Linus Wahlqvist
Rolf Linus Wahlqvist Egnell (born 11 November 1996) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Pogoń Szczecin and the Sweden national team as a right-back.[1]
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| Full name | Rolf Linus Wahlqvist Egnell | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 November 1996 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Norrköping, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Pogoń Szczecin | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 28 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –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) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | IFK Norrköping | 71 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Pogoń Szczecin | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Sweden U17 | 28 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Sweden U19 | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Sweden U21 | 29 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Sweden | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:35, 12 October 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:32, 19 October 2023 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
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.[6]
On 10 December 2022, it was announced Wahlqvist would join Polish Ekstraklasa club Pogoń Szczecin on a deal until June 2026, starting from 1 January 2023.[7]
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.[8][9]
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.[10][11]
Wahlqvist made his senior international debut for Sweden against Estonia in January 2016.[12]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 28 February
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| IFK Norrköping | 2014 | Allsvenskan | 24 | 0 | – | – | — | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | Allsvenskan | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | – | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 30 | 3 | ||
| 2016 | Allsvenskan | 28 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | —– | 35 | 2 | ||
| 2017 | Allsvenskan | 28 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | —– | 39 | 3 | ||
| 2018 | Allsvenskan | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 121 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 147 | 8 | ||
| Dynamo Dresden | 2018–19 | 2. Bundesliga | 29 | 0 | — | — | — | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 2. Bundesliga | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 0 | |||
| Total | 54 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | ||
| IFK Norrköping | 2020 | Allsvenskan | 17 | 1 | — | — | — | 17 | 1 | |||
| 2021 | Allsvenskan | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 3 | |||
| 2022 | Allsvenskan | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 45 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 220 | 11 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 252 | 13 | ||
- Appearance in the Svenska Supercupen
- Appearance in the Champions League
- Appearance in the Europa League
References
- "Linus Wahlqvist". Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- "Först IFK – sedan siktar Linus mot Europa". Norrköpings Tidningar. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- "Linus: "Om jag fortsätter utvecklas kommer speltiden"". IFK Norrköping. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- "Dynamo holt Schwedens U-21-Kapitän Wahlqvist". kicker Online (in German). 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- "Wahlqvist bekräftar: Lämnar Dresden efter nedflyttningen". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- "Linus Wahlqvist". IFK Norrköping (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-12-02.
- "Linus Wahlqvist nowym piłkarzem Pogoni Szczecin!" (in Polish). Pogoń Szczecin. 10 December 2022.
- "P17-landslagets VM-trupp uttagen". Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- "Svenska utklassning – tog brons i U17-VM". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ""Bara" oavgjort – efter Wahlqvists straffmiss". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- "Sverige ute ur U21-EM efter förnedring". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- "Linus Wahlqvist — svenskfotboll.se". www2.svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- "L. Wahlqvist". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
External links
- Linus Wahlqvist Egnell at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Linus Wahlqvist club team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
- Linus Wahlqvist national team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
- Linus Wahlqvist at Elite Football (archive)
- IFK Norrköping profile