What is Thomas Linke?
{{Football player infobox |playername=Thomas Linke |image=Thomas Linke.JPG |image_size=150px |fullname=Thomas Linke |birth_date={{birth date and age|1969|12|26|df=yes}} |birth_place=[[Sömmerda]], [[East Germany]] |death_date= |height={{height|m=1.83}} |position=[[Defender (football)|Defender]] (retired) | currentclub = | youthyears1 = 1977–1983 | youthclubs1 = Robotron Sömmerda | youthyears2 = 1983–1988 | youthclubs2 = [[FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt|Rot-Weiß Erfurt]] | years1 = 1988–1992 | clubs1 = [[FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt|Rot-Weiß Erfurt]] | caps1 = 85 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 1992–1998 | clubs2 = [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]] | caps2 = 175 | goals2 = 13 | years3 = 1998–2005 | clubs3 = [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] | caps3 = 165 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2005–2007 | clubs4 = [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg]] | caps4 = 51 | goals4 = 3 | years5 = 2007–2008 | clubs5 = [[FC Bayern Munich II|Bayern Munich II]] | caps5 = 27 | goals5 = 1 | totalcaps = 502 | totalgoals = 21 | nationalyears1 = 1997–2004 | nationalteam1 = [[Germany national football team|Germany]] | nationalcaps1 = 43 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{fb|GER}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}} {{Medal|RU|[[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 Korea/Japan]]|}} }} [[File:Thomas Linke Sportdirektor Red Bull Salzburg.JPG|thumb|Thomas Linke 2010]] '''Thomas Linke''' (born 26 December 1969 in Sömmerda, then German Democratic Republic) is a former [[Germany|German]] [[Association football|football]] player for the [[Germany national football team|German national team]]. He played as central defender for Schalke 04 and Bayern Muinich in the German Bundesliga and for Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga. ==Career== He started with his local club BSG Robotron Sömmerda and went to FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt, where he played 84 games in the East German First Division. After the reunification of Germany he went to Schalke 04. In 1998, he came to Bayern Muinich. The time with this team was his