Linus Wahlqvist

Linus Wahlqvist
Personal information
Full name Rolf Linus Wahlqvist
Date of birth (1996-11-11) 11 November 1996
Place of birth Norrköping, Sweden
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Dynamo Dresden
Youth career
0000–2009 Eneby BK
2009–2013 IFK Norrköping
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 IFK Norrköping 121 (7)
2018– Dynamo Dresden 2 (0)
National team‡
2011–2013 Sweden U17 28 (1)
2013–2015 Sweden U19 17 (0)
2015– Sweden U21 26 (1)
2016– Sweden 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 August 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 June 2018

Rolf Linus Wahlqvist (born 11 November 1996) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Dynamo Dresden as a defender.[1]

Career

Wahlqvist arrived at IFK Norrköping from his boyhood club Eneby BK in 2009. For the 2013 Allsvenskan season he was moved up to the first team where he eventually switched position from central defender to right fullback at the start of the following year.[2] On 6 April 2014, he made his Allsvenskan debut in the 2–0 win against Helsingborgs IF.[3]

In July 2018, Wahlqvist joined 2. Bundesliga side Dynamo Dresden on a four-year contract. The transfer fee was undisclosed.[4]

International career

In September 2013 Wahlqvist was selected to the Sweden national under-17 football team that would compete in the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[5]

Career statistics

International

As of 17 January 2017[6]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 201630
201720
Total50

Honours

Club

IFK Norrköping

Country

Sweden U17

References

  1. ↑ "Linus Wahlqvist". Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Först IFK – sedan siktar Linus mot Europa". Norrköpings Tidningar. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Linus: "Om jag fortsätter utvecklas kommer speltiden"". IFK Norrköping. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Dynamo holt Schwedens U-21-Kapitän Wahlqvist". kicker Online (in German). 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "P17-landslagets VM-trupp uttagen". Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "L. Wahlqvist". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 July 2018.


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