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Anders Lindegaard
Lindegaard warming up before a game
Personal information
Full name Anders Rosenkrantz Lindegaard[1]
Date of birth (1984-04-13) 13 April 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Dyrup, Denmark
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1][2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Manchester United
Number 34
Youth career
2001–2003 OB
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2009 OB 6 (0)
2008 → Kolding (loan) 10 (0)
2009 → Aalesund (loan) 26 (0)
2009–2010 Aalesund 30 (0)
2010– Manchester United 8 (0)
International career‡
2002 Denmark U19 2 (0)
2003 Denmark U20 4 (0)
2010– Denmark 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:53, 22 January 2012 (GMT)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:05, 26 December 2011 (GMT)

Anders Rosenkrantz Lindegaard (born 13 April 1984) is a Danish footballer who plays as a second choice goalkeeper for Manchester United, having joined the club in November 2010. He initially came through the ranks of hometown club Odense Boldklub, but left due to a lack of first team opportunities. He got his senior breakthrough winning the 2009 Norwegian Football Cup with Aalesund. He was named 2010 Goalkeeper of the Year in both Denmark and Norway.

He represented Denmark at U19 and U20 level, before making his senior debut on 7 September 2010 against Iceland. He has a twin brother. His name is Stefan Lindergaard. He is currently a goalkeeper for Bayern Munchen.

Club career

Odense

Born in the Dyrup suburb of Odense,[3] Lindegaard started his career at local Danish Superliga team Odense Boldklub (OB). He made his Danish Superliga debut in a 3–1 victory against Silkeborg IF on 19 November 2006.[4] He made his UEFA competition debut on 30 July 2009, in a 4–3 win over Rabotnički.[5] During most of his time in Odense, he was kept out of the team by Arek Onyszko, and he had two loan spells at Kolding FC, where he remained undefeated in the ten league games he got for the team, after it had lost the first four games of the season,[6] and Aalesunds FK, who he would later join permanently. When Onyszko was sacked by Odense in June 2009 due to him being convicted for assaulting his ex-wife, Lindegaard was seen as his replacement.[7] However, the arrival of Roy Carroll at Odense two months later forced him to move on.[8]

Aalesund

In 2009 he joined Norwegian club Aalesunds FK on loan and later permanently. In 2009 he won the Norwegian Football Cup with Aalesunds. In 2010, Lindegaard was awarded Goalkeeper of the Year in both Norway and Denmark.

Manchester United

2010-11 season

Since early November 2010, he was reported to have become a target for English club Manchester United. However, former United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel opined that Lindegaard was not yet ready for regular Premier League action.[8] On 23 November 2010, it was reported that Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson expected to complete the signing of the player in the "next two or three weeks."[9] On 27 November 2010, Lindegaard joined Manchester United on a three-and-a-half year contract for an undisclosed fee believed to be around £3.5m.[10] He trained with the first team throughout December, but he was unable to play for his new club until the transfer window re-opened on 1 January 2011. Lindegaard was officially registered with the Premier League on 6 January, and assigned the number 34 jersey.[11]

On 29 January, Lindegaard made his Manchester United debut in a 2–1 victory against Southampton in the FA Cup Fourth Round.[12] He made his Old Trafford debut on 19 February in another FA Cup match, this time against the Conference National side Crawley Town, in which United won 1–0.[13] In March he underwent a knee surgery which would keep him out of action for five weeks.[14]

On 16 May, Lindegaard played in the Manchester Senior Cup final for the Manchester United reserves against the Bolton reserves, which United went on to win 3–1.[15]

2011-12 season

On 14 September, Lindegaard made his first UEFA Champions League start for United against Portuguese side Benfica. The match ended in a 1-1 draw with Lindegaard winning critical acclaim for his performance. Manager Alex Ferguson, however, still decided to keep with first choice keeper David De Gea for the next match in the Premier League against Chelsea. Asked about challenging for the first-team spot, Lindegaard said: "What answer do you expect to that question? I've said a thousand times before I'm not here to pick my nose."[16] On 18 October, Lindegaard was handed his second Champions League start for United. He played against Otelul Galati, with the match ending in a 2-0 win for United, earning them their first Champions League Group stage victory.

On 1 October 2011, Lindegaard made his Premier League debut for United against Norwich in a 2–0 win at Old Trafford. Lindegaard continued his run of clean sheets in his next four appearances in the Premier League, which included a 1-0 home win against Sunderland on 5 November, a 1-0 away win against Aston Villa on 3 December, a 5-0 away win at Fulham on 21 December and a 5-0 home win against Wigan in United's Boxing day fixture. His run of clean sheets in the league finally ended on 4 January away to Newcastle when he was beaten three times in a game which United lost 3-0. A week later on 8 January, Lindegaard played his biggest game for Manchester United so far, a 3-2 win against Manchester City in the FA Cup. He was chosen again for the starting line-up the following week when United beat Bolton Wanderers 3-0.[17] On Monday 30 January 2012, Anders damaged ankle ligaments in training, forcing him to miss the game against Stoke the next day, along with the unwell David de Gea meaning youngster Ben Amos played between the sticks. Later in the week Sir Alex Ferguson revealed Anders would be missing for 4–5 weeks and wouldn't be expected back until the home game with West Brom.

