Bo Andersson (footballer)

Bo Andersson
Personal information
Full name	Bo Magnus Andersson
Date of birth	26 August 1968 (age 53)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1976–1987
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988	BK Vargarna
1989	Väsby IK
1990–1991	AIK
1992–1993	Vasalunds IF
1994–1995	Djurgårdens IF
1995–1996	SC Braga
1996–1997	Djurgårdens IF
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Bo Magnus Andersson (born 26 August 1968^[1]), known as "Bosse" Andersson, or simply "Super-Bosse" is a Swedish businessman and former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is director of sports at Djurgårdens IF.

Playing career[]

Bo Andersson played for BK Vargarna, Väsby IK, AIK, Vasalunds IF, Djurgårdens IF, and SC Braga. In the 1994 and 1995 Djurgårdens IF seasons, he was the internal top scorer.

Post-playing career[]

Between 1997 and 2008, Andersson was club director at Djurgårdens IF.^[2] Since 2013, he is back as director of sports at Djurgårdens IF.

Bosse Andersson has achieved legendary status among the Djurgården supporters, widely accepted as the most successful director of sports in Sweden. After returning to Djurgården in 2013, working in tandem with CEO Henrik Berggren, he guided the club from near bankruptcy to become Sweden´s third richest club, behind only Malmö FF and IFK Norrköping (2021). Using his wide network of contacts, Bosse has brought several young African players to Europe and Djurgården, and the club has made a fortune after selling these talents to bigger clubs. These include Omar Colley (originally came to Finland), Tino Kadewere, Sam Johnson (originally came to IK Frej), Michael Olunga and Aliou Badji. Selling players to Chinese clubs has been the biggest factor to Bosses success at Djurgården. The club has earned two titles since Bosse´s return.

Bosse is also widely popular among journalists, being friendly and out going, often "stealing the show" at deadline day with a spectacular new acquisition. You will often see him talking on the phone, supposedly with an agent. He's famous for his phone hang ups, abruptly ending the call, as something else comes up. All in a friendly and loving manner.

Honours[]

As player[]

Djurgårdens IF

Division 1 Norra: 1994

As director of football/sports[]

Djurgårdens IF

Allsvenskan: 2002, 2003, 2005, 2019
Svenska Cupen: 2002, 2004, 2005, 2017–18
Superettan: 2000

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-09-08. Retrieved 2014-09-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Bosse Andersson lämnar Djurgården". Dagens Nyheter. 26 November 2008.

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-09-08. Retrieved 2014-09-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Bosse Andersson lämnar Djurgården". Dagens Nyheter. 26 November 2008.

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