Anders Karl Gustaf Linderoth (born 21 March 1950) is a Swedish football coach and former player who played as a

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. He is best remembered for representing Helsingsborgs IF,

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, and

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during a club career that spanned between 1967 and 1984. A full international between 1972 and 1980, he won 40

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and scored two goals for the Sweden national team and represented his country at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He was awarded

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in 1976 as Sweden's best player of the year.

Club career

He debuted in Allsvenskan for

Helsingborgs IF Helsingborgs IF (full name Helsingborgs Idrottsförening), commonly referred to as HIF (), is a Swedish professional football club located in Helsingborg. They play in the Swedish first tier, Allsvenskan, following promotion in the 2021 Superett ...

, and during his spell with

he made his national team debut and received

. In 1977, he moved to play professionally in Olympique de Marseille.

International career

He played 40 matches and scored two goals for Sweden, the tally including three matches at the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina.

Post-playing career

After retiring as a football player Linderoth has worked as a coach. His achievements include leading

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to Allsvenskan. From 2001 until 2006 he coached Hammarby IF. Linderoth managed

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in about 11 month in 2007.

Personal life

Anders Linderoth is the father of former Sweden national team player

Tobias Linderoth Tobias Jan Håkan Linderoth (; born 21 April 1979) is a professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Swedish club Skövde AIK. He played as a midfielder, and played professionally in Sweden, Norway, England, Denm ...

Honours

Individual *

: 1977

References

External links

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