Andreas Christopher Linde (born 24 July 1993) is a Swedish professional

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who plays for

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club Greuther Fürth as a

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Club career

Molde

Linde signed for Norwegian club Molde in 2015, having agreed a two-year contract with the club. In December 2016, Molde extended his contract till the end of the 2019 season. On 21 July 2015, Linde made his debut for the club in Molde's 5–0 win against

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n side Pyunik in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round, second leg. He was sent off in the 72nd minute of his league debut for Molde against

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on 9 August 2015. Molde led the game 2–1 when Linde fouled an Odd player and gave away a penalty. The match ended with a 2–2 draw. In May, he injured his knee and had to go through surgery. On 12 July 2019, Molde announced that Linde's contract had been extended till the end of the 2021 season. He returned to the first team squad on 23 September 2019, in a match against Stabæk, and placed in the starting XI on 6 October against Brann. He kept a clean sheet in a goalless draw at

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, his first league game since 20 May.

Greuther Fürth

On 10 January 2022, Linde signed a contract with German club Greuther Fürth until the summer of 2024.

International career

Linde was part of the Sweden U21 team that won the

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, serving as a backup goalkeeper behind

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. He represented the Sweden Olympic team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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, and played in all three games as Sweden failed to advance from the

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. On 12 January 2017, he made his full international debut for Sweden in a 6–0 friendly win against

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Career statistics

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International

Honours

Molde *

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Sweden U21 *

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: 2015

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* 1993 births Living people Men's association football goalkeepers Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Sweden Swedish people of Dutch descent Allsvenskan players Division 2 (Swedish football) players Eliteserien players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Helsingborgs IF players IFK Värnamo players Molde FK players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{Sweden-footy-goalkeeper-stub