Thomas Linke

Free
Sporting Director

Born on : December 26, 1969 (54 years) at Sömmerda

Nationality : Germany

Height : 1m83

Weight : 79 kg

Number of international caps : 43 (1 goal)

First cap : vs South Africa 15/11/1997

First international goal : vs Saudi Arabia 01/06/2002

RCD

Main position
Central defender	94%
Right central defender	43%

Linke's career statisticsLast updated on 20/04/2024 at 10:11

Offense

Defense

Playing time

Presence

discipline

V D L

Results

Season

Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

tier

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

2007/2008

Bayern B

2970

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Bayern B	Regionalliga	33	1		2970		41	9	2970	0	100%		97%	1		36%	33%	30%

2006/2007

Salzburg

Club	Competition								V	D	L
Salzburg	Bundesliga	27	18	14	2370	100%	75%	2	59%	30%	11%
Salzburg	Champions League	4	5	2	360	100%	100%		50%	0%	50%
Salzburg	(C3) UEFA Cup	2	4		180	100%	100%		0%	50%	50%

2005/2006

Salzburg

705

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Salzburg	Bundesliga	24	3	2	705		30	11	2114	0	100%		67%	4	1	58%	8%	33%

2004/2005

Bayern Munich

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Bayern	Ligapokal	2	2	1	180	100%		100%		100%	0%	0%
Bayern	Bundesliga	11	11	3	847	82%	2	32%	5	45%	18%	36%
Bayern	Champions League	4	1	2	276	75%	1	40%		50%	0%	50%
Bayern	DFB-Pokal	1	2		90	100%		17%		100%	0%	0%
Germany	Friendlies	1	1		90	100%		14%	1	100%	0%	0%
Bayern B	DFB-Pokal	1	3		90	100%				0%	0%	100%

2003/2004

Bayern Munich

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Bayern	Ligapokal	1		3		120	100%		100%		0%	100%	0%
Bayern	Bundesliga	21	1	25	5	1682	86%	3	62%	3	57%	19%	24%
Bayern	Champions League	4		3	1	360	100%		50%		50%	50%	0%
Bayern	DFB-Pokal	2		1	1	210	100%		50%		50%	50%	0%

2002/2003

Bayern Munich

540

3913

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Bayern	Bundesliga	32			21	16	2713	0	94%	2	94%	4	69%	16%	16%
Bayern	Champions League	6	1	540	10	1	540	25	100%	1	75%	1	33%	33%	33%
Bayern	DFB-Pokal	6			3	3	570	0	100%		100%		83%	17%	0%
Germany	Euro Qualifying	1				1	90	0	100%		20%		100%	0%	0%

2001/2002

Bayern Munich

1440

4199

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Bayern	Ligapokal	1			1		90	0	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%
Bayern	Bundesliga	20			16	11	1703	0	95%	1	59%	6	45%	30%	25%
Bayern	Super Cup	1			3		90	0	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%
Bayern	DFB-Pokal	5			4	2	510	0	100%		100%	1	60%	20%	20%
Bayern	Champions League	5			3	2	366	0	80%	1	36%		60%	20%	20%
Germany	Friendlies	1			2		90	0	100%		100%	1	100%	0%	0%
Germany	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	1			5		90	0	100%		50%		0%	0%	100%
Germany	World Cup Qualifying	2			2		180	0	100%		100%		50%	50%	0%
Germany	Friendlies	6			5	1	450	0	83%	1	100%		67%	0%	33%
Germany	World Cup	7	1	630	3	5	630	2	100%		100%		71%	14%	14%

2000/2001

Bayern Munich

1318

4196

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Bayern	Ligapokal	1			1		90	0	100%		50%		100%	0%	0%
Bayern	Bundesliga	28			22	9	2291	0	93%	2	82%	6	61%	18%	21%
Bayern	Champions League	15	1	1318	10	8	1318	25	100%	1	88%		67%	20%	13%
Germany	Friendlies	2			3		92	0	50%	1	100%	1	50%	0%	50%
Germany	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	4			2	3	315	0	75%	1	67%	1	75%	25%	0%
Germany	Friendlies	1			1		90	0	100%		50%		0%	0%	100%

