swedish association football actor

Victor Jörgen Nilsson Lindelöf ( bear 17 July 1994 ) is a swedish professional football player who plays as a defender for Premier League cabaret Manchester United and captains the Sweden national team. chiefly a centre-back, he can besides play as a right-back. [ 4 ] Lindelöf began his career in Sweden at Västerås SK, making his debut in October 2009. In December 2011, he agreed to move to Benfica in Portugal, initially representing the clubhouse at youth and B levels. After making his first-team debut in September 2013, he continued to appear for the club at B level, while besides winning three Primeira Liga titles. He joined Manchester United in July 2017.

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Lindelöf has represented Sweden at under-17, under-19, under-21, and aged levels. He was inside the winning squad of the 2015 UEFA european Under-21 Championship. He made his elder international debut in March 2016 and represented his nation at UEFA Euro 2016, the 2018 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2020 .

Club career [edit ]

early career [edit ]

Lindelöf played for numerous Västerås -based clubs in his youth such as IK Franke, [ 5 ] Västerås IK and Västerås SK. [ 6 ]

Västerås SK [edit ]

In October 2009, at the historic period of 15, Lindelöf made his first-team debut for Västerås SK, when the team beat BK Forward 3–0 in the last turn of the 2009 Division 1 Norra temper. [ 7 ] In the postdate season, he helped his team progress a step higher in the Swedish league system, as they were promoted to the second highest league. [ 8 ] In 2011, he travelled to England to have a trial with Stoke City, but they did not make an extend for him. [ 6 ]

Benfica [edit ]

Lindelöf playing for Benfica in 2016 On 1 December 2011, Lindelöf agreed to join portuguese golf club Benfica in the summer of 2012, [ 9 ] and on 8 June 2015, the contract was extended until 2020. [ 10 ] In the 2012–13 season, he played for the youth team and won the portuguese under-19 championship. [ 11 ] On 19 October 2013, he debuted for the first-team in a 1–0 portuguese Cup gain against CD Cinfães, playing the full match. In the 2013–14 season, he scored 2 goals in 33 matches for the reservation team. [ 11 ] In the 2015–16 season, he returned to the first-team in a 1–0 win against Nacional in the Taça district attorney Liga. [ 12 ] On 16 February 2016, he played the entire pit for Benfica in a 1–0 home acquire against Zenit Saint Petersburg in the beginning stage of UEFA Champions League ‘s round of 16. [ 13 ] Four days late, he scored his first finish for Benfica, in a 3–1 Primeira Liga victory at Paços de Ferreira. [ 14 ] On 28 May 2017, he played in the Taça de Portugal final, which Benfica won over Vitória de Guimarães ( 2–1 ). [ 15 ] By the time he was leaving Benfica he had won three Primeira Liga titles, two Taça de Portugal titles and one Taça district attorney Liga entitle. [ citation needed ]

manchester United [edit ]

2017–18 season [edit ]

On 10 June 2017, Manchester United announced that they had agreed a deal with Benfica to sign Lindelöf for a tip of €35 million ( with a electric potential €10 million in add-ons ), [ 16 ] pending the agreement of personal terms and the player passing a medical. [ 17 ] Lindelöf passed his checkup at the Trafford Training Centre on 14 June, with the Swede signing a four-year contract with the option of an excess year ; Manchester United announced that the contract would begin on 1 July. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] He made his official introduction for the club against Real Madrid in the 2017 UEFA Super Cup ; however, it was more than two months before his Premier League debut, brought on during add prison term against Liverpool on 14 October. [ 20 ] He was limited to just 17 premier league matches, starting 13 of them, due to Jose Mourinho ‘s predilection of playing a defensive partnership of Chris Smalling and Phil Jones. [ 21 ]

2018–19 season [edit ]

In the 2018–19 season, Lindelöf became Mourinho ‘s prefer centre-back and was playing more much than he did in the previous temper. He played the full 90 minutes in the beginning peer of the season on 11 August 2019 against Leicester City, which ended in a 2–1 home win. [ 22 ] He far went on to start in 11 out of 13 league matches before Jose Mourinho was sacked in December 2018 and replaced with Ole Gunnar Solskjær. [ 21 ] Lindelöf scored his first goal for Manchester United on 29 January 2019, scoring their second goal in a 2–2 league disembowel at home to Burnley. [ 23 ]

2019–20 season [edit ]

