Anders Andersson (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Anders Andersson | ||
Date of birth | 15 March 1974 | ||
Place of birth | Tomelilla, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990–1997 | Malmö FF | 126 | (19) |
1997–1999 | Blackburn Rovers | 4 | (0) |
1999–2001 | AaB | 70 | (8) |
2001–2004 | Benfica | 49 | (1) |
2004–2005 | Belenenses (loan) | 36 | (0) |
2005–2008 | Malmö FF | 56 | (0) |
Total | 341 | (28) | |
National team | |||
1989–1991 | Sweden U17 | 30 | (1) |
1991 | Sweden U19 | 1 | (0) |
1992–1995 | Sweden U21/O | 25 | (3) |
1995–1997 | Sweden B | 2 | (0) |
1994–2005 | Sweden | 27 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Per Anders Andersson (born 15 March 1974) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Starting off his career with Malmö FF in the early 1990s, Andersson went on to play professionally in England, Denmark, and Portugal before returning to Malmö in 2005 to finish up his career. A full international between 1994 and 2005, Andersson won 27 caps for the Sweden national team and represented them at UEFA Euro 2000 and 2004. He was also a squad player for the Sweden Olympic football team at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Club career[]
Born in Tomelilla, Andersson played for Svenstorps IF as a child, but joined Malmö FF in 1990. He gradually became a star in the Allsvenskan, and was bought by English Premier League outfit Blackburn Rovers. There, he played four league matches, and scored once against Preston North End in the League Cup.[1] He went on to play in Denmark and Portugal for Benfica, and returned to Malmö FF in July 2005. He remained in the club until the end of the 2008 season, when the team decided not to extend Anders contract. The news was received with dismay among Malmö supporters, and Anders himself has written about the situation at his blog at local newspaper Skånska Dagbladet. [2] He later decided to retire from football, ending speculation that he might've been heading to local rivals Trelleborg.
International career[]
Youth[]
After having represented the Sweden U17, U19, and U21 teams, Andersson was selected to represent the Sweden Olympic football team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[3]
Senior[]
Andersson made his senior debut for the Sweden national team in a friendly game against Mexico on 24 February 1994.[3] He scored his first international goal in a 1–0 friendly win against Japan on 13 Februari 1997.[3] He was a squad player for Sweden at UEFA Euro 2000, and came in from the bench in a group stage 0–0 draw against Turkey before Sweden failed to advance to the second round.[3] Four years later, he was a squad player for Sweden at UEFA Euro 2004 and started in the final group stage game against Denmark, before Sweden was eliminated in the quarter finals by the Netherlands.[3]
Andersson made his last international appearance on 9 February 2005 in a 1–1 draw with France.[3] He won a total of 27 caps, scoring 3 goals.[3]
Career statistics[]
International[]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Sweden | 1994 | 1 | 0 |
1996 | 1 | 0 | |
1997 | 7 | 1 | |
2000 | 7 | 1 | |
2003 | 4 | 0 | |
2004 | 6 | 1 | |
2005 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 27 | 3 |
- Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Andersson goal.[3]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 13 February 1997 | National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
2 | 4 February 2000 | La Manga Club Football Stadium, La Manga, Spain | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
3 | 28 May 2004 | Ratina Stadium, Tampere, Finland | ![]() |
1–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
Honours[]
AaB
Benfica
References[]
- ^ "Different class as Blackburn show Premiership pedigree". Lancashire Evening Telegraph. 17 September 1997. Retrieved 27 November 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20120224203748/http://www.skanskan.se/article/20090102/SPORTBLOGG05/375481168/1164
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Anders Andersson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "2003–04 Taça de Portugal 5th Round Académica vs. Benfica". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
External links[]
- Malmö FF profile (in Swedish)
- Aalborg BK profile (in Danish)
- Anders Andersson at ForaDeJogo
- Anders Andersson at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1974 births
- Living people
- People from Tomelilla Municipality
- Swedish footballers
- Association football forwards
- Sweden international footballers
- Sweden youth international footballers
- Olympic footballers of Sweden
- UEFA Euro 2000 players
- Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- UEFA Euro 2004 players
- Allsvenskan players
- Premier League players
- Danish Superliga players
- Primeira Liga players
- Malmö FF players
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
- AaB Fodbold players
- S.L. Benfica footballers
- C.F. Os Belenenses players
- Swedish expatriate footballers
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Expatriate footballers in Denmark
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Swedish association football commentators