1999/2000

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Germany	Confederations Cup	3			6	1	270	0	100%		100%		33%	0%	67%
Germany	Euro Qualifying	3			1	2	270	0	100%		100%	1	67%	33%	0%
Germany	Friendlies	1				1	58	0	0%	1	100%		100%	0%	0%
Germany	Friendlies	5			7		405	0	100%		100%		40%	40%	20%
Germany	Euro	2			4		135	4	100%		67%		0%	50%	50%
Bayern	Bundesliga	27	1	2277	21	9	2277	0	96%	1	79%	1	70%	11%	19%
Bayern	Champions League	11	1	915	12	1	915	0	91%	1	69%		45%	27%	27%
Bayern	DFB-Pokal	1				1	90	0	100%		20%		100%	0%	0%

1998/1999

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Bayern	Ligapokal	1				1	90	0	100%		50%	1	100%	0%	0%
Bayern	Champions League	9			5	5	671	25	78%	3	69%	1	56%	33%	11%
Bayern	Bundesliga	27	1	1959	17	12	1959	0	74%	7	79%	3	67%	22%	11%
Bayern	DFB-Pokal	5	1	496	4	2	496	0	100%		83%		60%	40%	0%
Bayern	Ligapokal	2			1	1	180	0	100%		100%	1	100%	0%	0%
Germany	Friendlies	1					45	0	100%		33%		100%	0%	0%

1997/1998

Schalke 04

917

1247

Club	Competition											V	D	L
Schalke 04	Bundesliga	31	3	917	31	13	2750	100%	91%	5	1	35%	39%	26%
Schalke 04	DFB-Pokal	2			1	1	180	100%	100%			50%	0%	50%
Schalke 04	(C3) UEFA Cup	7			4	4	630	100%	88%	1		71%	14%	14%
Germany	Friendlies	1				1	90	100%	100%			100%	0%	0%
Germany	Friendlies	1				1	90	100%	14%			100%	0%	0%

1996/1997

Club	Competition											V	D	L
Schalke 04	DFB-Pokal	2	1	148	3	1	148	100%		100%	1	50%	0%	50%
Schalke 04	Bundesliga	30	1	2612	36	10	2612	97%	1	88%	6	33%	23%	43%
Schalke 04	(C3) UEFA Cup	11	2	509	9	6	1018	91%	1	92%	1	55%	18%	27%

1995/1996

Schalke 04

748

808

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Schalke 04	Bundesliga	27	3		748		29	10	2244	0	96%	1	79%	4		44%	37%	19%
Schalke 04	DFB-Pokal	2					1	1	180	0	100%		67%			50%	0%	50%

1994/1995

Schalke 04

1298

1470

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Schalke 04	DFB-Pokal	4					6		345	0	100%		100%			75%	0%	25%
Schalke 04	Bundesliga	31	2		1298		48	8	2595	0	94%	2	91%	4		29%	32%	39%

1993/1994

Schalke 04

630

660

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Schalke 04	Bundesliga	31	4		630		35	8	2521	2	97%	1	91%	2		32%	29%	39%
Schalke 04	DFB-Pokal	1						1	120	2	100%		50%	1		100%	0%	0%

1992/1993

Schalke 04

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Schalke 04	Bundesliga	25				1	31	10	2229	2	100%		74%	7		24%	44%	32%
Schalke 04	DFB-Pokal	1					2		90	2	100%		50%			0%	0%	100%

1991/1992

1990/1991

1989/1990

1988/1989

Total

The data represented with this background color are not complete. The figures may not reflect reality.

Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

Bundesliga	5	19992000200120032005
DFB-Pokal	3	200020032005
Ligapokal	4	1998199920002004
Bundesliga	1	2007
Champions League	1	2001
Europa League	1	1997

Runner-ups

Bundesliga	1	2004
DFB-Pokal	1	1999
Bundesliga	1	2006
World Cup	1	2002
Champions League	1	1999
Super Cup	1	2001

Transfers

02/04/19 > 01/07/19	Ingolstadt	S. D.
21/11/18 > 02/04/19	Ingolstadt	m. d. s.
10/11/11 > 14/06/17	Ingolstadt	S. D.
21/02/11 > 04/05/11	RB Leipzig	S. D.
12/09/07 > 20/02/11	Salzburg	S. D.

