Gift Links

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Gift Links
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-10-02) 2 October 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Rustenburg, South Africa
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Position(s) Winger, Forward, Wingback
Team information
Current team
AGF
Number 11
Youth career
Platinum Stars
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 Platinum Stars 6 (0)
2018 Al Assiouty Sport 13 (0)
2018–2019 Cape Town City 37 (5)
2019– AGF 120 (5)
International career
2018– South Africa 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:36, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Gift Links (born 2 October 1998) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a left wingback for Danish Superliga club Aarhus GF and South African national team.

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Career

Links was part of the Cape Town City team which won the MTN 8 Cup in 2018. [2] On 1 September 2019, Links joined Danish Superliga club Aarhus Gymnastikforening on a contract until June 2024. [3] He made his debut for the club on 15 September in a 3–0 home win over AaB, coming on as an 82nd-minute substitute for Jakob Ankersen. [4] [5]

Originally a forward, the arrival of head coach Uwe Rösler in the 2022/23 season saw Links shifted to the wingback position. During the season, Links adapted extremely well, delivering a Man of the Match performance in the final game of the season, in which AGF came back from 0–3 at home against Brøndby IF to draw 3–3 to secure 3rd place in the Superliga. [6]

In 2023, he was given a 94 rated Shapeshifter FIFA card, a 30-point difference from his original 64 rated bronze card.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 December 2023 [7]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Platinum Stars 2016–17 South African Premier Division 5010100070
2017–18 1000005 [lower-alpha 3] 00060
Total6010105000130
Al Assiouty Sport 2017–18 Egyptian Premier League 120000000120
Cape Town City 2018–19 South African Premier Division26520104 [lower-alpha 4] 0335
AGF 2019–20 Danish Superliga 15020170
2020–21 294412 [lower-alpha 5] 0355
2021–22 211101 [lower-alpha 6] 0231
2022–23 28030310
2023–24 130401 [lower-alpha 6] 0180
Total1065141401246
Career total1501017120904018211

International

As of matches played 11 January 2019. [8]
National teamYearAppsGoals
South Africa 201820
201910
Total30

Honours

Cape Town City

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References

  1. Profile at AGF's website Archived 1 August 2023 at the Wayback Machine , agf.dk
  2. 1 2 "Cape Town City edge SuperSport in MTN8 final". citizen.co.za. The Citizen. 29 September 2018. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  3. AGF HENTER SYDAFRIKANSK LANDSHOLDSSPILLER Archived 1 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine , agf.dk, 1 September 2019
  4. "AGF vs. AaB - 15 September 2019". int.soccerway.com. Perform Group. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  5. ""Quà Tặng Doanh Nghiệp"". cone.vn. Cone, Inc. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. "COMEBACK I BRONZEFARVER". agf.dk (in Danish). 7 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  7. Gift Links at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  8. Gift Links at National-Football-Teams.com
  9. "SuperSport United vs. Cape Town City - 29 September 2018". int.soccerway.com. Perform Group. Retrieved 5 August 2020.