Mathias Lindström Explained

Mathias Lindström
Birth Date:	1981 1, df=yes
Birth Place:	Houtskär, Finland
Position:	Central defender
Youthyears1:	1986–1991
Youthyears2:	1991–2000
Youthclubs1:	Vasa IFK
Youthclubs2:	Pargas IF
Years1:	2001–2004
Years2:	2005
Years3:	2005
Years4:	2006–2009
Years5:	2009–2013
Years6:	2013−2014
Clubs1:	FC Inter Turku
Clubs2:	AC Allianssi
Clubs3:	Fredrikstad FK
Clubs4:	Tampere United
Clubs5:	HJK Helsinki
Clubs6:	FC Inter Turku
Caps1:	100
Caps2:	18
Caps3:	3
Caps4:	72
Caps5:	61
Caps6:	24
Goals1:	8
Goals2:	1
Goals3:	0
Goals4:	5
Goals5:	4
Goals6:	3
Nationalyears1:	–1999
Nationalyears2:	2001–2003
Nationalyears3:	2008
Nationalteam1:	Finland U-18
Nationalteam2:	Finland U-21
Nationalteam3:	Finland B
Nationalcaps1:	2
Nationalcaps2:	17
Nationalcaps3:	1
Nationalgoals1:	0
Nationalgoals2:	4
Nationalgoals3:	0
Pcupdate:	25 November 2013

Mathias Lindström (born 14 January 1981) is a retired Finnish footballer, who played as a central defender. He has played for FC Inter Turku, AC Allianssi, Fredrikstad FK, Tampere United and HJK Helsinki. Lindström last represented FC Inter Turku.

He was a failure at Fredrikstad FK, where he was sent off in his second match and only played one minute as a substitute after that.^[1]

In his career, he has played 224 games and has scored 16 goals. He is the player with most Veikkausliiga titles, currently 7. Lindström won the Veikkausliiga with Tampere United in 2006 and 2007 and with HJK Helsinki 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. He also won the Finnish League Cup with AC Allianssi in 2005 and with Tampere United in 2009. He won the Finnish Cup with Tampere United in 2007 and with HJK Helsinki in 2011.

Mathias graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics from Åbo Akademi University in Turku. He is currently studying Journalism (Bachelor's degree) at the Swedish School of Social Science at the University of Helsinki.