Otto Fredrikson

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Otto Fredrikson

Personal information
Full name	Otto Fredrikson
Date of birth	(1981-11-30) 30 November 1981 (age 40)
Place of birth	Valkeakoski, Finland
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Tromsø IL (player & staff)
Number	21
Youth career
1990–1995	Haka
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1999	OLS Oulu
2000–2001		40	(0)
2002–2006	Borussia M'gladbach	0	(0)
2002–2003	→ Borussia M'gladbach II (loan)	15	(0)
2004–2005	→ Jaro (loan)	52	(0)
2006–2009	Lillestrøm	53	(0)
2010–2012	Spartak Nalchik	48	(0)
2014–2015	Lørenskog	3	(0)
2015–2017	Kongsvinger	39	(0)
2015	→ Vålerenga (loan)	2	(0)
2017–	Tromsø IL	0	(0)
National team
2001–2003	Finland U21	12	(0)
2008–2011	Finland	13	(0)
Teams managed
2017–	Tromsø IL (staff)
Honours Lillestrøm SK Winner Norwegian Football Cup 2007
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 April 2016

Otto Fredrikson (born 30 November 1981) is a Finnish football goalkeeper who plays for Tromsø IL. He is also working at the club with marketing.^[1] Fredrikson was born in the unilingually Finnish-speaking municipality of Valkeakoski, but has Swedish heritage.

Club career[]

Tervarit[]

Fredrikson's career began in OLS, but he transferred to another Oulu based team Tervarit for seasons 2000–2001.

Borussia Mönchengladbach[]

During season 2001–02, he transferred to German Borussia Mönchengladbach. Fredrikson was at that time one of the most promising footballers in Finland. He represented Borussia Mönchengladbach until season 2005–06. During the years in Borussia he did not gain any caps in the first team, but did gain 15 caps in the reserves team. During seasons 2004 and 2005 he was loaned to Finnish club FF Jaro where he played 52 matches.

Lillestrøm[]

From 2006 to 2009, Fredrikson represented Norwegian club Lillestrøm. He gained 53 caps.

Spartak Nalchik[]

In February 2010, Fredrikson transferred to Russian PFK Spartak Nalchik. He made 48 appearances in the Russian league before suffering an injury in international friendly match between Finland and Turkey on 2012.

He did not re-emerge until 2014, when joining Lørenskog at the Norwegian third tier. In 2015, he signed for Kongsvinger, also a third-tier team, albeit formerly in the Norwegian Premier League. In the summer of 2015 he signed for Vålerenga on an emergency loan deal because Michael Langer was injured and Lars Hirschfeld is playing Gold Cup for Canada.

International career[]

He made his debut for the Finnish national team on 29 May 2008 against Turkey. After Jussi Jääskeläinen announced his retirement from international football, Fredrikson was the number one choice for Finland. During fall 2010, he started three out of four of Finland's Euro 2012 qualification games. However, Fredrikson has been away from the squad since May 2012, when he got injured before the friendly match against Turkey.

Club statistics[]

As of 25 November 2016

As of 16 November 2011

Honours[]

Club[]

Lillestrøm

• Norwegian Football Cup: 2007

References[]

External links[]

• Otto Fredrikson – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Otto Fredrikson at National-Football-Teams.com
• Otto Fredrikson at Soccerway
• Otto Fredrikson at FootballDatabase.eu
• Otto Fredrikson Interview