Edward Linskens
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edward Linskens | ||
Date of birth | 6 November 1968 | ||
Place of birth | Venray, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
SV Venray | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1987–1995 | PSV | 136 | (18) |
1995–1996 | NAC | 5 | (0) |
1996–1997 | Lokeren | 20 | (3) |
1997–1998 | VVV | 30 | (7) |
Total | 191 | (28) | |
*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, playing the entire final against S.L. Benfica of Portugal, 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
Categories:
- 1968 births
- Living people
- People from Venray
- Dutch footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- PSV Eindhoven players
- NAC Breda players
- VVV-Venlo players
- Belgian First Division A players
- K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players
- Dutch expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium