 Andreasen in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leon Hougaard Andreasen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1983-04-23)23 April 1983 (age 42) | ||
| Place of birth | Aidt, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Youth career | |||
| –1999 | Hammel GF | ||
| 1999–2001 | AGF Aarhus | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2005 | AGF Aarhus | 105 | (17) |
| 2005–2008 | Werder Bremen | 32 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | →Mainz 05 (loan) | 15 | (4) |
| 2008–2009 | Fulham | 19 | (0) |
| 2009 | →Hannover 96 (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2010–2016 | Hannover 96 | 75 | (9) |
| Total | 257 | (34) | |
| International career | |||
| 2001–2002 | Denmark U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2004 | Denmark U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2002–2006 | Denmark U21 | 23 | (6) |
| 2007–2014 | Denmark | 20 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Leon Hougaard Andreasen (born 23 April 1983) is a Danish former professionalfootballer who played as adefender ormidfielder. He won 20 caps and scored three goals for theDenmark national team.
Born inAidt,Jutland, Andreasen started playing football at local club Hammel GF. After a stay at the very popular football academy, Hessel Gods Fodboldkostskole in Grenaa, he moved on to the youth team ofAGF Aarhus in 1999, where he signed his first contract in 2001. He established himself as a regular in AGF's squad for the top-flightDanish Superliga championship. He initially played as a right midfielder or right back, but eventually settled in thecentral defender position. He was called up for the Denmark under-19 national team in May 2001, and went on to play 31 games and score six goals for various Danish youth selections.
On 1 July 2005, he moved to Germany to play forSV Werder Bremen inBundesliga championship. Due to the injury of Finnish defenderPetri Pasanen, Andreasen played 12 of the first 17 league games for Werder Bremen. When Pasanen recovered in December 2005, Andreasen was often relegated to the reserves' bench for the second half of the season. In May 2006, he was selected for theDenmark under-21 national team squad for the2006 European Under-21 Championship. As age restrictions were calculated from the start of the qualification matches in September 2004, he competed in the tournament at age 23. When the Denmark under-21s were eliminated in the preliminary group stage, Andreasen's youth national team career was over.
In his second season at Werder Bremen, Andreasen only played four games in the first half of the season. In January 2007, he wasloaned out to German league rivals1. FSV Mainz 05. He made his debut on 27 January againstVfL Bochum, in thedefensive midfielder position,[2] and went on to score four goals in his first seven games for Mainz. Although he could not prevent Mainz from being relegated, his stay at Mainz was a great success. In March 2007, he was called up to theDenmark national team by national managerMorten Olsen.[3] He made his debut againstSpain, where he replacedMartin Jørgensen in the first half, before he was substituted forNicklas Bendtner in the second half.
He joinedFulham in January 2008 for an undisclosed fee on a three-and-a-half-year deal that will see him at the club until the summer of 2011.[4]
Andreasen had limited chances to establish a place at Fulham and therefore left the club for Germany's Hannover 96 in the winter break in 2009. He initially signed on loan for six months and after strong performances, made a permanent move.
On 18 October 2015, Andreasen scored one of the most blatant hand goals in football history when Hannover 96 defeated 1. FC Köln 1–0.[5]
At the end of the 2015–16 season, when his contract with Hannover 96 ran out, Andreasen retired from playing.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 April 2009 | Parken Stadium,Copenhagen, Denmark |  Albania | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 6 September 2013 | Ta' Qali National Stadium,Mdina, Malta |  Malta | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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