Anders Andersson (footballer)

Anders Andersson

Personal information
Full name	Anders Andersson
Date of birth	15 March 1974
Place of birth	Tomelilla, Sweden
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1990–1997	Malmö FF	126	(19)
1997–1999	Blackburn Rovers	4	(0)
1999–2001	AaB	70	(8)
2001–2004	Benfica	49	(1)
2004–2005	Belenenses	36	(0)
2005–2008	Malmö FF	56	(0)
Total		341	(28)
National team
1991	Sweden U20	1	(0)
1994–2005	Sweden	26	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Anders Andersson (born 15 March 1974) is a former Swedish football midfielder and TV pundit. He has played 27 international matches for the Sweden national team, and was a squad player for the Euro 2000 and Euro 2004. He also participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Career

Born in Tomelilla, Andersson played for Svenstorps IF as a child, but joined Malmö FF in 1990. He gradually became a star in the Swedish league, and was bought by English Premier League outfit Blackburn Rovers. There, he played four league matches, and scored once against Preston North End in the League Cup.^[1] He went on to play in Denmark and Portugal for Benfica, and returned to Malmö FF in July 2005. He remained in the club until the end of the 2008 season, when the team decided not to extend Anders contract. The news was received with dismay among Malmö supporters, and Anders himself has written about the situation at his blog at local newspaper Skånska Dagbladet. He later decided to retire from football, ending speculation that he might've been heading to local rivals Trelleborg.

References

1. "Different class as Blackburn show Premiership pedigree". Lancashire Evening Telegraph. 17 September 1997. Retrieved 27 November 2009.

External links

• Malmö FF profile (Swedish)
• Aalborg BK profile (Danish)
• Anders Andersson profile at ForaDeJogo
• Anders Andersson at National-Football-Teams.com