Anders Linderoth
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anders Karl Gustaf Linderoth | ||
| Date of birth | 21 March 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Kristianstad, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1955–1961 | Näsby IF | ||
| 1962–1966 | Stattena IF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967 | Stattena IF | ||
| 1968–1970 | Hälsingborgs | 61 | (7) |
| 1971–1977 | Östers IF | 158 | (23) |
| 1977–1980 | Marseille | 84 | (6) |
| 1980–1981 | Mjällby AIF | 22 | (0) |
| 1982–1984 | Näsby IF | ||
| International career | |||
| 1972–1980 | Sweden[1] | 40 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1985–1989 | Mjällby AIF | ||
| 1995–1997 | IF Elfsborg | ||
| 1998–2001 | Stabæk | ||
| 2002–2006 | Hammarby | ||
| 2007 | Viborg FF | ||
| 2008–2009 | Landskrona BoIS | ||
| 2014–2015 | Mjällby AIF | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Anders Karl Gustaf Linderoth (born 21 March 1950) is a Swedish football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is best remembered for representing Helsingsborgs, Östers IF, Marseille, and Mjällby AIF during a club career that spanned between 1967 and 1984. A full international between 1972 and 1980, he won 40 caps and scored two goals for the Sweden national team and represented his country at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He was awarded Guldbollen in 1976 as Sweden's best player of the year.
Club career
[edit | edit source]He debuted in Allsvenskan for Helsingborg, and during his spell with Östers IF he made his national team debut and received Guldbollen. In 1977, he moved to play professionally in Marseille.[2]
International career
[edit | edit source]He played 40 matches and scored two goals for Sweden, the tally including three matches at the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina.[3]
Post-playing career
[edit | edit source]After retiring as a football player Linderoth has worked as a coach. His achievements include leading IF Elfsborg to Allsvenskan. From 2001 until 2006 he coached Hammarby.[4] Linderoth managed Viborg in about eleven months in 2007.
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Anders Linderoth is the father of former Sweden national team player Tobias Linderoth.[5]
Honours
[edit | edit source]Individual
- Guldbollen: 1977
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Sweden men's national football team stats
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Anders Linderoth at WorldFootball.netLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1950 births
- Living people
- People from Kristianstad
- Swedish men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Sweden men's international footballers
- 1978 FIFA World Cup players
- Allsvenskan players
- Ligue 1 players
- Helsingborgs IF players
- Östers IF players
- Olympique de Marseille players
- Swedish football managers
- Mjällby AIF managers
- IF Elfsborg managers
- Stabæk Fotball managers
- Hammarby Fotboll managers
- Viborg FF managers
- Landskrona BoIS managers
- Swedish expatriate men's footballers
- Swedish expatriate football managers
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Expatriate football managers in Norway
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Expatriate football managers in Denmark
- Footballers from Skåne County
- 20th-century Swedish sportsmen
- Stattena IF players
- Eliteserien managers