Patrik Andersson

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Template:Short description Template:About Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Patrik Jonas Andersson (Template:IPA; born 18 August 1971) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Starting off his career with Malmö FF in the late 1980s, he went on to play professionally in England, Germany, and Spain, and won the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League with Bayern Munich. He returned to Malmö in 2004, before retiring the following season.

A full international between 1992 and 2002, he won 96 caps for the Sweden national team and was a part of the Sweden team that finished third at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He also played at the 1992 Summer Olympics, UEFA Euro 1992, UEFA Euro 2000, and was a squad player at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

He was awarded Guldbollen as the Sweden's best footballer of the year in 1995 and 2001.

Club career

Early career

Born in Bjärred, Andersson began his career with the local club, Bjärreds IF. In 1988, he moved on to Allsvenskan club Malmö FF.

Blackburn Rovers

In December 1992, Andersson went professional as he moved to Blackburn Rovers for a fee of £800,000,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="blackburn">Template:Cite web</ref> where he stayed for one year, making just 12 Premier League appearances. However, he is notable for being one of the first foreign signings by Blackburn Rovers, and one of the relatively small group of foreigners who appeared in the first season of the new Premier League in England.<ref name="blackburn"/> He scored once for Blackburn, in a 2–1 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday in the second leg of the 1992–93 Football League Cup semi-final.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Borussia Mönchengladbach

His next step was to go to Germany in October 1993<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and play for Borussia Mönchengladbach. There, he won the DFB-Pokal with the team in 1995, but left the team, as its performance deteriorated, in 1999.

Bayern Munich

In June 1999, Andersson signed for Bayern Munich for approximately DM 6 million.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He made his debut on 22 August 1999 in a 2–0 away defeat to Bayer Leverkusen. His time with Bayern resulted in two Bundesliga championships (in the 2000–01 championship season he scored the final and decisive goal against Hamburger SV in the last minute<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> – his only goal for the club) as well as a DFB-Pokal and victory in the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> despite missing his penalty in the final shootout.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Barcelona

Andersson moved to La Liga giants Barcelona in 2001 and spent three injury-plagued seasons there. Therefore, he played only 19 league matches for the Blaugrana.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Return to Malmö

For the 2004 season, Andersson came back to Malmö to play in the Swedish league again after ten years. That year, he captained Malmö, who won their first Swedish league (Allsvenskan) title in 15 years. He has twice been awarded Guldbollen as the Swedish footballer of the year, in 1995 and 2001. After suffering yet another knee injury during a Champions League qualifier against Swiss team Thun on 10 August 2005,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Andersson announced his retirement from professional football on 12 August 2005.

International career

Andersson earned a total of 96 caps for the Sweden national team, scoring three goals.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He won a bronze medal in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Andersson also played in the team that reached the semi-finals at UEFA Euro 1992. He was on the Sweden national squad in Euro 2000, the 2002 FIFA World Cup and was a member of the Sweden squad at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> At Euro 2000, he received a red card for a hard foul on Belgium's Bart Goor.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> At the 2002 World Cup, in Sweden's last training session before their opening match against England, Andersson was injured and was not able to play in the tournament. He was replaced by Andreas Jakobsson.

Post-playing career

He was appointed as Manchester United's scout in Scandinavia in August 2010.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He left the club after one year.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Personal life

Andersson is the son of Roy Andersson, who played more than 300 games for Malmö and won 20 caps for the Sweden national team, representing them at the 1978 FIFA World Cup.<ref name=":0" /> His brother is Daniel Andersson, also a former professional footballer and Sweden international.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Malmö FF 1989 Allsvenskan 15 1 – 4 0 19 1
1990 Allsvenskan 20 2 – 4 0 24 2
1991 Allsvenskan 28 1 – – 28 1
1992 Allsvenskan 27 7 – – 27 7
Total 90 11 – 8 0 98 11
Blackburn Rovers 1992–93 Premier League 11 0 – 11 0
1993–94 Premier League 1 0 – 1 0
Total 12 0 – 12 0
Borussia
Mönchengladbach 		1993–94 Bundesliga 17 1 0 0 – – 17 1
1994–95 Bundesliga 34 1 6 0 1 0 – 41 1
1995–96 Bundesliga 33 4 2 0 – 6 0 41 4
1996–97 Bundesliga 32 1 2 0 – 4 1 38 2
1997–98 Bundesliga 30 3 1 0 – – 31 3
1998–99 Bundesliga 28 0 3 0 – – 31 0
Total 174 10 14 0 1 0 10 1 199 11
Bayern Munich 1999–2000 Bundesliga 15 0 5 0 2 0 9 0 31 0
2000–01 Bundesliga 20 1 1 0 2 0 12 0 35 1
Total 35 1 6 0 4 0 21 0 66 1
Barcelona 2001–02 La Liga 12 0 1 0 – 6 1 19 1
2002–03 La Liga 3 0 0 0 – 4 0 7 0
2003–04 La Liga 4 0 1 0 – 0 0 5 0
Total 19 0 2 0 – 10 1 31 1
Malmö FF 2004 Allsvenskan 10 1 – – 10 1
2005 Allsvenskan 9 0 – 3 0 12 0
Total 19 1 – 11 0 22 1
Career total 349 23 22 0 5 0 53 2 428 25

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 1992 11 0
1993 7 0
1994 15 1
1995 7 0
1996 8 1
1997 9 0
1998 7 0
1999 9 0
2000 10 0
2001 10 1
2002 3 0
Total 96 3
Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Andersson goal.
List of international goals scored by Patrik Andersson
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 17 August 1994 Eyravallen, Örebro, Sweden Template:Fb 3–0 4–2 Friendly
2 1 June 1996 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden Template:Fb 4–1 5–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier
3 1 September 2001 Gradski Stadion, Skopje, North Macedonia Template:Fb 2–0 2–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier

Honours

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Bayern Munich

Malmö FF

Sweden

Individual

References

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