Andreas Johansson (footballer, born 1982)

Andreas Johansson

Personal information
Full name	Karl Tommy Andreas Johansson
Date of birth	10 March 1982
Place of birth	Halmstad, Sweden
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	IFK Norrköping
Number	4
Youth career
1987–1996	Getinge IF
1997–2002	Halmstads BK
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2002–2009	Halmstads BK	165	(9)
2009–2012	VfL Bochum	51	(0)
2009–2010	→ VfL Bochum II	2	(1)
2012–	IFK Norrköping	116	(6)
National team^‡
2003–2004	Sweden U21	12	(2)
2009	Sweden	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 April 2016. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 September 2009

Andreas Johansson (born 10 March 1982), also known as Ante G, is a Swedish footballer who plays midfielder for IFK Norrköping.^[1][2][3]

Club career

Halmstads BK

Johansson wearing the Halmstad BK shirt in 2008.

Johansson was born in Getinge (Halland) in the southwest of Sweden. He started to play football with five years at local side Getinge IF, but moved at the age of 15 to Halmstads BK. When he arrived at Halmstads BK there was another player in the club with the name Andreas Johansson, to separate the players they were each given a nickname based upon where they have come from, Andreas Johansson (born 1982) was called "Ante G" (Getinge), while the other Andreas Johansson was nicknamed "Ante V" (Vallås).^[4]

After four years in the reserve team he made his debut in 2002 against Örgryte IS and established himself quickly as a regular player in the team. In the coming years he played 165 matches for the club and scored nine goals. A second place in 2004 was the biggest success in this period.^[5]

VfL Bochum

On 22 June 2009, Johansson left Halmstads BK and signed a contract with Bundesliga club VfL Bochum for an undisclosed fee and on 1 July he joined the German club.^[6][7]

Club performance			League		Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sweden			League		Svenska Cupen		Total
2002	Halmstads BK	Allsvenskan	16	1
2003			24	2
2004			15	0
2005			18	2
2006			25	0	3	0	28	0
2007			25	0	2	0	27	0
2008			30	1	3	1	33	2
2009			12	3	1	0	13	3
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Total
2009–10	VfL Bochum II	Regionalliga West	2	1	—		2	1
2009–10	VfL Bochum	Bundesliga	16	0	0	0	16	0
2010–11		2. Bundesliga	26	0	0	0	26	0
2011–12			9	0	1	0	10	0
Sweden			League		Svenska Cupen		Total
2012	IFK Norrköping	Allsvenskan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Sweden		165	9
	Germany		53	1	1	0	54	1
Career total			218	10

International career

Playing several matches for the Swedish U-21 team, he made his debut for the Senior team on 29 January 2009 in a match against Mexico during Sweden's yearly friendly tournament in USA.^[8]

References

1. "Andreas Johansson". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
2. "Andreas Johansson" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
3. "Johansson, Andreas" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
4. ""Ante G" får HP:s Dribbler 2008" (in Swedish). hallandsposten.se. 4 January 2009. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
5. "Portrait Andreas Johansson" (in Swedish). Homepage Halmstads BK. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
6. "Ante klar för tyska Bochum" (in Swedish). Hallandsposten.se. 22 June 2009. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
7. "VfL verpflichtet Andreas Johansson" (in German). Vfl-bochum.de. 23 June 2009. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
8. "Portrait Andreas Johansson" (in Swedish). Homepage Halmstads BK. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2009.

External links

• Andreas Johansson profile at Fussballdaten