Olaf Lindenbergh

Olaf Lindenbergh

Personal information
Date of birth	(1974-02-06) 6 February 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Purmerend, Netherlands
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	defender
Youth career
	ZOB
	Ajax
1990–1994	De Graafschap
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1999	De Graafschap	159	(6)
2000–2005	AZ	135	(6)
2005–2007	Ajax	30	(0)
2007–2008	Sparta Rotterdam	18	(0)
2008–2009	VPV Purmersteijn	25	(17)
2009–2010	AGOVV Apeldoorn	33	(1)
2010–2012	FC Volendam	62	(1)
Total		462	(31)
International career
	Netherlands U21
Managerial career
2011–2012	Jong Volendam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Olaf Lindenbergh (born 6 February 1974) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Lindenbergh was born in Purmerend. After playing in the youth level at ZOB, Ajax and De Graafschap, he began his professional career at De Graafschap that played in the Eerste Divisie. His debut was on 12 November 1994 in a 1–0 win over VVV. He became a key player for the team straight away and helped them to gain promotion to the Eredivisie for the following season, in which he made 30 appearances. In total he took part in 159 games for De Graafschap, scoring six goals, with the club permanently in the top flight. During the 1999–2000 season, he left De Vijverberg to continue his career at AZ Alkmaar.

At AZ, Lindenbergh was a first team regular from the start, but he struggled to gain appearances in his second season at the club. As of 2001 he was back on track and became one of the key players of the team unexpectedly made it to the UEFA Cup semi-finals in 2005, only to be beaten on away goals by Sporting Lisbon. Ajax manager Danny Blind acknowledged Lindenbergh's good form and declared an interest in signing him. At the end of the 2004–05 season, Lindenbergh agreed to a move to the Amsterdam ArenA.

He made his debut for the club in 2005 in the 2–0 Eredivisie victory against Willem II. He went on to play eighteen games that season, as well as gaining some Champions League experience along the way. Ajax went on to win the KNVB Cup that same season. When Blind left Ajax and Henk ten Cate was appointed as the new manager, times changed for Lindenbergh and he only appeared in 12 matches that season. Still he participated in the KNVB Cup, which Ajax successfully defended. Following speculation about a transfer (Lindenbergh, along with Michael Krohn-Dehli were deemed surplus to requirements, and were not even allowed to train with the first team to keep their fitness up), Lindenbergh signed with Sparta Rotterdam.

While at De Graafschap, Lindenbergh was called up into the Netherlands under-21 national team squad.

Lindenbergh joined amateur club ASV De Dijk of the Vierde Klasse in 2012.^[1]

• Voetbal International website and 2007/2008 presentation magazine

• Player profile – Sparta Rotterdam
• Career stats – Voetbal International (in Dutch)
• Player profile – Ajax (in Dutch)
• Voetbal International profile
• Lindenbergh Sky Sports Profile & Latest News^{[permanent dead link]}
• Lindenbergh Yahoo Profile
• Olaf Lindenbergh at ESPN FC
• Lindenbergh Eurosport Profile