01/07/08 >	Retired
13/06/07 > 01/07/08	Bayern Munich B
01/07/05 > 13/06/07	Salzburg	Free
01/07/98 > 01/07/05	Bayern Munich
01/07/92 > 01/07/98	Schalke 04
01/07/88 > 01/07/92	RW Erfurt

Suggest a transfer for this player

Player career by clubLast updated on 20/04/2024 at 10:11

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Red cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Germany	43	1		3480	3480	5		91%39	60%26	23%10
Bayern	249	6		3454	20724	33		91%226	61%151	19%47
Bayern B	34	1		3060	3060	1		100%34	35%12	32%11
Salzburg	57	3	2	1675	5024	6	1	100%57	56%32	25%14
Schalke 04	205	16		1104	17662	32	1	97%199	37%76	33%67

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Stuttgart	24	11	1	0
Kaiserslautern	21	10	0	0
Hamburger SV	24	11	1	0
M'gladbach	19	8	2	0
Bayer	25	12	1	0
Dortmund	21	6	0	0
Karlsruhe	11	3	1	0
Hansa	14	10	0	0
Bochum	15	10	0	0
Werder	26	11	0	0
Munich 1860	17	11	1	0
FC Köln	14	7	1	0
E.Francfort	12	7	2	0
Wolfsburg	10	7	0	0
FC Nürnberg	10	5	0	0
Bielefeld	8	6	0	0
Austria Vienna	8	4	0	1
Ried	6	4	1	1
Freiburg	14	9	0	0
Schalke 04	13	4	0	0

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Werder	26	10	36
Stuttgart	24	9	26
Schalke 04	13	6	16
Bayer	25	6	33
Dortmund	21	6	23
M'gladbach	19	6	23
Bayern	11	5	19
Kaiserslautern	21	5	17
Bochum	15	4	22
Hamburger SV	24	4	26
Freiburg	14	4	19
Munich 1860	17	4	15
Hansa	14	4	12
FC Köln	14	3	16
Duisburg	11	3	12
Dresden	5	3	4
Innsbruck	5	3	10
Brazil	2	2	6
Real Madrid	6	2	8
Inter Milan	3	2	2

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2007/2008	Bayern B	36%	30%	33	0%	100%	1	-
2006/2007	Salzburg	55%	18%	33	67%	22%	9	Slightly negative
2005/2006	Salzburg	58%	33%	24	50%	42%	12	Slightly positive
2004/2005	Bayern	56%	33%	18	79%	9%	34	Negative
2003/2004	Bayern	54%	18%	28	47%	21%	19	Slightly positive
2002/2003	Bayern	66%	16%	44	20%	40%	5	-
2001/2002	Bayern	47%	28%	32	71%	4%	24	Negative
2000/2001	Bayern	64%	18%	44	45%	27%	11	Slightly positive
1999/2000	Bayern	64%	21%	39	63%	0%	16	Very slightly positive
1998/1999	Bayern	66%	9%	44	77%	15%	13	Slightly negative
1997/1998	Schalke 04	43%	25%	40	50%	0%	4	-
1996/1997	Schalke 04	40%	40%	43	20%	0%	5	-
1995/1996	Schalke 04	45%	21%	29	38%	13%	8	Slightly positive
1994/1995	Schalke 04	34%	37%	35	33%	33%	3	-
1993/1994	Schalke 04	34%	38%	32	0%	100%	4	-
1992/1993	Schalke 04	23%	35%	26	60%	30%	10	Extremely negative
1991/1992	RW Erfurt	0%	0%	0	23%	59%	39	-
1990/1991	RW Erfurt	0%	0%	0	42%	23%	26	-
1989/1990	RW Erfurt	0%	0%	0	19%	46%	26	-
1988/1989	RW Erfurt	0%	0%	0	35%	54%	26	-

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Schalke 04
01/09/1992	B	Schalke 04 - Werder Bremen	0 - 0	First match with the club, first start
05/09/1992	B	Stuttgart - Schalke 04	1 - 0	First loss
16/10/1992	B	Bochum - Schalke 04	0 - 1	First victory
12/12/1992	B	Bayern Munich - Schalke 04	1 - 1	First own goal
31/08/1993	B	M'gladbach - Schalke 04	3 - 2	First goal
08/03/1998	B	Schalke 04 - Bayern Munich	1 - 0	First red card
Bayern Munich
03/08/1998	L	Bayer - Bayern Munich	0 - 1	First match with the club, first start, first victory
31/10/1998	B	E.Francfort - Bayern Munich	1 - 0	First loss
07/11/1998	B	Bayern Munich - Munich 1860	3 - 1	First goal
27/09/2003	B	Hansa Rostock - Bayern Munich	1 - 2	First own goal
Bayern Munich B
01/03/2005	DFBP	Bayern Munich B - Werder Bremen	0 - 3	First match with the club, first start, first loss
12/08/2007	R	Bayern Munich B - FSV Francfort	2 - 1	First victory
05/04/2008	R	Bayern Munich B - Regensburg	3 - 1	First goal
Red Bull Salzburg
11/09/2005	B	Austria Vienna - Salzburg	2 - 0	First match with the club, first start, first loss
18/09/2005	B	Salzburg - Austria Vienna	1 - 0	First victory, first red card
15/10/2005	B	Rapid Vienne - Salzburg	2 - 3	First goal

