 Andersson with Malmö FF in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Jerry Andersson | ||
| Date of birth | (1977-08-28)28 August 1977 (age 48) | ||
| Place of birth | Lund, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Malmö (sporting director) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1994 | Bjärreds IF | ||
| 1994–1995 | Malmö | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1998 | Malmö | 85 | (11) |
| 1998–2001 | Bari | 97 | (16) |
| 2001–2002 | Venezia | 29 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | →Chievo (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | →Ancona (loan) | 25 | (1) |
| 2004–2013 | Malmö | 207 | (19) |
| Total | 455 | (47) | |
| International career | |||
| 1993–1994 | Sweden U17 | 16 | (6) |
| 1995 | Sweden U19 | 4 | (1) |
| 1996–1998 | Sweden U21 | 16 | (2) |
| 1997–2009 | Sweden | 74 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018 | Malmö (caretaker) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Daniel Jerry Andersson (Swedish pronunciation:[ˈdɑ̂ːnɪɛlˈânːdɛˌʂɔn]; born 28 August 1977) is a Swedishfootball executive and former manager and player who played primarily as adefensive midfielder but could also play as acentre back. He is currently thesporting director ofAllsvenskan clubMalmö.
Andersson played the majority of his career forMalmö in two different periods where he also served as teamcaptain between 2006 and 2011. He also had a successful period playing forSerie A clubBari. Andersson also had a long international playing career, playing 74 matches forSweden. He is part of a prosperous football family as both his fatherRoy and brotherPatrik had successful football careers.
Andersson played for Bjärreds as a youngster, but joinedMalmö in 1994. He gradually became a star in theSwedish league, and was bought by ItalianSerie A outfitBari.[1]
Andersson enjoyed big personal success at Bari, being named captain as a foreigner at only 23 years, in his third year. This attracted the interest ofJuventus andFiorentina amongst other clubs, with both clubs putting bids on the table. Andersson was also on his way to Fiorentina, but due to their financial problems the transfer was cancelled in the last minute.[2][3]
Instead he transferred toVenezia for a fee of 6 million euro, where he had an average season.[2] After that he had short loan stints withChievo andAncona. In 2004, he returned to Malmö together with former teammateYksel Osmanovski.
Daniel Andersson returned to Malmö the same year as his brother,Patrik Andersson, who was captain of the team at the time. The return of both Andersson brothers was a contributing factor to the club winning the league the same year. When Patrik retired due to injury problems in 2005 Daniel took over the captaincy and held it until retirement.
After having played ascentre midfielder for the majority of his career he took the position ascentre back from the start of the 2010 season, where he enjoyed great success consistently being one of the best players in Malmö that year. By this change he became the third Andersson family member after his fatherRoy and brother Patrik to captain Malmö FF from the centre back position. He succeeded so well with the position change that he was nominated for Swedish defender of the year and Allsvenskan player of the year after he led Malmö to their 16th Swedish Championship.
On 29 October 2011, Andersson announced that he would focus on his forthcoming coaching career as one of the three assistant managers for Malmö but emphasized that he would continue to play for the club when he was needed. On 15 December 2011, he played his last match for Malmö as player only in the away match againstAustria Wien in the final fixture of the group stage of the2011–12 UEFA Europa League. Due to injury problems with the clubs younger defenders Andersson played 16 of 30 matches in the 2012 season, most of these matches were played before the summer break. His last match as a professional player was an away fixture againstIF Elfsborg on 12 August 2012. On 16 November Andersson announced the end of his professional playing career to be able to fully focus on his coaching duties.[4]
Andersson represented theSweden U17,U19, andU21 teams between 1993 and 1998 and was part of the Sweden squad that reached the quarter-finals at the1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.[5][6]
Andersson wascapped 74 times forSweden between 1997 and 2009. He was a squad member forEuro 2000,Euro 2008, and the2002 and2006 World Cup finals.[6] AtEuro 2000, he was a regular starter in Sweden's line-up. As a result ofTobias Linderoth getting injured, he was once again a regular starter atEuro 2008, although the team did not make it into the knockout stages of the competition.[6] Andersson retired from the national team after the unsuccessful campaign to qualify for the2010 World Cup, in order to devote his energies to Malmö FF.[7]
Andersson was appointed as one of three new assistant managers atMalmö along withJörgen Pettersson and Simon Hollyhead on 29 October 2011. His focus was primarily on the defensive side of training at first and helping former managerRikard Norling pick the starting eleven.
On 14 May 2018, Andersson took over as the caretaker manager at Malmö, following the sacking ofMagnus Pehrsson; as the club was placed 10th in the league after nine rounds.[8]
On 9 January 2014, Andersson assumed the role ofsporting director atMalmö, taking over the position fromPer Ågren who stepped down.[9]
Daniel Andersson is the son ofRoy Andersson and the younger brother ofPatrik Andersson, all three of them being some of the most successful players inMalmö. A notable fact is also that all three have playedcentre back and have been team captain of Malmö.
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| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Malmö FF | 1995 | Allsvenskan | 21 | 2 | — | — | 21 | 2 | ||
| 1996 | Allsvenskan | 26 | 2 | — | — | 26 | 2 | |||
| 1997 | Allsvenskan | 26 | 4 | — | — | 26 | 4 | |||
| 1998 | Allsvenskan | 12 | 3 | — | — | 12 | 3 | |||
| Total | 85 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 11 | ||
| Bari | 1998–99 | Serie A | 33 | 3 | — | — | 33 | 3 | ||
| 1999–2000 | Serie A | 32 | 5 | — | — | 32 | 5 | |||
| 2000–01 | Serie A | 32 | 8 | — | — | 32 | 8 | |||
| Total | 97 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 16 | ||
| Venezia | 2001–02 | Serie A | 29 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||
| Chievo | 2002–03 | Serie A | 12 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| Ancona | 2003–04 | Serie A | 25 | 1 | — | — | 25 | 1 | ||
| Malmö FF | 2004 | Allsvenskan | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2005 | Allsvenskan | 25 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 4 | |
| 2006 | Allsvenskan | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 26 | 3 | ||
| 2007 | Allsvenskan | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 25 | 4 | ||
| 2008 | Allsvenskan | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 27 | 3 | ||
| 2009 | Allsvenskan | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 27 | 1 | ||
| 2010 | Allsvenskan | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 32 | 5 | ||
| 2011 | Allsvenskan | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 38 | 1 | |
| 2012 | Allsvenskan | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | ||
| 2013 | Allsvenskan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 207 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 239 | 22 | ||
| Career total | 455 | 47 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 487 | 50 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 74 | 0 | |
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