Sven Andersson (footballer, born 1963)
![]() Sven Andersson during an award ceremony for Helsingborgs IF's youth players. | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sven Tommy Andersson | ||
Date of birth | 6 October 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Strömstad, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1980–1991 | Örgryte IS | 247 | (0) |
1992 | IFK Strömstad | 28 | (0) |
1993–2001 | Helsingborgs IF | 233 | (0) |
2001–2002 | West Ham United | 0 | (0) |
Total | 508 | (0) | |
National team | |||
1979–1980 | Sweden U16 | 5 | (0) |
1980–1982 | Sweden U18 | 22 | (0) |
1981–1986 | Sweden U21 | 30 | (0) |
1986–1988 | Sweden Olympic | 22 | (0) |
1990 | Sweden[1] | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Sven Tommy Andersson (born 6 October 1963) is a retired Swedish football goalkeeper. Born in Strömstad near the Norwegian border, he began his professional career in Örgryte IS, a club with which he won the Allsvenskan championship in 1985. He got 1 cap for Sweden, and was called up as a reserve in the Swedish squad for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.
In 1993, after having retired from professional football, he was persuaded by Helsingborgs IF to make his comeback. Between 1993 and 2001 he played 233 consecutive Allsvenskan matches, and a total of 268 matches for the club. He was suspended from what was planned to be his last match for HIF due to a red card in his 233rd match.
In 2000, he earned his nickname San Siro-Sven with a last-minute penalty save against Inter Milan. In a 2000-01 UEFA Champions League qualifier, Helsingborgs were leading 1-0 on aggregate from the first leg with the second leg delicately poised at 0-0. In the final minute Inter were awarded a penalty but Alvaro Recoba saw his effort saved by Andersson, and Helsingborgs qualified at Inter's expense.[2]
In November 2001 he joined Premier League side West Ham United,[3] but left the following summer having not made an appearance for the club.[4]
Today Sven Andersson is the goalkeepers' coach of Helsingborgs IF.
References[]
- ^ "Sweden national football team stats". passagen.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2001-06-09.
- ^ "Euro big four go out". BBC Sport. 23 August 2000. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ "Football Transfers". BBC Sport. 1 August 2002. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ "Van der Gouw joins West Ham". BBC Sport. 28 June 2002. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
External links[]
- Sven Andersson at National-Football-Teams.com
- Sven Andersson at WorldFootball.net
- Sven Andersson at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
- 1963 births
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- Association football goalkeepers
- Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Living people
- Olympic footballers of Sweden
- Sweden international footballers
- Sweden under-21 international footballers
- Sweden youth international footballers
- Swedish footballers
- Örgryte IS players
- Helsingborgs IF players
- Allsvenskan players