Rasmus Lindgren

Rasmus Lindgren (born 29 November 1984 in Landskrona,Sweden) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga. Before he went to Red Bull in the summer of 2011, he played for AFC Ajax Amsterdam and FC Groningen in the Dutch Eredivisie.

Rasmus Lindgren

Personal information
Date of birth	(1984-11-29) November 29, 1984
Place of birth	Landskrona, Sweden
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Free agent
Youth career
2002–2003	Landskrona BoIS
2003–2005	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005	Ajax	4	(0)
2005–2008	FC Groningen	82	(4)
2008–2011	Ajax	54	(6)
2011–2012	Red Bull Salzburg	20	(1)
National team‡
2005–2006	Sweden U21	9	(0)
2008–2009	Sweden	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 January 2008

Career

He started with his local team Landskrona BoIS and went on to Ajax Amsterdams youth team in 2003. He became member of Ajax´ first squad in 2005. He played four times and then he came to FC Groningen on loan. After this he signed with Groningen and played 84 matches for the team. In January 2008 he came back to Ajax and became a regular player in the next two seasons. But injuries and the chance of the playing system under the coaches Martin Jol and Frank de Boer made him to a substitute player. So he went on to Red Bull Salzburg in 2011.

International

After making 9 appearances in the U21 team, he made his debut for Sweden on 19 November 2008, in a 3–1 defeat to the Netherlands.

Honours

Ajax

• Eredivisie (1): 2010-11