International career

Lindegaard has represented Denmark at under-19, under-20, and senior level.[1] He made his debut for the Denmark under-19 national football team in September 2002, and played a 2003 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification 1–0 win over Switzerland on 13 October 2002.[5] He played a total six youth international games until September 2003.

He made his senior international debut in a Euro 2012 qualifier against Iceland on 7 September 2010. Denmark won 1–0.[18][19] On 8 October 2010, Denmark faced Portugal in another Euro 2012 qualifier. Early on in the game, with Denmark trailing 0–2, an injury sustained by starting goalkeeper Thomas Sørensen brought Lindegaard into action. He made many saves to keep his team in the game, but conceded a goal in the 85th minute to Cristiano Ronaldo for the 1–3 result. Lindegaard started the following Euro 2012 qualifier against Cyprus, in which Lindegaard kept a clean sheet as Denmark won 2–0.

Career statistics

Club

Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other[nb 1] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
OB 2003–04 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 – 0 0
2004–05 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 – 0 0
2005–06 0 0 0 0 – – – 0 0
2006–07 1 0 0 0 – 0 0 – 1 0
2007–08 1 0 0 0 – 0 0 – 1 0
Kolding (loan) 2008–09[6] 10 0 0 0 – – – 10 0
OB 2009–10 4 0 0 0 – 2 0 – 6 0
Total 6 0 0 0 – 2 0 – 8 0
Aalesund (loan) 2009 26 0 3 0 – – – 29 0
Aalesund 2010 30 0 1 0 – 2 0 1 0 34 0
Total 56 0 4 0 – 2 0 1 0 63 0
Manchester United 2010–11 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2011–12 8 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 0
Total 8 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 0
Career total 70 0 7 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 84 0

Statistics accurate as of match played 22 January 2012[20]

International

Template:Football player national team statistics |- |2010||4||0 |- |2011||1||0 |- !Total||12||0 |} Statistics accurate as of match played 4 December 2011[21]

Honours

Club

Aalesunds

Manchester United

Individual

Notes

  1. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Superfinalen, FA Community Shield

References

  1. ^ a b c "Anders Lindegaard". transfermarkt.co.uk. Transfer Markt. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Anders Lindegaard". PremierLeague.com. Premier League. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Portræt: Fra dansk reserve til keeper i gigantklub". POLITIKEN.DK (in Danish). POLITIKEN. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2011. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Anders Lindegaard OB Statistics" (in Danish). danskfodbold.com. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Anders Lindegaard". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  6. ^ a b Johnsen, Thomas (25 November 2008). "Lindegaard tabt for KFC?". jv.dk (in Danish). Jydske Vestkysten. Retrieved 28 November 2010. KFC har ellers ikke tabt en eneste af de ti kampe, hvor Lindegaard har vogtet målet... [KFC had not lost any of the ten games, where Lindegaard had guarded the net...] {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "OB har Areks afløser klar". bold.dk. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  8. ^ a b Ian Ladyman (23 November 2010). "Peter Schmeichel: Anders Lindegaard is not a Manchester United No 1". Daily Mail. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  9. ^ "Man Utd close to Anders Lindegaard signing". BBC Sport. 23 November 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  10. ^ "Man Utd complete Anders Lindegaard signing". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 27 November 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  11. ^ Hibbs, Ben (6 January 2011). "Lindegaard gets no.34". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  12. ^ "Anders Lindegaard does not want Manchester United's No1 shirt". Guardian. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  13. ^ Stuart Mathieson (21 February 2011). "Anders Lindegaard: United weren't good enough". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  14. ^ Gemma Thompson (15 March 2011). "Anders set for knee op". Man Utd.com. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  15. ^ "First Team: Anders Lindegaard". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  16. ^ Ian Herbert (15 September 2011). "Ferguson snaps over 'stupid' query about De Gea omission". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  17. ^ Michael Qureshi (14 January 2012). "Nu er Lindegaard nummer 1". Sporten.dk. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  18. ^ "Man Utd eye Lindegaard as Van der Sar successor". ESPN soccernet. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  19. ^ Peter Bruun (7 September 2010). "Last-gasp Kahlenberg crushes Iceland". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  20. ^ Endlar, Andrew. "Anders Lindegaard". StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  21. ^ "Anders Lindegaard International". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 4 December 2011.

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