In September 2019, Lindelöf signed a modern contract until 2024, with the choice of a foster class. [ 24 ] On 1 December 2019, he played 90 minutes and scored his only goal in the season in a league match against Aston Villa that ended 2–2 draw. [ 25 ] He ended the season making 35 out of 38 appearances and scoring one goal in the league, the second most in league appearances within the club that season coming behind Harry Maguire and David de Gea who both played all 38 matches, forming a defensive partnership with Maguire in the process. [ 26 ] [ 27 ]

2020–21 season [edit ]

On 20 December 2020, Lindelöf scored his inaugural goal of the 2020–21 season in a 6–2 home gain against Leeds United. [ 28 ] He played the full 90 minutes on 2 February 2021 in Manchester United ‘s Premier League record-equalling 9–0 home gain against Southampton. [ 29 ] On 26 May 2021, he played the broad 120 minutes as Manchester United lost in the 2021 UEFA Europa League Final to Villarreal after a 10–11 penalty shoot-out in which Lindelöf scored United ‘s tenth penalty bang. [ 30 ]

International career [edit ]

Youth team [edit ]

Lindelöf made his debut for the under-21 team on 14 October 2014, in the second peg of the qualification play-offs against France. [ citation needed ] Although Lindelöf was not named in the final team for the UEFA european Under-21 Championship, on 15 June 2015 he replaced defender Emil Krafth who was ruled out of the tournament after a back injury. [ 31 ] He made his debut in the tournament in the foremost game against Italy. On 30 June 2015 he successfully converted Sweden ‘s fifth and last penalty against Portugal in a 4–3 penalty shoot-out victory in the final to become european under-21 ace. [ 32 ] He was named in the team of the Tournament. [ 33 ]

Senior team [edit ]

Debut

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Lindelöf playing for Sweden in 2019 Lindelöf received his first call up to the senior Sweden team in March 2016 for friendlies against Turkey and Czech Republic. [ 34 ] He debuted for the state in a 2–1 away loss to Turkey on 24 March 2016. [ 35 ]

UEFA Euro 2016 [edit ]

He was selected in Sweden ‘s police squad for UEFA Euro 2016 in France, where he started all three of their group games, although Sweden failed to progress to the round of 16. Lindelöf was besides selected in Sweden ‘s 35-man probationary squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, [ 36 ] but was prevented from participating in the tournament by his baseball club Benfica, who believed that the participation of their players in the Olympics would harm their chances for the come season. [ 37 ]

2018 FIFA World Cup [edit ]

Lindelöf scored his first external finish for Sweden in a 3–0 win over Bulgaria in a 2018 FIFA World Cup modifier at Friends Arena in Stockholm on 10 October 2016. [ 38 ] In May 2018, he was named in Sweden ‘s 23-man team for the FIFA World Cup in Russia. [ 39 ] Lindelöf missed the first game against South Korea due to illness, but was a regular crank in defense aboard fellow centre-back Andreas Granqvist for the end of the tournament. [ 40 ] Lindelöf and Sweden were eliminated in the quarter concluding against England. [ 41 ]

UEFA Euro 2020 [edit ]

In March 2019, Lindelöf was called up for Sweden ‘s UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Romania and Norway. however, he chose to withdraw from the squad, citing personal reasons, namely the parturition of his inaugural child. He was replaced by Anton Tinnerholm. [ 42 ] He represented Sweden at UEFA Euro 2020, and appeared in all four games as Sweden reached the round of 16 before being eliminated by Ukraine. [ 43 ] On 11 August 2021, Lindelöf was named Andreas Granqvist ‘s successor as captain by Sweden coach Janne Andersson following Granqvist ‘s retirement after Euro 2020. [ 44 ]

personal life [edit ]

Following his affect to Manchester United in 2017, Lindelöf announced his engagement to his long-time girlfriend Maja Nilsson. [ 45 ] They got married at the end of May 2018, in Sweden. [ 46 ] In March 2019, their foremost child was born. [ 47 ] While in his home city in August 2020, Lindelöf witnessed the looting of a 90-year-old woman by a man on a bicycle ; Lindelöf chased the thief on animal foot and managed to catch him, holding him until the patrol arrived. The patrol late thanked Lindelöf for his “ quick and fresh intervention ”. [ 48 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 2 December 2021

International [edit ]

As of match played 14 November 2021[57]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

Sweden

2016
11
1

2017
7
0

2018
11
1

2019
4
1

2020
5
0

2021
12
0

Total
50
3

As of match played 14 November 2021. Sweden score listed first, score column indicates score after each Lindelöf goal.[57]

Honours [edit ]

Västerås SK
Benfica [ 58 ]
Manchester United
Sweden U21
Individual

References [edit ]

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