Linus Wahlqvist

Rolf Linus Wahlqvist (born 11 November 1996) is a Swedish footballer who players for IFK Norrköping as a defender.[1]

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)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 IFK Norrköping
Number 18
Youth career
0000–2009 Eneby BK
2009–2013 IFK Norrköping
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 IFK Norrköping 121 (7)
2018–2020 Dynamo Dresden 54 (0)
2020– IFK Norrköping 17 (1)
National team‡
2011–2013 Sweden U17 28 (1)
2013–2015 Sweden U19 17 (0)
2015–2018 Sweden U21 29 (1)
2016–2018 Sweden 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 November 2018

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]

In July 2020, Wahlqvist announced that he would leave Dynamo Dresden upon the team's relegation to 3. Liga, activating a clause in his contract to terminate it in with immediate effect.[5]

He left on 4 August 2020, to join Norrköping

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, in which he helped the team to the bronze medal.[6][7]

Wahlqvist was also a part of the Sweden U21 team that competed at the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, in which he missed a crucial penalty kick against England before Sweden was eliminated in the group stage of the tournament.[8][9]

Wahlqvist made his senior international debut for Sweden against Estonia in January 2016.[10]

Career statistics

International
As of 29 June 2020[11]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 201630
201720
2018 1 0
Total60

Honours

Club

IFK Norrköping

International

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. "Wahlqvist bekräftar: Lämnar Dresden efter nedflyttningen". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  6. "P17-landslagets VM-trupp uttagen". Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  7. "Svenska utklassning – tog brons i U17-VM". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  8. ""Bara" oavgjort – efter Wahlqvists straffmiss". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  9. "Sverige ute ur U21-EM efter förnedring". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  10. "Linus Wahlqvist — svenskfotboll.se". www2.svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  11. "L. Wahlqvist". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 July 2018.


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