Gift Links
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 October 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Rustenburg, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger, Forward, Wingback | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AGF | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Platinum Stars | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Platinum Stars | 6 | (0) |
| 2018 | Al Assiouty Sport | 13 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Cape Town City | 37 | (5) |
| 2019– | AGF | 113 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018– | South Africa | 3 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:36, 7 June 2019 (UTC) | |||
Gift Links (born 2 October 1998) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a left wingback for Danish Superliga club Aarhus GF and South African national team.
Career[edit]
Links was part of the Cape Town City team which won the MTN 8 Cup in 2018.[2] On 1 September 2019, Links joined Danish Superliga club Aarhus Gymnastikforening on a contract until June 2024.[3] He made his debut for the club on 15 September in a 3–0 home win over AaB, coming on as an 82nd-minute substitute for Jakob Ankersen.[4][5]
Originally a forward, the arrival of head coach Uwe Rösler in the 2022/23 season saw Links shifted to the wingback position. During the season, Links adapted extremely well, delivering a Man of the Match performance in the final game of the season, in which AGF came back from 0–3 at home against Brøndby IF to draw 3–3 to secure 3rd place in the Superliga.[6]
In 2023, he was given a 94 rated Shapeshifter FIFA card, a 30-point difference from his original 64 rated bronze card.
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
- As of match played 10 December 2023[7]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Platinum Stars | 2016–17 | South African Premier Division | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Al Assiouty Sport | 2017–18 | Egyptian Premier League | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Cape Town City | 2018–19 | South African Premier Division | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 4[d] | 0 | 33 | 5 | |
| AGF | 2019–20 | Danish Superliga | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 17 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | 2[e] | 0 | – | 35 | 5 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 1[f] | 0 | – | 23 | 1 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 31 | 0 | |||||
| 2023–24 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 1[f] | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 106 | 5 | 14 | 1 | – | 4 | 0 | – | 124 | 6 | ||||
| Career total | 150 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 182 | 11 | ||
- ^ Includes Nedbank Cup, Danish Cup
- ^ Includes Telkom Knockout
- ^ Appearances in CAF Confederation Cup
- ^ Appearances in MTN 8
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League
International[edit]
- As of matches played 11 January 2019.[8]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2018 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
Honours[edit]
Cape Town City
References[edit]
- ^ Profile at AGF's website Archived 1 August 2023 at the Wayback Machine, agf.dk
- ^ a b "Cape Town City edge SuperSport in MTN8 final". citizen.co.za. The Citizen. 29 September 2018. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ AGF HENTER SYDAFRIKANSK LANDSHOLDSSPILLER Archived 1 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine, agf.dk, 1 September 2019
- ^ "AGF vs. AaB - 15 September 2019". int.soccerway.com. Perform Group. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ ""Quà Tặng Doanh Nghiệp"". cone.vn. Cone, Inc. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "COMEBACK I BRONZEFARVER". agf.dk (in Danish). 7 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ Gift Links at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ Gift Links at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "SuperSport United vs. Cape Town City - 29 September 2018". int.soccerway.com. Perform Group. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
External links[edit]
- Gift Links at AGF (in Danish)
- Gift Links at Danish Superliga (in Danish)
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- Pyramids FC players
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