Andreas Andersson (footballer, born 1974)
![]() Andreas Andersson in November 2012 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Andreas Claes Andersson | ||
Date of birth | 10 April 1974 | ||
Place of birth | Nacka, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1979–1993 | Hova IF | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994 | Tidaholms GOIF | 9 | (6) |
1994–1995 | Degerfors IF | 40 | (16) |
1996–1997 | IFK Göteborg | 39 | (32) |
1997–1998 | Milan | 13 | (1) |
1998–1999 | Newcastle United | 27 | (4) |
1999–2005 | AIK | 82 | (25) |
Total | 210 | (84) | |
International career‡ | |||
1991 | Sweden U17 | 2 | (0) |
1995–1996 | Sweden U21 | 3 | (3) |
1995–1996 | Sweden B | 2 | (0) |
1996–2003 | Sweden | 43 | (8) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:00, 30 November 2006 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:00, 30 November 2006 |
Andreas Claes Andersson (born 10 April 1974) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was the Allsvenskan top scorer with IFK Göteborg when they won the 1996 Allsvenskan, and went on to represent Milan, Newcastle United, and AIK before retiring in 2005. A full international between 1996 and 2003, he scored 8 goals in 43 caps for the Sweden national team, and represented them at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Andreas Andersson was signed by the Division 2 club Tidaholms G&IF before the 1994 season from the Division 5 club Hova IF.[1] He scored 6 goals in 9 games for Tidaholm before being signed by the Allsvenskan outfit Degerfors IF during the same year.[1] He spent a season and a half at Degerfors, scoring 16 Allsvenskan goals in 40 games.[2]
IFK Göteborg
[edit]Prior to the 1996 Allsvenskan season, Andersson signed for the reigning Allsvenskan champions IFK Göteborg.[1] During his first season with Göteborg, Andersson finished as the Allsvenskan top scorer with 19 goals as IFK Göteborg won the league.[3] In the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League, Andersson scored against A.C. Milan in a 2–4 group stage loss at San Siro.[4] During the 1997 season, Andersson scored 13 goals in 13 games during the first half of the season, before leaving the club in the summer.[1]
Milan
[edit]Andersson was signed by Milan ahead of the 1997–98 Serie A season. He scored his only Serie A goal for Milan in a 1–0 win against Empoli F.C. on 5 October 1997.[5]
Newcastle United
[edit]Andersson signed for Newcastle United in the English Premier League in January 1998 but missed several months with glandular fever then struggled to regain form.[6] He played in the 1998 FA Cup Final, which Newcastle lost to Arsenal.[7]
AIK and retirement
[edit]Andersson returned to Sweden in the summer of 1999, as AIK's most expensive signing ever ahead of their 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League campaign.[8] He scored two goals against Arsenal during that Champions League season in a 2–3 group stage loss at Råsunda Stadium in Solna, Sweden.[9] Injury problems caused him to retire on 1 August 2005, with Andersson looking to remain in football as a coach.[10]
International career
[edit]Andersson made his full international debut for the Sweden national team on 25 February 1996 in a friendly game against Australia in Brisbane, in which he scored two goals.[11][12] He scored his first competitive international goal in a 2–1 win against England in a UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying match, which ultimately helped Sweden qualify for UEFA Euro 2000.[13] However, an injury to his cruciate ligament caused him to miss the tournament.[14]
On 5 September 2001, Andersson scored the decisive goal away against Turkey in a 2–1 victory, which meant that Sweden qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup the following summer.[15] Andersson was used as a substitute in the tournament and nearly scored against Argentina, but his shot hit the cross bar.[16] He played in all four games as Sweden was eliminated by Senegal in the second round.[8][17]
His last ever international appearance came in a UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying game against San Marino on 7 June 2003, before another knee injury ruled Andersson out of playing for Sweden at Euro 2004 and ultimately ended his international career.[18]
In total Andersson won 43 caps for Sweden, scoring 8 goals.[12]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]Club | Season | Division | League | Domestic Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Tidaholms G&IF | 1994 | Division 2 Västra Götaland | 9 | 6 | — | — | 9 | 6 | ||||
Degerfors IF | 1994 | Allsvenskan | 14 | 3 | — | — | 14 | 3 | ||||
1995 | Allsvenskan | 26 | 13 | — | — | 26 | 13 | |||||
Total | 40 | 16 | — | — | 40 | 16 | ||||||
IFK Göteborg | 1996 | Allsvenskan | 26 | 19 | 5 | 3 | — | 6 | 1 | 37 | 23 | |
