Martin Linnes
{{short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1991)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Martin Linnes
| image = Martin Linnes, 2018.jpg
| fullname = Martin Linnes
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|9|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sander, Norway
| height = 1.77 m
| position = Right-back
| currentclub = Molde
| clubnumber = 21
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Sander
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 = Kongsvinger
| years1 = 2010–2011 | clubs1 = Kongsvinger | caps1 = 41 | goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2012–2016 | clubs2 = Molde | caps2 = 104 | goals2 = 11
| years3 = 2016–2021 | clubs3 = Galatasaray | caps3 = 101 | goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2021– | clubs4 = Molde | caps4 = 75 | goals4 = 10
| nationalyears1 = 2011–2013
| nationalteam1 = Norway U21
| nationalcaps1 = 7
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2013–2021
| nationalteam2 = Norway
| nationalcaps2 = 29
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Team|Molde}}
{{Medal|W|Tippeligaen|2012}}
{{Medal|W|Tippeligaen|2014}}
{{Medal|W|Tippeligaen|2022}}
{{Medal|W|Norwegian Football Cup|2013}}
{{Medal|W|Norwegian Football Cup|2014}}
{{Medal|W|Norwegian Football Cup|2021–22}}
{{Medal|W|Norwegian Football Cup|2023}}
{{Medal|W|Turkish Cup|2016}}
{{Medal|W|Turkish Cup|2019}}
{{Medal|W|Turkish Super Cup|2016}}
| club-update = 4 December 2024
| nationalteam-update = 30 March 2021
}}
Martin Linnes (born 20 September 1991) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Norwegian club Molde. A versatile player, he also played as a left-back, central midfielder, right midfielder and right winger.
Club career
=Early years=
Linnes started his career at Sander, then joined Kongsvinger. In 2010, he made his debut in the Norwegian top division.{{cite web|url=http://www.fozzum.com/kil/spillerfakta.php?_persid=332|author=Fossum, Geir|title=Martin Linnes|work=Fozzum.com (Kongsvinger IL statistics)|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927131313/http://www.fozzum.com/kil/spillerfakta.php?_persid=332|archive-date=27 September 2011|url-status=dead}}
=Molde=
Linnes joined Molde in 2012, after his contract with Kongsvinger had expired.{{cite web |url=http://www.tv2.no/sport/fotball/tippeligaen/kongsvingers-martin-linnes-klar-for-molde-3571665.html |title=Kongsvingers Martin Linnes klar for Molde |language=Norwegian |work=tv2.no |publisher=TV2 |date=31 August 2011 |accessdate=12 November 2011 |archive-date=29 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129033357/http://www.tv2.no/sport/fotball/tippeligaen/kongsvingers-martin-linnes-klar-for-molde-3571665.html |url-status=live }} On 9 April 2012, he made his first assist against Brann, which Molde won 2–1, and on 4 August 2012, scored his first goal against Sogndal, in a match which Molde won 2–1. On 17 September 2015, Linnes scored the third goal against Fenerbahçe in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage, 3–1 away win.
After four years for Molde, Linnes agreed with Galatasaray. In his Molde years, he played 152 games, scoring 14 goals and making 26 assists.
=Galatasaray=
In January 2016, Linnes signed a {{frac|3|1|2}}-year contract with Turkish club Galatasaray for a €2 million transfer fee.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ntvspor.net/haber/futbol/147070/martin-linnes-galatasarayda|title=Martin Linnes, Galatasaray'da|access-date=9 January 2016|archive-date=25 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125201512/http://www.ntvspor.net/haber/futbol/147070/martin-linnes-galatasarayda|url-status=live}} He picked number 27 for his shirt from its previous owner, Emmanuel Eboué. He made his debut for Cim-Bom against Akhisar Belediyespor in the 2015–16 Turkish Cup, which ended in a 1–1 draw.
On 26 January 2016, Linnes started as central midfielder with José Rodríguez against Kastamonuspor in 2015–16 Turkish Cup, and made an assist to Sinan Gümüş, who scored the third goal. In the second half, he returned to his main position at right-back, after Tarık Çamdal had been taken from the pitch. Galatasaray won that match 4–1 at home.
On 6 February 2016, he played his first Süper Lig match, a 0–0 draw at home against Konyaspor, playing the full 90 minutes right-back.
