Victor Lindelöf

**Victor Jörgen Nilsson Lindelöf** (born July 17, 1994) is a Swedish football player. He plays as a defender for Aston Villa and the Swedish national team. He plays mostly as a center-back, but has played as a right-back. Lindelöf started his footballing career in Sweden with Vasteras SK in 2010. He moved to Benfica in 2011, to Manchester United in July 2017, and to Aston Villa in September 2025.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="5"|Västerås SK|2009|Division 1 Norra|1|0|—|—|—|—|1|0|||||
|2010|Division 1 Norra|9|0|—|—|—|—|9|0|||||||
|2011|Superettan|27|0|1|0|—|—|—|28|0||||||
|2012|Division 1 Norra|13|0|—|—|—|—|13|0|||||||
|rowspan="5"|Benfica B|2012–13|Segunda Liga|15|0|—|—|—|—|15|0|||||
|2013–14|Segunda Liga|33|2|—|—|—|—|33|2|||||||
|2014–15|Segunda Liga|41|2|—|—|—|—|41|2|||||||
|2015–16|LigaPro|7|0|—|—|—|—|7|0|||||||
|rowspan="5"|Benfica|2013–14|Primeira Liga|1|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|—|2|0||
|2014–15|Primeira Liga|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|||
|2015–16|Primeira Liga|15|1|0|0|4|0|4|0|0|0|23|1|||
|2016–17|Primeira Liga|32|1|4|0|2|0|8|0|1|0|47|1|||
|rowspan=9|Manchester United|2017–18|Premier League|17|0|3|0|3|0|5|0|1|0|29|0|
|2018–19|Premier League|30|1|3|0|0|0|7|0|—|40|1||||
|2019–20|Premier League|35|1|5|0|3|0|4|0|—|47|1||||
|2020–21|Premier League|29|1|3|0|2|0|11|0|—|45|1||||
|2021–22|Premier League|28|0|1|0|1|0|5|0|—|35|0||||
|2022–23|Premier League|20|0|4|0|4|0|7|0|—|35|0||||
|2023–24|Premier League|19|1|3|0|2|0|4|0|—|28|1||||
|2024–25|Premier League|16|0|1|0|2|0|6|0|0|0|25|0|||
|rowspan=1|Aston Villa|2025–26|Premier League|3|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|—|5|0||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=11|Sweden|||
|2016|11|1||
|2017|7|0||
|2018|11|1||
|2019|4|1||
|2020|5|0||
|2021|12|0||
|2022|6|0||
|2023|8|0||
|2024|6|0||
|2025|2|0||

- _As of match played 13 October 2025. Sweden score listed first, score column indicates score after each Lindelöf goal._

|scope=col|No.|scope=col|Date|scope=col|Venue|scope=col|Opponent|scope=col|Score|scope=col|Result|scope=col|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|10 October 2016|Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden||3–0|3–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|2|20 November 2018|Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden||1–0|2–0|2018–19 UEFA Nations League B||||||||
|3|5 September 2019|Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands||3–0|4–0|UEFA Euro 2020 qualification||||||||

## Honours

**Västerås SK**
- Division 1 Norra: 2010

**Benfica**
- Primeira Liga: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17
- Taça de Portugal: 2013–14, 2016–17
- Taça da Liga: 2015–16
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2016

**Manchester United**
- FA Cup: 2023–24
- EFL Cup: 2022–23
- UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2020–21, 2024–25

**Sweden U21**
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2015

**Individual**
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2015
- Swedish Defender of the Year: 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- UEFA Champions League Breakthrough XI: 2016
- SJPF Primeira Liga Team of the Year: 2016
- Guldbollen: 2018, 2019
- BBC Team of the Week. Week 16, 2023.

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Victor Lindelöf
- **image**: CSKA-MU 2017 (6).jpg
- **caption**: Lindelöf playing for Manchester United F.C., Manchester United in 2017
- **full name**: Victor Jörgen Nilsson Lindelöf
- **birth place**: Västerås, Sweden
- **height**: 1.87 m
- **currentclub**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **clubnumber**: 3
- **position**: Centre-back
- **youthclubs1**: IK Franke
- **youthclubs2**: Västerås IK Fotboll, Västerås IK
- **youthyears3**: 2007–2009
- **youthclubs3**: Västerås SK Fotboll, Västerås SK
- **youthyears4**: 2012–2013
- **youthclubs4**: S.L. Benfica Juniors, Benfica
- **years1**: 2009–2012
- **clubs1**: Västerås SK Fotboll, Västerås SK
- **caps1**: 50
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2012–2015
- **clubs2**: S.L. Benfica B, Benfica B
- **caps2**: 96
- **goals2**: 4
- **years3**: 2013–2017
- **clubs3**: S.L. Benfica, Benfica
- **caps3**: 48
- **goals3**: 2
- **years4**: 2017–2025
- **clubs4**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
- **caps4**: 194
- **goals4**: 4
- **years5**: 2025–
- **clubs5**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **caps5**: 3
- **goals5**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2010–2011
- **nationalteam1**: Sweden men's national under-17 football team, Sweden U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 5
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2012–2013
- **nationalteam2**: Sweden men's national under-19 football team, Sweden U19
- **nationalcaps2**: 17
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2014–2015
- **nationalteam3**: Sweden national under-21 football team, Sweden U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 13
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 2016–
- **nationalteam4**: Sweden men's national football team, Sweden
- **nationalcaps4**: 72
- **nationalgoals4**: 3
- **club-update**: 20:48, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 20:17, 14 October 2025 (UTC)