1997 | Allsvenskan | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 16 | 13 | ||
Total | 39 | 32 | 6 | 3 | — | 8 | 1 | 53 | 36 | |||
Milan | 1997–98 | Serie A | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 1 | ||
Newcastle United | 1997–98 | Premier League | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 2 | ||
1998–99 | Premier League | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
Total | 27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 4 | ||
AIK | 1999 | Allsvenskan | 8 | 2 | — | — | 6 | 2 | 14 | 4 | ||
2000 | Allsvenskan | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
2001 | Allsvenskan | 26 | 9 | 3 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 33 | 9 | ||
2002 | Allsvenskan | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 31 | 10 | ||
2003 | Allsvenskan | 13 | 4 | — | — | — | 13 | 4 | ||||
2004 | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
2005 | Superettan | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | ||||
Total | 82 | 25 | 7 | 1 | — | 12 | 3 | 101 | 29 | |||
Career total | 210 | 84 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 252 | 92 |
International
[edit]National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Sweden | 1996 | 5 | 2 |
1997 | 12 | 2 | |
1998 | 5 | 1 | |
1999 | 2 | 0 | |
2000 | 4 | 0 | |
2001 | 2 | 2 | |
2002 | 9 | 1 | |
2003 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 43 | 8 |
- Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Andersson goal.[19]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 25 February 1996 | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
2 | 2–0 | |||||
3 | 9 February 1997 | National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1997 King's Cup |
4 | 12 March 1997 | Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
5 | 5 September 1998 | Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden | ![]() | 1–1 | 2-1 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying |
6 | 15 August 2001 | Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden | ![]() | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
7 | 5 September 2001 | Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey | ![]() | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying |
8 | 17 May 2002 | Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden | ![]() | 1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
Honours
[edit]IFK Göteborg
AIK
Sweden
Individual
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Hova-Expressen Andreas Andersson gäst i Giffpodden". Tidaholms GoIF. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Andreas Andersson". Elite Football. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ Pea Nilsson (12 November 1996). "Gissa vem som blev årets tränare" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "Flest mål i samma match mot AC Milan | ifkdb.se". ifkdb.se. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Andreas Andersson - Un peso piuma: una zanzara avrebbe punto molto meglio". www.calciobidoni.it. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Ex-frontman Andersson remembers his time at United". Newcastle United Football Club. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Arsenal vs Newcastle. FA Cup Final 16/05/98". www.arseweb.com. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ a b "500 AIK:are - Andreas Andersson". www.aik.se. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "AIK Statistikdatabas (Herrar)". www.aik.se. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Andreas Andersson slutar med fotbollen". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Australien - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Andreas Andersson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Football: Ince off as England suffer in Sweden". The Independent. 6 September 1998. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "AIK-stjärnor utan lön. Oförsäkrade. Pontus Kåmark och Andreas Andersson får leva på Försäkringskassan". DN.SE (in Swedish). 31 May 2000. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Miraklet i Turkiet - ett stycke idrottshistoria". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Andreas närmar sig startelvan". DN.SE (in Swedish). 13 June 2002. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Sverige utslaget på övertid". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "EM-drömmen sprack för Andreas Andersson". DN.SE (in Swedish). 22 April 2004. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Andreas Andersson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "King's Cup 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Stora Grabbars Märke - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 February 2021.
External links
[edit]- Andreas Andersson at Soccerbase
- #14 Andreas Andersson at ifkdb.com