Linus Malmqvist (born September 9, 1981), is a former

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football player, who played ten seasons for

Landskrona BoIS Landskrona Boll och Idrottsällskap ( en, Landskrona Ball and Sports Society, locally referred to as BoIS) is a Swedish professional football club located in Landskrona, Scania, which currently plays in Superettan, the second league tier of fo ...

and three seasons for

Trelleborgs FF Trelleborgs Fotbollsförening, more commonly known as Trelleborgs FF or simply Trelleborg, is a Swedish football club located in Trelleborg. Formed 6 December 1926, the club plays in Superettan, the second tier in the Swedish Football system. T ...

between the years 2001 and 2013.

Biography

Landskrona BoIS

Malmqvist began his career in the Landskrona club BK Fram and joined

in 1999. He made his professional debut for Landskrona in a match in Superettan 2001, same year as BoIS became runners-up and was promoted to

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

again. The following three years in Allsvenskan Malmqvist played a total of 16 matches. To play some more matches, Malmqvist went on loan to the recently relegated Allsvenskan team

Trelleborgs FF

Despite only two games played from start during 2005 Malmqvist stayed in Trelleborg after his loan period had expired. The same year Trelleborg won Superettan, with Linus Malmqvist playing 29 matches from start. Trelleborg succeeded to avoid regulation in

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and Malmqvist played 22 matchets, including the away game against IFK Gothenburg on

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where a crowd of 41,471 witnessed Gothenburg becoming Swedish champions.

Landskrona BoIS

Malmqvist returned to Landskrona in 2008, as a part of the campaign to reach Allsvenskan under the new coach

Anders Linderoth Anders Karl Gustaf Linderoth (born 21 March 1950) is a Swedish football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is best remembered for representing Helsingsborgs IF, Östers IF, Marseille, and Mjällby AIF during a club career t ...

. Malmqvist pretty soon became the club's captain. BoIS, however, came in eleventh place in 2008, and the following season in Superettan the team came in eighth place, which resulted in the sacking of coach Linderoth. A decision Malmqvist thought was good. The following three years BoIS were coached by

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and Malmqvist continued in 2010 and 2011 in his role as a regular central defender and team captain. In autumn 2011, he was however injured, which made him absent in much of the 2012 season. Superettan 2013 became Linus Malmqvist last season as a player in

, after having had constant pain in the right ankle and lower leg for two years. Malmqvist played 168 league matches and scored 3 goals in total for Landskrona BoIS.

References

External links

Linus Malmqvist - Landskrona BoIS
- Player stats * {{DEFAULTSORT:Malmqvist, Linus Swedish footballers Allsvenskan players Landskrona BoIS players Trelleborgs FF players 1981 births Living people Association football defenders People from Landskrona Municipality Footballers from Skåne County