Tobias Linderoth
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| Tobias Linderoth | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Date of birth | April 21, 1979 (age 27) | |
| Place of birth | Marseille, France | |
| Height | 1.77 m | |
| Nickname | Tobbe | |
| Playing position | Centre midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | F.C. Copenhagen | |
| Number | 6 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1985-1992 1992-1995 |
Mjällby AIF IFK Hässleholm |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1995-1996 1996-1998 1998-2001 2001-2004 2004-present |
Feyenoord IF Elfsborg Stabæk I.F. Everton F.C. F.C. Copenhagen |
57 (4) 68 (9) 40 (0) 73 (3) |
| National team2 | ||
| -2000 1999-present |
Sweden U-21 Sweden |
21 (0) 67 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Tobias Linderoth [IPA: tʊ'biːɑs 'lɪndɛruːt] (born April 21, 1979 in Marseille, France) is a Swedish football center midfielder playing for F.C. Copenhagen, where he is captain.[1] He is no. 6 and is first choice to the role as center midfielder in FCK's 4-4-2 formatation. Linderoth is a midfield dynamo on the Swedish national team where he also is assistant captain[2]. 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.
Linderoth played for Stabæk and then Everton F.C. before he joined F.C. Copenhagen in summer 2004. In one game at the World Cup in 2002, he ran 14,6 kilometres during the 96 minutes of the match.
He is the son of football coach Anders Linderoth, a former Swedish international who played in the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina. Linderoth is known for his extremely high work-rate as a defensive midfielder. On the 25th of October 2006 Tobias and his wife Maria became parents when she gave birth to their first child.
- Danish Superliga winner: 2005-06 (with Copenhagen)
- Best Swedish Midfielder: 2006
- FCK player of the year: 2006
- ^ Player Profile - Tobias Linderoth. F.C. København. Retrieved on August 14, 2006.
- ^ (Swedish) Herr: Fredrik ny lagkapten. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved on August 14, 2006.
| Sweden squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup | ||
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1 Hedman | 2 Mellberg | 3 P. Andersson | 4 Mjällby | 5 Michael Svensson | 6 Linderoth | 7 Alexandersson | 8 A. Svensson | 9 Ljungberg | 10 Allbäck | 11 Larsson | 12 Kihlstedt | 13 Antonelius | 14 Edman | 15 Jakobsson | 16 Lučić | 17 Magnus Svensson | 18 Jonson | 19 Farnerud | 20 D. Andersson | 21 Ibrahimović | 22 A. Andersson | 23 Isaksson | Coach: Lagerbäck / Söderberg |
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| Sweden squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup | ||
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1 Isaksson | 2 Nilsson | 3 Mellberg | 4 Lučić | 5 Edman | 6 Linderoth | 7 Alexandersson | 8 A. Svensson | 9 Ljungberg | 10 Ibrahimović | 11 Larsson | 12 Alvbåge | 13 Hansson | 14 Stenman | 15 K. Svensson | 16 Källström | 17 Elmander | 18 Jonson | 19 Andersson | 20 Allbäck | 21 Wilhelmsson | 22 Rosenberg | 23 Shaaban | Coach: Lagerbäck |
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| F.C. Copenhagen - Current Squad |
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1 Christiansen | 2 Jacobsen | 3 Jensen | 4 Nørregaard | 5 Hangeland | 6 Linderoth | 7 Aílton | 8 Silberbauer | 9 Berglund | 10 Grønkjær | 11 Allbäck | 13 Hutchinson | 14 Gravgaard | 16 Thomassen | 17 Wendt | 21 Villadsen | 22 Bertolt | 23 W. Kvist | 24 Brandrup | 26 Hansen | 29 L. Qvist | 31 Gall | 41 Coe | Coach Solbakken |
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