 Andersson at theSwedish Sports Awards in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Patrik Jonas Andersson | ||
| Date of birth | (1971-08-18)18 August 1971 (age 54) | ||
| Place of birth | Bjärred, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1988 | Bjärreds IF | ||
| 1988–1989 | Malmö FF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1992 | Malmö FF | 90 | (11) |
| 1992–1993 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 | (0) |
| 1993–1999 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 174 | (10) |
| 1999–2001 | Bayern Munich | 35 | (1) |
| 2001–2004 | Barcelona | 19 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Malmö FF | 19 | (1) |
| Total | 349 | (23) | |
| International career | |||
| 1992 | Sweden Olympic | ||
| 1992–2002 | Sweden | 96 | (3) |
Medal record | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Patrik Jonas Andersson (pronounced[ˈpɑ̌ːtrɪkˈânːdɛˌʂɔn]; born 18 August 1971) is a Swedish former professionalfootballer who played as adefender.
Starting off his career withMalmö FF in the late 1980s, he went on to play professionally in England, Germany, and Spain, and won the2000–01 UEFA Champions League withBayern Munich. He returned to Malmö in 2004, before retiring the following season.
A full international between 1992 and 2002, he won 96caps for theSweden national team and was a part of the Sweden team that finished third at the1994 FIFA World Cup. He also played at the1992 Summer Olympics,UEFA Euro 1992,UEFA Euro 2000, and was a squad player at the2002 FIFA World Cup.
He was awardedGuldbollen as the Sweden's best footballer of the year in 1995 and 2001.
Born inBjärred, Andersson began his career with the local club, Bjärreds IF. In 1988, he moved on toAllsvenskan clubMalmö FF.
In December 1992, Andersson went professional as he moved toBlackburn Rovers for a fee of £800,000,[2][3] where he stayed for one year, making just 12Premier 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 newPremier League inEngland.[3] He scored once for Blackburn, in a 2–1 defeat toSheffield Wednesday in the second leg of the1992–93 Football League Cup semi-final.[4]
His next step was to go to Germany in October 1993[5] and play forBorussia Mönchengladbach. There, he won theDFB-Pokal with the team in 1995, but left the team, as its performance deteriorated, in 1999.
In June 1999, Andersson signed forBayern Munich for approximatelyDM 6 million.[6] He made his debut on 22 August 1999 in a 2–0 away defeat toBayer Leverkusen. His time with Bayern resulted in two Bundesliga championships (in the2000–01 championship season he scored the final and decisive goal againstHamburger SV in the last minute[7] – his only goal for the club) as well as aDFB-Pokal and victory in the2000–01 UEFA Champions League,[8] despite missing his penalty in thefinal shootout.[9]
Andersson moved toLa Liga giantsBarcelona in 2001 and spent three injury-plagued seasons there. Therefore, he played only 19 league matches for theBlaugrana.[10]
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 awardedGuldbollen as the Swedish footballer of the year, in 1995 and 2001. After suffering yet another knee injury during a Champions League qualifier against Swiss teamThun on 10 August 2005,[11] Andersson announced his retirement from professional football on 12 August 2005.
Andersson earned a total of 96caps for theSweden national team, scoring three goals.[12] He won a bronze medal in the1994 FIFA World Cup. Andersson also played in the team that reached the semi-finals atUEFA Euro 1992. He was on the Sweden national squad inEuro 2000, the2002 FIFA World Cup and was a member of the Sweden squad at the1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[13] At Euro 2000, he received a red card for a hard foul on Belgium'sBart Goor.[14] 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 byAndreas Jakobsson.
He was appointed asManchester United's scout in Scandinavia in August 2010.[15] He left the club after one year.[16]
Andersson is the son ofRoy Andersson, who played more than 300 games for Malmö and won 20 caps for the Sweden national team, representing them at the1978 FIFA World Cup.[17] His brother isDaniel Andersson, also a former professional footballer and Sweden international.[18]
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 August 1994 | Eyravallen,Örebro, Sweden |  Lithuania | 3–0 | 4–2 | Friendly |
| 2 | 1 June 1996 | Råsunda Stadium,Solna, Sweden |  Belarus | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
| 3 | 1 September 2001 | Gradski Stadion,Skopje, North Macedonia |  North Macedonia | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
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