Player · Germany · Defender

Thomas Linke

Scored on 1 Jun 2002

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Caps: 15
Starts: 14
Minutes: 1,304
Win % when playing: 73.3%
Goals: 1
Matches scored in: 1
Penalties: 0
Hat-tricks: 0
For their side: 141st of 220
Yellow cards: 1
Sent off: 0
Minutes per goal: 1304

Goals by year

2002

Tallest: 1 · Year

When they scored

By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.

1–15′16–30′31–45′46–60′61–75′76–90′ET

Tallest: 1 · Minute

What the goals did

Extended lead1

Germany with and without them

Germany's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.


With them	15	11	1	3	43	11	73.3%
Without them	23	10	6	7	36	27	43.5%

Played most alongside10


Torsten Frings	15
Christoph Metzelder	13
Jens Jeremies	13
Miroslav Klose	13
Oliver Kahn	13
Dietmar Hamann	11
Oliver Bierhoff	11
Bernd Schneider	10
Carsten Ramelow	9
Michael Ballack	9

Faced most10


Clint Mathis	United States	2
Cobi Jones	United States	2
Earnie Stewart	United States	2
Eddie Lewis	United States	2
Eddie Pope	United States	2
Gregg Berhalter	United States	2
Landon Donovan	United States	2
Martin Hiden	Austria	2
Rene Aufhauser	Austria	2
Roman Wallner	Austria	2

Against1


Saudi Arabia	1	1

At tournaments1

Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.


FIFA World Cup 2002	1	1

Every goal1


1 Jun 2002	v Saudi Arabia	8–0	73′	—	Extended lead	6–0	FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage

Every match on record15

In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.


18 Aug 2004	v Austria	3–1	started	90	—	Yellow	Friendly
7 Sep 2002	v Lithuania	2–0	started	90	—	—	UEFA Euro qualification 2002
30 Jun 2002	v Brazil	0–2	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 2002 · Final
25 Jun 2002	v South Korea	1–0	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 2002 · Semi-final
21 Jun 2002	v United States	1–0	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 2002 · Quarter-final
15 Jun 2002	v Paraguay	1–0	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 2002 · Round of 16
11 Jun 2002	v Cameroon	2–0	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage
5 Jun 2002	v Republic of Ireland	1–1	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage
1 Jun 2002	v Saudi Arabia	8–0	started	90	1	—	FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage
18 May 2002	v Austria	6–2	started	90	—	—	Friendly
14 May 2002	v Wales	0–1	started	90	—	—	Friendly
9 May 2002	v Kuwait	7–0	started	90	—	—	Friendly
17 Apr 2002	v Argentina	0–1	started	90	—	—	Friendly
27 Mar 2002	v United States	4–2	started	90	—	—	Friendly
13 Feb 2002	v Israel	7–1	came on 46′	44	—	—	Friendly

Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.