Andreas Johansson (footballer born 1978)

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Andreas Johansson

Personal information
Full name	Andreas Johansson
Date of birth	July 5, 1978 (1978-07-05)
Place of birth	Vänersborg, Sweden
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder Striker
Club information
Current club	OB
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1993–1995	Melleruds IF	38	(11)
1996–1998	Degerfors IF	56	(10)
1999	AIK	12	(1)
2000–2004	Djurgårdens IF	100	(37)
2005–2007	Wigan Athletic	29	(4)
2007–2010	AaB	93	(21)
2010–	OB	43	(5)
National team
	Sweden U21	2	(0)
2002–2008	Sweden	16	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 June 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Andreas Johansson (born 5 July 1978 in Vänersborg) is a Swedish footballer who currently plays for Odense Boldklub (OB) in the Danish Superliga. He plays as a midfielder and is a former Swedish international.

He got his breakthrough with Swedish team Djurgårdens IF, winning the two Allsvenskan championships and two Swedish Cup trophies. He played for FA Premier League team Wigan Athletic, before joining AaB with whom he won the Danish Superliga and was named team captain. He has played 16 games for the national team.

Club career

His career began at Melleruds IF, where played for three seasons. During this time he played 38 times, scoring 11 goals. It was scoring 10 of these in the final season that prompted Degerfors IF to sign him for the beginning of the 1996 season. Again, he spent three years at the club, regularly securing a place in the team and a modest supply goals. Having moved out of favour with the team at the back end of the 1998 season, he had an unsuccessful spell at AIK, appearing only 12 times in the league, five of these as a sub. In 2000 he moved to Djurgårdens IF, for whom he played until 2004, during which time he saw them claim the Allsvenskan championship in 2002 and 2003, as well as the Swedish Cup in 2002 and 2004. In total he scored 45 goals for Djurgården during 124 appearances.

He moved to Wigan Athletic at the beginning of calendar year 2005, under manager Paul Jewell. His first appearance in the Wigan team came against Stoke City in February 2005, as a substitute replacement for Gary Teale. This would be the his only game of the 2004–05 season. He had a successful 2005–06 Football League Cup, as he scored two goals against Watford and helped Wigan reach the final. He played 16 games during the Premier League 2005-06 season, and scored goals against Bolton Wanderers, Tottenham and Birmingham City. In the last game of that season, Johansson came on against Arsenal at Highbury and got sent off without touching the ball after tackling fellow country man Fredrik Ljungberg in the penalty box, allowing Thierry Henry to score the last goal at the old ground on a penalty kick. He played 12 games during the Premier League 2005-06 season, and was released from his Wigan contract in summer 2007 by manager Chris Hutchings.

Johansson was quickly snapped up by Danish Superliga club AaB on July 17, 2007. At AaB, he quickly established himself as a playmaking midfielder. With seven goals in 31 games, he led AaB to the Danish Superliga 2007-08 championship, the first AaB championship since 1999. He helped the team reach the group stage of the UEFA Champions League 2008-09 tournament, and scored in the 3–6 defeat to Villarreal. AaB finished third in their group, and moved on to the UEFA Cup 2008-09, where Johansson scored in the aggregate 6–1 defeat of Deportivo la Coruna. He and AaB also reached the 2009 Danish Cup Final, but lost 0–1 to F.C. Copenhagen. Following the sale of Thomas Augustinussen, Johansson was named new AaB team captain in July 2009. With eight goals in 32 games he was the AaB top goalscorer of the Danish Superliga 2009-10 season. As his contract expired in the summer 2010, AaB did not have the financial means to extend it.

International

Johansson started his international career playing 20 games for various Swedish youth selections, including two games for the Sweden national under-21 football team.

He made his debut for the Sweden national football team in September 2002 against Latvia. He was called up for the Swedish squad at the 2003 King's Cup, and was a part of the national team during spring 2004, playing his 12th national team game. He was not selected for the 2004 European Championship, and was dropped from the national team during his initial time at Wigan. He was once more a part of the Swedish team in the February 2007 game against Egypt, and played his 13th national team game. While at AaB, he was called up for the Swedish squad to replace Fredrik Ljungberg in September 2007. He played his 16th and last national team game in January 2008, before he was dropped from the team again. He impressed Swedish manager Lars Lagerbäck in his Champions League games for AaB, and was called up once more in September 2008, but did not play. Johansson's favored position as an offensive central midfielder did not exist in Lagerbäck's rigid 4-4-2 system, and Johansson's international career suffered as a result.

External links

• Andreas Johansson career stats at Soccerbase
• (Danish) Career stats @ dr.dk
• (Danish) AaB profile
• (Danish) Danish Superliga statistics by Danish Football Association
• (Sami) Djurgårdens IF statistics at Swedish Football Association