User:Beatpoet/sandboxAndersson
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Simon Leonard Andersson[1] | ||
Date of birth | 15 January 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Stockholm, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2018 | Halmstads BK | ||
2018–2021 | Brentford | ||
2021 | IF Elfsborg | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2023 | Sollentuna FK | 38 | (0) |
2024– | Hammarby TFF | 15 | (0) |
International career | |||
2016–2018 | Sweden U17 | 16 | (0) |
2019 | Sweden U19 | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:14, 11 November 2024 (UTC) |
Simon Leonard Andersson (born 15 January 2001) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Hammarby TFF as a goalkeeper. He is a product of the Halmstads BK academy and was capped by Sweden at youth level.
Club career
[edit]Halmstads BK
[edit]A goalkeeper, Andersson joined the Halmstads BK academy at the age of 6 and progressed to sign his first professional contract in November 2017.[3][4] He featured regularly as an unused substitute during the 2018 season and received calls into the club's Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen squads.[5] Andersson failed to make a senior appearance before his departure from the Örjans Vall in August 2018.[6]
Brentford
[edit]On 31 August 2018, Andersson moved to England to join the B team at Championship club Brentford on a three-year contract.[6] He made 15 appearances during each of the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons and was a part of the squad which won the 2018–19 Middlesex Senior Cup.[7][8][9] After his game time was restricted during the 2020–21 season,[10] Andersson had his contract terminated by mutual consent in March 2021.[11]
IF Elfsborg
[edit]On 23 March 2021, Andersson joined Allsvenskan club IF Elfsborg on a free transfer and signed a contract running until 30 June 2021,[11][12] which was later extended until 31 July.[13] Andersson failed to win a call into a first team squad and was released when his contract expired.[5][13]
Lower-league football
[edit]On 10 August 2021, Andersson signed an undisclosed-length contract with Ettan Norra club Sollentuna FK.[14] He made 38 appearances prior to his departure at the end of the 2023 season.[15][16] Following trials with Trelleborgs FF and GIF Sundsvall,[17][18][19] Andersson signed a half-season contract with Ettan Norra club Hammarby TFF in February 2024.[20] He remained with the club for the duration of the 2024 season and made 15 appearances.[15]
International career
[edit]Andersson won 23 caps for Sweden at U17 and U19 level.[15] He was called up to a mixed U19/U20 training camp in January 2020.[21]
Personal life
[edit]Andersson moved from Stockholm to Halmstad in 2007, at the age of six.[3]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 9 November 2024
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Halmstads BK | 2017[5] | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018[5] | Superettan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sollentuna FK | 2021[15] | Ettan Norra | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
2022[15] | Ettan Norra | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
2023[15] | Ettan Norra | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
Total | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
Hammarby TFF | 2024[15] | Ettan Norra | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
Career total | 53 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]Brentford B
- Middlesex Senior Cup: 2018–19[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "EFL Club List Of Registered Players As At 18th May 2019" (PDF). p. 9. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ Beatpoet/sandboxAndersson at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b Velagic, Johan. "Möt sista utposten Simon Andersson". Svensk fotboll (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "HBK–talangen efter kontraktet: "Vill nå världstoppen"". 24Halmstad.se (in Swedish). 14 November 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ a b c d Beatpoet/sandboxAndersson at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Simon Andersson joins Brentford B". Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "B Team 18/19 Review: End of the campaign". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Harrow Borough 0 Brentford B 4". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "Brentford B in Focus: Simon Andersson". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Simon Andersson departs to join IF Elfsborg". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Välkommen Simon Andersson!". IF Elfsborg (in Swedish). 23 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Elfsborg värvar från Brentford – Kort om sport". Aftonbladet live (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ a b Damm, Maximilian. "Målvakten lämnar efter ett halvår". SvenskaFans (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 August 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Officiellt: Simon Andersson klar för Sollentuna FK". Fotbolltransfers.com (in Northern Sami). Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g Beatpoet/sandboxAndersson at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- ^ "Mattias Mitku klar för SFK". Sollentuna FK (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ "GIF Sundsvall testar ytterligare fem spelare". fotbolltransfers.com. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "Simon Andersson provspelar med TFF". Trelleborgs FF (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "Kasper Thiesson Kristensen lämnar TFF". Skånesport (in Swedish). 20 November 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "Bajens besked om Jeahze: "Inget behov av fler spelare just nu"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Goalkeepers sit on bench in international wins". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
External links
[edit]- Beatpoet/sandboxAndersson at Soccerbase
- Beatpoet/sandboxAndersson at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Beatpoet/sandboxAndersson – UEFA competition record (archive)
Category:2001 births
Category:Living people
Category:Swedish footballers
Category:Brentford F.C. players
Category:Association football goalkeepers
Category:Halmstads BK players
Category:Swedish expatriate footballers
Category:Swedish expatriates in England
Category:Expatriate footballers in England
Category:Sportspeople from Stockholm
Category:IF Elfsborg players
Category:Sollentuna FK players
Category:Sweden men's youth international footballers
Category:Hammarby Talang FF players