he appeared in more than 150 official matches and scored more than 20 goals.

References

^ PSV eert ‘gouden’ selectie van 1988 (PSV's ‘golden’ XI from 1988) Archived 5 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine; PSV Eindhoven, 14 April 2011

External links

Stats at Voetbal International (in Dutch)
Elf Voetbal profile (in Dutch)
Edward Linskens at WorldFootball.net

[1] PSV eert ‘gouden’ selectie van 1988 (PSV's ‘golden’ XI from 1988) Archived 5 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine; PSV Eindhoven, 14 April 2011

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