Anders Andersson (footballer)
Anders Andersson| Personal information |
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| Full name |
Anders Andersson |
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| Date of birth |
(1974-03-15) 15 March 1974 |
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| Place of birth |
Tomelilla, Sweden |
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| Height |
1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
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| Playing position |
Defensive Midfielder |
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| Senior career* |
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| Years |
Team |
Apps |
(Gls) |
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| 1990–1997 |
Malmö FF |
126 |
(19) |
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| 1997–1999 |
Blackburn Rovers |
4 |
(0) |
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| 1999–2001 |
AaB |
70 |
(8) |
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| 2001–2004 |
Benfica |
49 |
(1) |
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| 2004–2005 |
Belenenses |
36 |
(0) |
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| 2005–2008 |
Malmö FF |
56 |
(0) |
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| Total |
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341 |
(28) |
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| National team |
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| 1991 |
Sweden U20 |
1 |
(0) |
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| 1994–2005 |
Sweden |
26 |
(3) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
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Anders Andersson (born 15 March 1974) is a former Swedish football midfielder and TV pundit. He has played 27 international matches for the Sweden national team, and was a squad player for the Euro 2000 and Euro 2004. He also participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
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 Swedish league, 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. He later decided to retire from football, ending speculation that he might've been heading to local rivals Trelleborg.
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