Tobias Jan Håkan Linderoth is a Swedish professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Swedish club Varbergs BoIS. He played as a midfielder, and played professionally in Sweden, Norway, England, Denmark, and Turkey before injuries forced him to retire in 2010. A full international between 1999 and 2008, he won 76 caps for the Sweden national team and represented them at two FIFA World Cups (2002 and 2006) and two UEFA European Championships (2004 and 2008).
Club career
Linderoth played for Stabæk and then an unremarkable spell at Everton marred by injury, where he scored once against Charlton Athletic in the League Cup,1 before he joined Copenhagen in the summer of 2004. He was a regular first team player for three seasons in Copenhagen and was made captain for the team that won two Danish championships and qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League.
On 12 June 2007, Linderoth signed a three-year contract with Turkish side Galatasaray, where he wore the number 6.
On 22 January 2010, Linderoth was released by Galatasaray prematurely.2 On 12 November 2010, Linderoth officially announced the end of his career as a player.3 He stated he was aiming to become a coach like his father.4 He now works as a youth team coach at Elfsborg.5
International career
Linderoth was a midfield dynamo for the Sweden national team where he also was assistant captain. Tobias played for Sweden in the Euro 2004 and Euro 2008, as well as in the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cup tournaments. In one game at the World Cup in 2002, he ran 14.6 kilometres (9.1 mi) during the 96 minutes of the match – not an unusual feature for the hard-working midfielder.
On 26 May 2008, Linderoth scored his second international goal, the only goal in a 1–0 win over Slovenia in a pre-Euro 2008 friendly warm-up.
On 6 September 2008, during a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification game against Albania, he was injured and had to be substituted in the 6th minute – this was to be the last game he played for Sweden.
Managerial career
After retiring, Linderoth spent a decade as the manager for Elfsborg's youth academy. On 18 November 2020, Linderoth was named the manager of Skövde AIK.6
Personal life
He is the son of football coach Anders Linderoth, a former Swedish international who played in the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina,7 and Tobias was born in France during Anders' spell at Marseille. On 25 October 2006, Tobias and his wife Maria became parents when she gave birth to their first child.
Career statistics
Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition891011| Club | Season | League | Cup12 | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| IFK Hässleholm | 1995 | Division 1 Södra | 7 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |||
| Elfsborg | 1996 | Division 1 Södra | 10 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |||
| 1997 | Allsvenskan | 25 | 1 | – | 25 | 1 | ||||
| 1998 | Allsvenskan | 22 | 3 | – | 22 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 57 | 4 | |||
| Stabæk | 1999 | Tippeligaen | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 3 |
| 2000 | Tippeligaen | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 5 | |
| 2001 | Tippeligaen | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | 24 | 2 | ||
| Total | 68 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 79 | 10 | ||
| Everton | 2001–02 | Premier League | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | |
| 2002–03 | Premier League | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | Premier League | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 29 | 1 | ||
| Total | 40 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | 46 | 1 | |||
| Copenhagen | 2004–05 | Danish Superliga | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 2005–06 | Danish Superliga | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
| 2006–07 | Danish Superliga | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 37 | 4 | |
| Total | 82 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 105 | 5 | ||
| Galatasaray | 2007–08 | Süper Lig | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| 2008–09 | Süper Lig | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | Süper Lig | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 267 | 17 | 24 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 319 | 21 | ||
- Also played 22 (2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07) Royal League matches where he scored 1 goal.
- Also played 3 (2005, 2006) Tele2 LigaCup matches (unofficial).
International
Appearances and goals by national team and year13| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 13 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 14 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 | |
| Total | 76 | 2 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 February 2001 | Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand | China | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2001 King's Cup |
| 2 | 26 May 2008 | Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden | Slovenia | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
Managerial
As of match played 17 December 2022 Managerial record by team and tenure| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Skövde | 18 November 2020 | Present | 62 | 29 | 18 | 15 | 95 | 70 | +25 | 046.77 | |
| Career total | 62 | 29 | 18 | 15 | 95 | 70 | +25 | 046.77 | |||
Honours
IF Elfsborg
FC Copenhagen
Galatasaray
Individual
- Swedish midfielder of the year: 2006, 2007
- FC Copenhagen Spring Profile: 2006
Notes
External links
- Tobias Linderoth – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Galatasaray profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 12 January 2010)
- Everton profile
- Tobias Linderoth at Premier League
- Tobias Linderoth at Soccerway
References
"Everton 1–0 Charlton". BBC Sport. 29 October 2003. Retrieved 27 November 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/3204845.stm ↩
"Tobias Linderoth released" (in Turkish). Galatasaray SK. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2013. http://www.galatasaray.org/futbol/futbol_as/haber/5974.php ↩
"Linderoths karriär över" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 12 November 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2013. https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/sverige/article8113865.ab ↩
"Linderoths karriär över" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 12 November 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2013. https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/sverige/article8113865.ab ↩
"U17". Elfsborg. http://www.elfsborg.se/lagen/u17/spelartruppen ↩
"Välkommen till Skövde AIK, Tobias!". Skövde AIK. http://www.skovdeaik.se/News/6522965/Valkommen-till-Skovde-AIK-Tobias ↩
"World Cup Trivia - Fathers, Sons and Brothers, Uncles and Nephews". RSSSF. 2 October 2014. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150226115038/http://www.rsssf.com/players/wk-family.html ↩
"Tobias Linderoth København stats". FCK.dk. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20080610062933/http://fck.dk/saesonen/statistik/spillerstatistik/?search=1&play_playerid_fk=141 ↩
"Tobias Linderoth Turkey stats". TFF. Retrieved 24 January 2013. http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=1064157 ↩
"Tobias Linderoth". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 24 January 2013. https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/6401.html ↩
"Tobias Linderoth UEFA stats". UEFA. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013. https://archive.today/20130216234607/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=26316/profile/index.html ↩
Includes English League Cup (1 in 2002–03 and 2 in 2003–04) /wiki/Football_League_Cup ↩
"Tobias Linderoth". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 24 January 2013. https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/6401.html ↩
"Tobias Linderoth". Eu-football.info. Retrieved 25 January 2013. http://www.eu-football.info/_player.php?id=12233 ↩