Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edward Linskens | ||
Date of birth | 6 November 1968 | ||
Place of birth | Venray, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
SV Venray | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1987–1995 | PSV | 136 | (18) |
1995–1996 | NAC | 5 | (0) |
1996–1997 | Lokeren | 20 | (3) |
1997–1998 | VVV | 30 | (7) |
Total | 191 | (28) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Edward Linskens (born 6 November 1968) is a Dutch retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, mainly for PSV.
Linskens was born in Venray, Limburg. During his 11-year professional career he played for PSV Eindhoven, NAC Breda, K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen (Belgium) and VVV-Venlo, the latter club competing in the second division.
At PSV, Linskens was an important first-team element and helped it to the European Cup victory in 1988, by scoring the equalizer in the semi's in the Bernabéu against Madrid and playing the entire final against S.L. Benfica of Portugal, which PSV won on penalties. [1] With the Eindhoven side, he appeared in more than 150 official matches and scored more than 20 goals.
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