Anton Tinnerholm

Anton Tinnerholm
	Tinnerholm playing for Malmö FF in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Anton Lars Tinnerholm
Date of birth	26 February 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Linköping, Sweden
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Malmö FF
Number	2
Youth career
	Brokinds IF
0000–2007	IK Östria Lambohov
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2014	Åtvidabergs FF
2014–2017	Malmö FF
2018–2022	New York City FC
2023–	Malmö FF
International career‡
2015–2018	Sweden
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 January 2018

Anton Lars Tinnerholm (born 26 February 1991) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Allsvenskan club Malmö FF.

Career

Åtvidabergs FF

In his early years Tinnerholm played for local Östergötland clubs Brokinds IF and IK Östria Lambohov before moving to play professionally for Åtvidabergs FF, one of the larger clubs in the county. Tinnerholm moved to Åtvidaberg in 2008 but didn't make his first league appearance for the club until the year after. After making twelve appearances for Åtvidaberg in Sweden's second tier Superettan, in 2009, he played a much smaller role and played only two matches for the club after they had been promoted to the 2010. Back in Superettan again for the 2011 season Tinnerholm played regularly and appeared in 28 of 30 matches for the club as they won the league, and thus also promotion back to Allsvenskan. Tinnerholm continued to play regularly for the club as he made 25 appearances in 2012 and 29 appearances in 2013 as the club enjoyed mid table results.

Malmö FF

Tinnerholm signed for reigning Swedish champions Malmö FF on 11 July 2014. The transfer was completed on 15 July 2014 when the Swedish transfer window opened. Tinnerholm wore the number 3 jersey, previously worn by Miiko Albornoz who left the club after playing at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.^[2] In the 2014 season Tinnerholm played regularly for the club, becoming league champions and qualifying for the group stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League. He scored his first league goal for Malmö FF against his former club Åtvidaberg on 1 November 2014 in a 2–1 loss.^[3]

New York City

On 13 December 2017, Tinnerholm signed with MLS side New York City FC on a free transfer.^[4] He scored his first goal for the club on 11 March 2018 against LA Galaxy and his second goal on 31 March 2018 against the San Jose Earthquakes. He left New York at the end of the 2022 season.^[5]

Return to Malmö

On 14 November 2022, it was officially announced that Tinnerholm would return to Malmö FF on a free transfer, signing a four-year contract with the club in the process and being registered since January 2023.^[5]^[6]

Personal life

In February 2019, Tinnerholm earned a U.S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.^[7]

Career statistics

Tinnerholm playing for Åtvidaberg in 2013

Club

As of match played 12 November 2023^[8]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Åtvidabergs FF	2009^[9]	Superettan	12	0	1	0	—		—		13	0
	2010	Allsvenskan	2	0	1	0	—		—		3	0
	2011^[9]	Superettan	28	4	2	0	—		—		30	4
	2012	Allsvenskan	25	1	3	0	—		—		28	1
	2013	Allsvenskan	29	1	2	0	—		—		31	1
	2014	Allsvenskan	12	0	0	0	—		—		12	0
	Total		108	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	117	6
Malmö FF	2014	Allsvenskan	14	1	1	0	10^[a]	0	1^[b]	0	26	1
	2015	Allsvenskan	28	0	5	0	12^[a]	1	—		45	1
	2016	Allsvenskan	29	0	7	0	—		—		36	0
	2017	Allsvenskan	27	5	2	0	2^[a]	0	—		31	5
	Total		98	6	15	0	24	1	1	0	138	7
New York City FC	2018	MLS	31	4	0	0	—		3^[c]	0	34	4
	2019	MLS	30	1	3	0	—		1^[c]	0	34	1
	2020	MLS	23	4	—		4^[d]	0	3^[e]	0	30	4
	2021	MLS	25	0	—		0	0	0	0	25	0
	2022	MLS	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	0
	Total		119	9	3	0	4	0	9	0	135	9
Malmö FF	2023	Allsvenskan	4	0	4	0	—		—		8	0
Malmö FF	Total		4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Career total			329	21	31	0	28	1	10	0	398	22

^ ^a ^b ^c Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
^ Appearance(s) in Svenska Supercupen
^ ^a ^b Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs
^ Appearance(s) in CONCACAF Champions League
^ Two appearances in MLS is Back Tournament knockout stage, one appearance in MLS Cup Playoffs

International

As of match played 11 January 2018^[10]

National team	Year	Apps
Sweden	2015	4
	2016	2
	2017	1
	2018	2
Total		9

Honours

Åtvidabergs FF

Superettan: 2011

Malmö FF

Allsvenskan: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2023
Svenska Supercupen: 2014

New York City FC

MLS Cup: 2021

Individual

Allsvenskan defender of the year: 2017

References

^ "Anton Tinnerholm". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
^ "Anton Tinnerholm till Malmö FF". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 11 July 2014. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
^ "Åtvidabergs FF 2–1 Malmö FF". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
^ "New York City FC Sign Anton Tinnerholm". nycfc.com. New York City FC. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Anton Tinnerholm departs NYCFC to join Sweden's Malmö FF". MLSSoccer.com. 14 November 2022.
^ Stjernström, Fredrik (14 November 2022). "Anton Tinnerholm är hemma igen". Malmö FF (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ "Three New York City FC Players Receive U.S. Green Cards". NYCFC.com. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
^ Anton Tinnerholm at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Anton Tinnerholm - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Anton Tinnerholm". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 9 February 2021.