Alexander Lindqvist

{{short description|Swedish basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Alexander Lindqvist

| image = Alexander Lindqvist (cropped).jpg

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|2|12|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| height_cm = 202

| weight_kg = 97

| position = Small forward

| league = Swedish Basketball League

| team = Södertälje BBK

| number =

| nationality = Swedish

| draft_year =

| career_start = 2008

| career_end =

| years1 = 2008–2011 | team1 = Solna Vikings

| years2 = 2009–2010 | team2 = →Solna Branten BK

| years3 = 2011–2013 | team3 = Södertälje Kings

| years4 = 2012 | team4 = →Tälje Knights

| years5 = 2013–2014 | team5 = KFUM Nässjö

| years6 = 2014–2015 | team6 = Solna Vikings

| years7 = 2015 | team7 = Trikala Aries

| years8 = 2015–2017 | team8 = Uppsala Basket

| years9 = 2016 | team9 = Proximus Spirou

| years10 = 2018–2019 | team10= Södertälje Kings

| years11 = 2019–2020 | team11= BTTB Mallorca-Palma

| years12 = 2020–2021 | team12= Stjarnan

| years13 = 2021–present | team13= Södertälje BBK

| highlights =

| medaltemplates =

}}

Alexander Lindqvist (born 12 February 1991) is a Swedish basketball player and a member of the Swedish national team. He won the Swedish championship in 2013 and 2019 as a member of the Södertälje Kings.

Playing career

In October 2019, Lindqvist signed with LEB Oro club BTTB Mallorca-Palma.{{cite news |title=Det är jätteroligt att få den här chansen |url=https://www.stockholmdirekt.se/sport/det-ar-jatteroligt-att-fa-den-har-chansen/repsjh!G5PlKq4Gq1sR6ZTmIbVoFw/ |accessdate=12 September 2020 |work=stockholmdirekt.se |date=14 October 2019 |language=Swedish}}

In September 2020, Lindqvist signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club Stjarnan.{{cite news |author1=Sindri Sverrisson |title=Sænskur landsliðsmaður í Stjörnuna: Leit alltaf upp til Hlyns og þekki Ægi |url=https://www.visir.is/g/20202011285d/saenskur-landslidsmadur-i-stjornuna-leit-alltaf-upp-til-hlyns-og-thekki-aegi |accessdate=12 September 2020 |work=Vísir.is |date=11 September 2020 |language=Icelandic}} On 27 September, he won the Icelandic Super Cup after Stjarnan defeated Grindavík in the Cup final.{{cite news |author1=Elías Karl Guðmundsson |title=Stjarnan meistarar meistaranna |url=https://www.karfan.is/2020/09/stjarnan-meistarar-meistaranna/ |accessdate=28 September 2020 |work=Karfan.is |date=27 September 2020 |language=Icelandic}}

National team career

Lindqvist debuted with the Swedish national team in 2012. In 2019, he played his 50th game for the national team.{{cite news |title=Lindqvist nära nå milstolpe med landslaget |url=https://www.stockholmdirekt.se/sport/lindqvist-nara-na-milstolpe-med-landslaget/repsaD!eGTmwp2NFmqDcBskGNoaA/ |accessdate=12 September 2020 |work=stockholmdirekt.se |date=12 February 2019 |language=Swedish}}

References

{{Reflist}}