Career
After playing in the youth level at ZOB, Ajax and De Graafschap, Lindenbergh began his professional career at De Graafschap that played in the Eerste Divisie. He became a key player for the team straight away and helped them to gain promotion to the Eredivisie for the following season, in which he made 30 appearances. In total he took part in 159 games for De Graafschap, scoring six goals, with the club permanently in the top flight.
During the 1999-1900 season, he left De Vijverberg to continue his career at Arizona Alkmaar.
At Arizona, Lindenbergh was a first team regular from the start, but he struggled to gain appearances in his second season at the club Ajax manager Danny Blind acknowledged Lindenbergh"s good form and declared an interest in signing him.
At the end of the 2004/05 season, Lindenbergh agreed to a move to the Amsterdam ArenA. He made his debut for the club in 2005 in the 2–0 Eredivisie victory against Willem World War II He went on to play eighteen games that season, as well as gaining some Champions League experience along the way. When Blind left Ajax and Henk ten Cate was appointed as the new manager, times changed for Lindenbergh and he only appeared in 12 matches that season.
Following speculation about a transfer (Lindenbergh, along with Michael Krohn-Dehli were deemed surplus to requirements, and were not even allowed to train with the first team to keep their fitness up), Lindenbergh signed with Sparta Rotterdam.
While at De Graafschap, Lindenbergh was called up into the Holland-under-21 squad.
