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{{short description|Swedish football coach and former player (born 1950)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Anders Linderoth
| image = 
| fullname = Anders Karl Gustaf Linderoth
| height = 1.70 m
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|3|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kristianstad]], Sweden
| death_date = 
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 1955–1961
| youthclubs1 = Näsby IF
| youthyears2 = 1962–1966
| youthclubs2 = [[Stattena IF]]
| years1 = 1967
| clubs1 = [[Stattena IF]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1968–1970
| clubs2 = [[Helsingborgs IF|Hälsingborgs]]
| caps2 = 61
| goals2 = 7
| years3 = 1971–1977
| clubs3 = [[Östers IF]]
| caps3 = 158
| goals3 = 23
| years4 = 1977–1980
| clubs4 = [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
| caps4 = 84
| goals4 = 6
| years5 = 1980–1981
| clubs5 = [[Mjällby AIF]]
| caps5 = 22
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1982–1984
| clubs6 = Näsby IF
| caps6 = 
| goals6 = 
| nationalyears1 = 1972–1980
| nationalteam1 = [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]]<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20010609200325/http://hem.passagen.se/fotbollslandslaget/statistiktest.htm Sweden men's national football team stats]}}</ref>
| nationalcaps1 = 40
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| manageryears1 = 1985–1989
| manageryears2 = 1995–1997
| manageryears3 = 1998–2001
| manageryears4 = 2002–2006
| manageryears5 = 2007
| manageryears6 = 2008–2009
| manageryears7 = 2014–2015
| managerclubs1 = [[Mjällby AIF]]
| managerclubs2 = [[IF Elfsborg]]
| managerclubs3 = [[Stabæk Fotball|Stabæk]]
| managerclubs4 = [[Hammarby Fotboll|Hammarby]]
| managerclubs5 = [[Viborg FF]]
| managerclubs6 = [[Landskrona BoIS]]
| managerclubs7 = [[Mjällby AIF]]
}}

'''Anders Karl Gustaf Linderoth''' (born 21 March 1950) is a Swedish [[association football|football]] coach and former player who played as a [[midfielder]]. He is best remembered for representing [[Helsingborgs IF|Helsingsborgs]], [[Östers IF]], [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]], and [[Mjällby AIF]] during a club career that spanned between 1967 and 1984. A full international between 1972 and 1980, he won 40 [[Cap (sport)|caps]] and scored two goals for the [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden national team]] and represented his country at the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]]. He was awarded [[Guldbollen]] in 1976 as Sweden's best player of the year.

== Club career ==
He debuted in [[Allsvenskan]] for [[Helsingborgs IF|Helsingborg]], and during his spell with [[Östers IF]] he made his national team debut and received [[Guldbollen]]. In 1977, he moved to play professionally in [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Linderoth's Marseille dream |url=https://uk-sport-web.prod.oceanusorigin.com/football/news/2372834/linderoths-marseille-dream |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=Sky Sports |language=en}}</ref>

== International career ==
He played 40 matches and scored two goals for [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]], the tally including three matches at the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]] in Argentina.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anders Linderoth - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/anders-linderoth/86533f59-1dab-4b6e-8a78-e263a2c60c40/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se. |language=sv}}</ref>

== Post-playing career ==
After retiring as a football player Linderoth has worked as a coach. His achievements include leading [[IF Elfsborg]] to [[Allsvenskan]]. From 2001 until 2006 he coached [[Hammarby Fotboll|Hammarby]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=SvenskaFans |url=https://www.svenskafans.com/fotboll/127437 |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=www.svenskafans.com |language=sv}}</ref> Linderoth managed [[Viborg FF|Viborg]] in about eleven months in 2007.

== Personal life ==
Anders Linderoth is the father of former Sweden national team player [[Tobias Linderoth]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/wk-family.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226115038/http://www.rsssf.com/players/wk-family.html |archive-date=26 February 2015 |title=World Cup Trivia - Fathers, Sons and Brothers, Uncles and Nephews| date= 2 October 2014| publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF]]}}</ref>

== Honours ==
'''Individual'''

* [[Guldbollen]]: 1977

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{WorldFootball.net|anders-linderoth}}

{{Swedish Footballer of the Year}}
{{Sweden squad 1978 FIFA World Cup}}
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