Patrik Andersson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Patrik Jonas Andersson | ||
| Date of birth | 18 August 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Borgeby, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1989–1992 | Malmö FF | 90 | (11) |
| 1992–1993 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 | (0) |
| 1993–1999 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 154 | (10) |
| 1999–2001 | Bayern Munich | 37 | (1) |
| 2001–2004 | Barcelona | 19 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Malmö FF | 19 | (1) |
| Total | 331 | (23) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992–2002 | Sweden | 96 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Patrik "Bjärred" Jonas Andersson (born 18 August 1971 in Borgeby) is a Swedish former footballer. Both his father, Roy Andersson, as well as his younger brother, Daniel Andersson, have also played professional football.
Andersson has a total of 96 caps for the Swedish national team, scoring three goals. He won a bronze medal in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Andersson also played in the team which reached the semi-finals in the 1992 European Championship. He was also part of the Swedish national squad that took part in the Euro 2000, 2002 FIFA World Cup and was a member of the Swedish squad that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[2] In Euro 2000, he did receive a yellow red card for a hard foul on Bart Goor.[3]
Starting his career in the local club, Bjärreds IF, from which he also got his nickname, he moved on to Malmö FF, a team playing in the top national league.
In December 1992 he went professional as he moved to Blackburn Rovers for £800,000, where he stayed for one year, making just 12 Premier League appearances. However, he is notable for being one of the first foreign signings by Blackburn Rovers, and one of the relatively small group of foreigners who appeared in the first season of the new Premier League in England.[4]
His next step was to go to Germany and play for Borussia Mönchengladbach. There he won the German Cup with the team in 1995, but left the team as its performance deteriorated, in 1999. The famous Bayern Munich became his next club. His time with Bayern resulted in two Bundesliga championships (in the 2000–01 championship season he scored the final and decisive goal against Hamburg in the last minute[5] – his only goal for the club) as well as a German Cup and victory in the Champions League,[6] despite missing his penalty in the final shootout.[7] Andersson moved to Catalan giants FC Barcelona in 2001 and spent three injury-plagued seasons there.
For the 2004 season, Andersson came back to Malmö FF to play in the Swedish league again after 10 years. This year he captained Malmö FF who won their first Swedish league (Allsvenskan) title in 18 years. He has twice been awarded Guldbollen as the Swedish footballer of the year, in 1995 and 2001. After suffering yet another knee injury during a Champions League qualifier against Swiss team FC Thun on 10 August 2005,[8] Andersson announced his retirement from top level football on 12 August 2005. He is currently employed as the Scandinavian scout of Manchester United.[9]
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[edit] Career statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Sweden | League | Svenska Cupen | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1989 | Malmö FF | Allsvenskan | 15 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1990 | 20 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1991 | 28 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1992 | 27 | 7 | ||||||||||
| England | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1992–93 | Blackburn Rovers | Premier League | 11 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1993–94 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Premiere Ligapokal | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1993–94 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1994–95 | 34 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1995–96 | 33 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 1996–97 | 32 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1997–98 | 30 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 1998–99 | 28 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Bayern Munich | Bundesliga | 15 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2000–01 | 20 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Copa de la Liga | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2001–02 | Barcelona | La Liga | 12 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2002–03 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2003–04 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sweden | League | Svenska Cupen | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2004 | Malmö FF | Allsvenskan | 10 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | Sweden | 100 | 12 | |||||||||
| England | 12 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Germany | 193 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Spain | 19 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career total | 324 | 22 | ||||||||||
[edit] Honours
[edit] Club
- Mönchengladbach
- DFB-Pokal: 1
- Bayern Munich
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- 1999, 2000
- Bundesliga: 2
- DFB-Pokal: 1
- Malmö FF
- Allsvenskan: 1
[edit] Individual
- Swedish Defender of the Year: 1
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- 2001
- Guldbollen: 2
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- 1995, 2001
[edit] References
- ^ "Andersson, Patrik" (in German). kicker.de. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2009-10/bayern-muenchen-14/390/spieler_patrik-andersson.html. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ "Patrik Andersson Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/patrik-andersson-1.html. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
- ^ "Belgium start with a bang". UEFA. http://www1.en.uefa.com/history/season=2000/round=1458/match=64851/index.html. Retrieved 21 January 2010.[dead link]
- ^ "Boom and bust the Blackburn way". BBC. 13 May 1999. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/342956.stm. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ^ "Vier Minuten im Mai" (in German). sport1.de. 12 May 2009. http://www.sport1.de/de/fussball/fussball_bundesliga/artikel_104971.html. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ "Patrik Andersson" (in German). fussballdaten.de. http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/anderssonpatrik/. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ "Bayern crowned European champions". BBC Sport. 23 May 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/champions_league/1346307.stm. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ "Roundup:Doubts surround 2 league kickoffs". The New York Times. 12 August 2005. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/11/sports/11iht-world.html. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ Ogden, Mark (24 August 2010). "Anderson makes successful return in Manchester United's £48m reserves". Telegraph.co.uk. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/7962896/Manchester-United-midfielder-Anderson-returns-to-action-for-first-time-since-cruciate-injury.html. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Patrik Andersson" (in Japanese). level-k.com. http://www.level-k.com/player/P_Andersson.htm. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Jonas Thern |
Sweden Captain 1997–2003 |
Succeeded by Olof Mellberg |
| Preceded by Hasse Mattisson |
Malmö FF Captain 2004–2005 |
Succeeded by Daniel Andersson |
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- 1971 births
- Living people
- Swedish footballers
- Footballers from Skåne
- People from Lomma Municipality
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- Allsvenskan players
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
- Borussia Mönchengladbach players
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- FC Barcelona footballers
- FC Bayern Munich players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- La Liga footballers
- Malmö FF players
- Olympic footballers of Sweden
- Premier League players
- Sweden international footballers
- Swedish expatriate footballers
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom
- UEFA Euro 1992 players
- UEFA Euro 2000 players
- Manchester United F.C. non-playing staff
