Toni Lindberg (born 23 September 1985) is a Finnish football manager and former professional football player.

Playing career

As a player, Lindberg started his senior career in 2002 with Elimäen Villisiat in the sixth-tier

Vitonen Vitonen or V divisioona is the seventh level in the Finnish football league system and comprises 228 teams. The V divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mid-1990s became known as the Vitonen (''Number Five'' in English and ''Femman'' in ...

. He has played in his native Finland also for Valkealan Kajo,

FC Kuusankoski FC Kuusankoski is a football club from Kuusankoski, Kouvola in Finland. The club was formed in 1996 and their home ground is at the Kuusankosken urheilupuisto. The men's first team currently plays in the Kakkonen (Second Division). The head c ...

in lower divisions and for MyPa in top-tier

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga () is a professional association football league in Finland and the highest level of the Finnish football league system. The league comprises the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agenc ...

, before joining

Mash'al Mubarek FC Mash'al Mubarek () is an Uzbek professional football club based in Mubarek. ''Mash'al'' means a torch. History The club was founded in 1982. Mashʼal played its first years in province league, later in UzSSR league. In 1993 the club starte ...

Uzbekistan Super League Uzbekistan Super League (; ), known as Artel Electronics, Artel Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons (; ), is the top division of professional association football, football in Uzbekistan. It is operated under the auspices of the U ...

in January 2012. He has also played for

Alta IF Alta Idrettsforening is a sports club from the town of Alta in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The club is most known for its association football department, which played in the 1. divisjon until 2014. Alta currently plays in 2. d ...

in the second-tier in Norway.

Coaching career

After his playing career, Lindberg has been a youth and assistant coach of

Sudet Sudet (''"Wolves"'' in English) is a sports club from Kouvola, Finland, playing bandy and association football. The club was formed in 1912 and was based firstly in Viipuri (Vyborg), then in Helsinki, before finally moving to Kouvola. Sudet fo ...

and

FC Lahti FC Lahti is a Finnish professional football club based in the city of Lahti. It currently plays in the Finnish second tier Ykkösliiga, after relegating from Veikkausliiga after the 2024 season. The homeground of Lahti is Toolpoint Arena. La ...

. On 31 August 2023, he was named the manager of Lahti in

, after sacking of

Mikko Mannila Mikko Mannila (born 2 March 1975) is a Finnish football manager of Ykkönen club OLS and a former player. Coaching career Mannila started coaching his home town clubs Porin Palloilijat and FC Jazz in 2001–2010. In 2011, he coached a local wo ...

. Lindberg was fired on 20 June 2024.

Career statistics

Toni Lindberg

Football Association of Finland The Football Association of Finland (, SPL; ) is the governing body of football (soccer), football and futsal in Finland. It was founded in Helsinki on 19 May 1907. The SPL organises the Finland national football team, men's and Finland women's ...

References

External links

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Profile at veikkausliiga.com
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lindberg, Toni 1985 births Living people People from Ruotsinpyhtää Finnish men's footballers 21st-century Finnish sportsmen Myllykosken Pallo −47 players Veikkausliiga players Uzbekistan Super League players Alta IF players FK Mash'al Mubarek players Finnish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Men's association football defenders Footballers from Uusimaa Finnish football managers FC Lahti managers Veikkausliiga managers Sudet players FC KooTeePee players FC Kuusankoski players