Niklas Andersen

Niklas Andersen
Personal information
Date of birth	4 August 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Frankfurt am Main, West Germany
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	SSVg Velbert
Number	5
Youth career
1999–2001	Hamburger SV
2001–2003	Eintracht Frankfurt
2003–2005	FC Schalke 04
2005–2006	Rot-Weiß Essen
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2008	Rot-Weiss Essen
2008–2011	Werder Bremen II
2008–2011	Werder Bremen
2012	Chemnitzer FC
2012–2014	SG Wattenscheid 09
2014–	SSVg Velbert
International career
2007–2008	Germany U-20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:59, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Niklas Andersen (born 4 August 1988) is a German football defender of Norwegian descent who plays for SSVg Velbert.^[1]

Career

The defender played in the youth system of Hamburger SV, Eintracht Frankfurt and Schalke 04. He moved often, due to following his father and coach, Jørn Andersen. In 2005, he gained a foothold in Rot-Weiss Essen's A youth team and was called up in the last season for the Regionalliga team. For the 2008–09 season Andersen moved to Bundesliga club Werder Bremen where he signed a contract running until 30 June 2012. Andersen made his debut for the Werder Bremen senior team on 13 May 2009. He was substituted on in the 77th minute for Frank Baumann in a 0–5 away win against Eintracht Frankfurt.^[2] He was released by Werder in June 2011, and spent part of the summer with Charlton Athletic but did not do enough to win a deal so he signed for Chemnitzer FC half a season later, spending a year with the club before leaving on a free transfer.

Personal life

He is the son of former Norwegian international footballer and Bundesliga top scorer Jørn Andersen.^[3]

References

^ Player profile on SSVg Velbert official website
^ "Werder überrollt die Eintracht". kicker.de. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
^ OVB24 GmbH (publisher) (15 July 2014). "Fußball-Camp mit Jörn Andersen". rosenheim24.de (in German). Retrieved 21 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

Niklas Andersen at fussballdaten.de (in German)

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[1] Player profile on SSVg Velbert official website

[2] "Werder überrollt die Eintracht". kicker.de. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2009.

[3] OVB24 GmbH (publisher) (15 July 2014). "Fußball-Camp mit Jörn Andersen". rosenheim24.de (in German). Retrieved 21 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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