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 20/04/2024 at 10:11

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Own goals	Minutes played	Match starts	Yellow cards	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses
Bundesliga	Bundesliga	341	15	1895		2	28423	93%318	1	47%160	26%90	27%91
DFB-Pokal	DFB-Pokal	33	2	1560			3119	100%33		64%21	15%5	21%7
Ligapokal	Ligapokal	8					750	100%8		75%6	13%1	13%1
3. Liga	3. Liga	33	1	2970			2970	100%33		36%12	33%11	30%10
Bundesliga	Bundesliga	51	3	1495	2		4484	100%51	1	59%30	20%10	22%11
Friendlies	Friendlies	20					1500	85%17		65%13	10%2	25%5
Confederations Cup	Confederations Cup	3					270	100%3		33%1		67%2
World Cup	World Cup	7	1	630			630	100%7		71%5	14%1	14%1
Euro	Euro	2					135	100%2			50%1	50%1
WCQEZ	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	5					405	80%4		60%3	20%1	20%1
World Cup Qualifying	World Cup Qualifying	2					180	100%2		50%1	50%1
Euro Qualifying	Euro Qualifying	4					360	100%4		75%3	25%1
Champions League	Champions League	58	3	1602			4806	91%53		53%31	24%14	22%13
Super Cup	Super Cup	1					90	100%1				100%1
Europa League	Europa League	20	2	914			1828	95%19		55%11	20%4	25%5

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2007/2008	Bayern B	3	8	47	34	12	11	11	53	42
2006/2007	Salzburg	1	1	75	36	22	9	5	72	25
2005/2006	Salzburg	1	2	63	36	20	3	13	62	42
2004/2005	Bayern	1	1	77	34	24	5	5	75	33
2003/2004	Bayern	1	2	68	34	20	8	6	70	39
2002/2003	Bayern	1	1	75	34	23	6	5	70	25
2001/2002	Bayern	1	3	68	34	20	8	6	65	25
2000/2001	Bayern	1	1	63	34	19	6	9	62	37
1999/2000	Bayern	1	1	73	34	22	7	5	73	28
1998/1999	Bayern	1	1	78	34	24	6	4	76	28
1997/1998	Schalke 04	1	5	52	34	13	13	8	38	32
1996/1997	Schalke 04	1	12	43	34	11	10	13	35	40
1995/1996	Schalke 04	1	3	56	34	14	14	6	45	36
1994/1995	Schalke 04	1	11	31	34	10	11	13	48	54
1993/1994	Schalke 04	1	14	29	34	10	9	15	38	50
1992/1993	Schalke 04	1	10	34	34	11	12	11	42	43
1991/1992	RW Erfurt	2	12	17	32	5	7	20	36	75
1990/1991	RW Erfurt	1	3	31	26	11	9	6	30	26
1989/1990	RW Erfurt	1	11	19	26	5	9	12	29	40
1988/1989	RW Erfurt	1	12	21	26	9	3	14	27	39