On 11 April 2019, Galatasaray extended his contract for two more seasons, until the end of 2020–21 season.[https://www.galatasaray.org/haber/gs-sportif-a-s/martin-linnes-in-sozlesmesi-uzatildi/43909 Martin Linnes’in sözleşmesi uzatıldı] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412082315/https://www.galatasaray.org/haber/gs-sportif-a-s/martin-linnes-in-sozlesmesi-uzatildi/43909 |date=12 April 2019 }}{{in lang|tr}}
= Return to Molde =
On 17 August 2021, Molde announced that they signed their former right-back Martin Linnes.{{Cite web|title=Martin Linnes er tilbake!|url=https://www.moldefk.no/nyheter/martin-linnes-er-tilbake|access-date=2021-08-17|website=Molde|archive-date=17 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817123150/https://www.moldefk.no/nyheter/martin-linnes-er-tilbake|url-status=live}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|7 December 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://nr.soccerway.com/players/martin-linnes/115101/ |title=M. Linnes |work=soccerway.com |publisher=Soccerway |accessdate=21 May 2018 |archive-date=6 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706162327/https://nr.soccerway.com/players/martin-linnes/115101/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.nifs.no/personprofil.php?person_id=29279 |title=Martin Linnes |language=Norwegian |work=nifs.no |publisher=A-pressen |accessdate=17 March 2013 |archive-date=4 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704184029/http://www.nifs.no/personprofil.php?person_id=29279 |url-status=live }}{{NFF|2254825}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !rowspan="2"|Division !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup{{efn|Includes Norwegian Cup, Turkish Cup}} !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Kongsvinger
|2010 |15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2011
|26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!41 | 1 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 47 | 1 | ||
| rowspan="5"|Molde
|2012 |rowspan="4"|Tippeligaen |24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11{{efn|Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 1 | |
| 2013
|24 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5{{efn|Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League}} | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 6 | |
| 2014
|28 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 38 | 4 | |
| 2015
|28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11{{efn|Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League}} | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 41 | 3 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!104 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 14 |
| rowspan="7"|Galatasaray
|rowspan="6"|Süper Lig |10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17
|18 | 0 | 7 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|name=TSC|Appearance in Turkish Super Cup}} | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
| 2017–18
|20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=UEL}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 0 | |
| 2018–19
|19 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6{{efn|Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | 1{{efn|name=TSC}} | 0 | 33 | 4 |
| 2019–20
|12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21
|22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=UEL}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!101 | 2 | 32 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 146 | 5 |
| rowspan="5"|Molde
|2021 |rowspan="4"|Eliteserien |11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 0 | |
| 2022
|23 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10{{efn|name=UECL|Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 38 | 7 | |
| 2023
|21 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5{{efn|Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League}} | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 6 | |
| 2024
|20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10{{efn|name=UECL}} | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 2 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!75 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 25 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | 107 | 14 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!321 | 23 | 68 | 6 | 63 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 454 | 35 |
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=International=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="9"|Norway
|2013 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 29 | 1 |
:Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Linnes goal.{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/54053/Martin_Linnes.html|title=Linnes, Martin|publisher=National Football Teams|accessdate=10 October 2017|archive-date=10 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010162452/http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/54053/Martin_Linnes.html|url-status=live}}
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Martin Linnes | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"|1 | 5 October 2017 | San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino | {{fb|SMR}} | align="center"|8–0 | align="center"|8–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
Molde
Galatasaray
Norway U21
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship bronze: 2013{{Cite web |url=http://en.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/competitions/Regulations/01/55/65/06/1556506_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=4 April 2021 |archive-date=24 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124172228/http://en.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/competitions/Regulations/01/55/65/06/1556506_DOWNLOAD.pdf |url-status=dead }}
- Eliteserien Defender of the Year: 2014
References
- {{cite web |url=http://www.fotball.no/Community/Profil/?fiksId=2254825 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120526082153/http://www.fotball.no/Community/Profil/?fiksId=2254825 |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 May 2012 |language=Norwegian |title=Martin Linnes' profil |work=fotball.no |publisher=Football Association of Norway |accessdate=22 March 2013 }}
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External links
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- {{TFF player}}
- {{Soccerbase}}
- {{soccerway|sener-ozbayrakli/154473}}
- {{NFT player}}
- {{Mackolik}}
{{Molde FK squad}}
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Category:Norwegian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Norway men's international footballers
Category:Norway men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Norwegian First Division players
Category:Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball players
Category:Galatasaray S.K. footballers
Category:Norwegian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey