Daniel Andersson (footballer, born 1972)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Daniel Lennart Andersson | ||
Date of birth | 18 December 1972 | ||
Place of birth | Bjuv, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1978–1991 | Bjuvs IF | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989–1990 | Bjuvs IF | 44 | (0) |
1991–1992 | Ramlösa BoIS | 14 | (0) |
1992–1993 | Ängelholms FF | 47 | (0) |
1994 | Kalmar FF | 0 | (0) |
1995–1998 | Högaborgs BK | 60 | (0) |
1998–2000 | Trelleborgs FF | 54 | (0) |
2000–2003 | AIK | 52 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Hibernian | 41 | (0) |
2004–2009 | Helsingborgs IF | 130 | (0) |
2010 | Ängelholms FF | 30 | (0) |
2011–2015 | Helsingborgs IF | 2 | (0) |
2018 | Helsingborgs IF | 0 | (0) |
Total | 474 | (0) | |
International career | |||
2001 | Sweden | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
Helsingborgs IF (goalkeeper coach) | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Daniel Lennart Andersson, (born 18 December 1972 in Bjuv) is a Swedish former profssional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.
Andersson played for clubs including Trelleborgs FF, AIK, Helsingborgs IF and Hibernian in Scotland. Andersson was capped once by the Sweden national football team, in 2001.[1]
When playing in Scotland for Hibernian Andersson helped them reach the 2004 Scottish League Cup Final. In the semi-final against Rangers he saved a Mikel Arteta penalty in normal time and then saved two further penalties in the shootout, from Michael Ball and Zurab Khizanishvili, as Hibernian got to the final, where they were beaten 2-0 by Livingston.[2][3]
After retiring in 2015, Andersson came out of retirement - at the age of 45 - when he signed a short-term contract for the rest of the season with Helsingborgs IF on 28 September 2018, after first-choice goalkeeper, Pär Hansson, got injured for the rest of the season.[4]
References
- ^ Hardie, David (2 February 2003). "Swedish international fills Hibs' keeper void". Edinburgh Evening News. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ "Hibernian 1-1 Rangers (4-3 pens)". BBC. 5 February 2004. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Livingston lift CIS Cup". BBC. 14 March 2004. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ DANIEL ANDERSSON TILLBAKA I HIF, hif.se, 28 September 2018
External links
- Daniel Andersson at Soccerbase
- Daniel Andersson at National-Football-Teams.com
- Daniel Andersson at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
- 1972 births
- Living people
- People from Bjuv Municipality
- Association football goalkeepers
- Swedish footballers
- Sweden international footballers
- AIK Fotboll players
- Kalmar FF players
- Hibernian F.C. players
- Helsingborgs IF players
- Ängelholms FF players
- Allsvenskan players
- Scottish Premier League players
- Swedish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom
- Högaborgs BK players