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
June 29, 2008	29/06		Final	Germany	0 - 1	Spain	Absent
June 25, 2008	25/06		Semi-finals	Germany	3 - 2	Turkey	Absent
June 19, 2008	19/06		Quarter-finals	Portugal	2 - 3	Germany	Absent
June 16, 2008	16/06		Group B	Austria	0 - 1	Germany	Absent
June 12, 2008	12/06		Group B	Croatia	2 - 1	Germany	Absent
June 08, 2008	08/06		Group B	Germany	2 - 0	Poland	Absent
May 31, 2008	31/05	R	Round 34	Bayern Munich B	0 - 1	Aalen	Absent
May 31, 2008	31/05	F	Europe	Germany	2 - 1	Serbia	Absent
May 27, 2008	27/05	F	Europe	Germany	2 - 2	Belarus	Absent
May 24, 2008	24/05	R	Round 33	Burghausen	3 - 1	Bayern Munich B	90 Minutes
May 18, 2008	18/05	R	Round 32	Bayern Munich B	7 - 0	Oggersheim	90 Minutes
May 10, 2008	10/05	R	Round 31	Sandhausen	3 - 3	Bayern Munich B	90 Minutes
May 06, 2008	06/05	R	Round 30	Bayern Munich B	3 - 1	Karlsruhe B	90 Minutes
May 02, 2008	02/05	R	Round 29	Hessen Kassel	2 - 3	Bayern Munich B	90 Minutes
April 25, 2008	25/04	R	Round 28	Bayern Munich B	1 - 3	Stuttgart B	90 Minutes
April 18, 2008	18/04	R	Round 27	Bayern Munich B	3 - 1	Siegen	90 Minutes
April 12, 2008	12/04	R	Round 26	Pfullendorf	0 - 0	Bayern Munich B	90 Minutes
April 05, 2008	05/04	R	Round 25	Bayern Munich B	3 - 1	Regensburg	90 Minutes	1
March 29, 2008	29/03	R	Round 24	Ingolstadt	1 - 0	Bayern Munich B	90 Minutes
March 26, 2008	26/03	F	Europe	Switzerland	0 - 4	Germany	Absent
March 20, 2008	20/03	R	Round 23	Bayern Munich B	1 - 1	Elversberg	90 Minutes
March 15, 2008	15/03	R	Round 22	Kickers	0 - 1	Bayern Munich B	90 Minutes
March 07, 2008	07/03	R	Round 21	Bayern Munich B	2 - 4	Unterhaching	90 Minutes
March 01, 2008	01/03	R	Round 20	FSV Francfort	2 - 2	Bayern Munich B	90 Minutes
February 06, 2008	06/02	F	Europe	Austria	0 - 3	Germany	Absent
December 09, 2007	09/12	R	Round 19	Bayern Munich B	1 - 0	Munich 1860 B	90 Minutes
December 01, 2007	01/12	R	Round 18	Reutlingen	2 - 1	Bayern Munich B	90 Minutes
November 24, 2007	24/11	R	Round 17	Aalen	1 - 1	Bayern Munich B	90 Minutes
November 21, 2007	21/11	EQ	Group D	Germany	0 - 0	Wales	Absent
November 17, 2007	17/11	EQ	Group D	Germany	4 - 0	Cyprus	Absent
November 16, 2007	16/11	R	Round 16	Bayern Munich B	1 - 1	Burghausen	90 Minutes
November 09, 2007	09/11	R	Round 15	Oggersheim	0 - 4	Bayern Munich B	90 Minutes
November 04, 2007	04/11	R	Round 14	Bayern Munich B	3 - 1	Sandhausen	90 Minutes
October 28, 2007	28/10	R	Round 13	Karlsruhe B	0 - 0	Bayern Munich B	90 Minutes
October 20, 2007	20/10	R	Round 12	Bayern Munich B	4 - 0	Hessen Kassel	90 Minutes
October 17, 2007	17/10	EQ	Group D	Germany	0 - 3	Czech Republic	Absent
October 13, 2007	13/10	EQ	Group D	Ireland	0 - 0	Germany	Absent
October 07, 2007	07/10	R	Round 11	Stuttgart B	1 - 0	Bayern Munich B	90 Minutes
September 28, 2007	28/09	R	Round 10	Siegen	1 - 1	Bayern Munich B	90 Minutes
September 21, 2007	21/09	R	Round 9	Bayern Munich B	2 - 1	Pfullendorf	90 Minutes
September 15, 2007	15/09	R	Round 8	Regensburg	2 - 0	Bayern Munich B	90 Minutes
September 12, 2007	12/09	F	Europe	Germany	3 - 1	Romania	Absent
September 08, 2007	08/09	R	Round 7	Bayern Munich B	1 - 1	Ingolstadt	90 Minutes
September 08, 2007	08/09	EQ	Group D	Wales	0 - 2	Germany	Absent
September 01, 2007	01/09	R	Round 6	Elversberg	3 - 0	Bayern Munich B	90 Minutes
August 26, 2007	26/08	R	Round 5	Bayern Munich B	0 - 1	Kickers	90 Minutes
August 22, 2007	22/08	F	Europe	England	1 - 2	Germany	Absent
August 18, 2007	18/08	R	Round 4	Unterhaching	0 - 0	Bayern Munich B	90 Minutes
August 12, 2007	12/08	R	Round 3	Bayern Munich B	2 - 1	FSV Francfort	90 Minutes
August 03, 2007	03/08	R	Round 2	Munich 1860 B	3 - 2	Bayern Munich B	90 Minutes
July 28, 2007	28/07	R	Round 1	Bayern Munich B	0 - 0	Reutlingen	90 Minutes

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