Gift Links
South African soccer player (born 1988)
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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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Neo Gift Links[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 October 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Vryburg, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| 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 | 163 | (9) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018– | South Africa | 5 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21 August 2024 | |||
Career
Links was part of the Cape Town City team which won the MTN 8 Cup in 2018.[3] On 1 September 2019, Links joined Danish Superliga club Aarhus Gymnastikforening on a contract until June 2024.[4] 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.[5][6]
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.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 10 December 2023[8]
| 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 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 34 | 4 | |||||
| 2023–24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | – | 1[f] | 0 | – | 21 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 113 | 5 | 14 | 1 | – | 4 | 0 | – | 130 | 13 | ||||
| Career total | 156 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 188 | 18 | ||
- Includes Nedbank Cup, Danish Cup
- Includes Telkom Knockout
- Appearances in CAF Confederation Cup
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
- As of matches played 3 September 2021.[1]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2018 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 0 | |
