Patrik Andersson
Andersson at the Swedish Sports Awards in 2013
Personal information
Full name Patrik Jonas Andersson
Date of birth (1971-08-18) 18 August 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth Bjärred, Sweden
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
0000–1988 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
1987–88 Sweden U17 23 (7)
1989–91 Sweden U19 9 (6)
1990–92 Sweden U21 16 (3)
1992 Sweden Olympic 4 (1)
1992–2002 Sweden 96 (3)
Medal record
 Sweden
FIFA World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1994
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patrik Jonas Andersson (pronounced [ˈpɑ̌ːtrɪk ˈânːdɛˌʂɔn]; 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 FC Bayern Munich. He returned to Malmö FF 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,[2][3] 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.[3] 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.[4]

Borussia Mönchengladbach

His next step was to go to Germany in October 1993[5] 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.[6] 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[7] – his only goal for the club) as well as a DFB-Pokal and victory in the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League,[8] despite missing his penalty in the final shootout.[9]

FC Barcelona

Andersson moved to La Liga giants FC Barcelona in 2001 and spent three injury-plagued seasons there. Therefore he played only 19 league matches for the Blaugrana.[10]

Malmö FF

For the 2004 season, Andersson came back to Malmö FF to play in the Swedish league again after 10 years. This year he captained Malmö FF 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 FC Thun on 10 August 2005,[11] Andersson announced his retirement from professional football on 12 August 2005.

International career

Andersson earned a total of 96 caps for the Swedish national team, scoring three goals.[12] 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 also part of the Swedish national squad that took part in Euro 2000, the 2002 FIFA World Cup and was a member of the Swedish squad that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[13] At Euro 2000, he received a red card for a hard foul on Belgium's Bart 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 by Andreas Jakobsson.

Post-playing career

He was appointed as Manchester United's scout in Scandinavia in August 2010.[15] He left the club after one year.[16]

Personal life

Andersson is the son of Roy Andersson, who played more than 300 games for Malmö FF and won 20 caps for the Sweden national team, representing them at the 1978 FIFA World Cup.[17] His brother is Daniel Andersson, also a former professional footballer and Sweden international.[18]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[17]
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  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

Honours

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Bayern Munich

Malmö FF

Sweden

Individual

References

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  4. ^ "Wembley date for Wednesday". The Independent. 14 March 1993. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Borussia M'Gladbach 1993/94". skladyfutbol.pl. 1 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  6. ^ Pfennig, Christian; Neußer, Joachim (7 June 1999). "Ribbeck stellt Matthäus EM-Freibrief aus" [Ribbeck provides Matthäus complete authority from the European Championship]. Rhein-Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 23 May 2016.
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  8. ^ "Patrik Andersson" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  9. ^ "Bayern crowned European champions". BBC Sport. 23 May 2001. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  10. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (14 November 2019). "Patrik Jonas Andersson - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Roundup:Doubts surround 2 league kickoffs". The New York Times. 12 August 2005. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  12. ^ Mamrud, Roberto (14 November 2019). "Patrik Andersson – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  13. ^ "Patrik Andersson Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 4 December 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  14. ^ "Belgium beat Sweden to start with a bang". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 October 2003. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  15. ^ Ogden, Mark (24 August 2010). "Anderson makes successful return in Manchester United's £48m reserves". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  16. ^ "'Bjärred' tvingas bort – av United". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  17. ^ a b "Patrik Andersson". level-k.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  18. ^ "Svenske landslagshjältens superkropp – som 69-åring". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  19. ^ "Bundesliga Historie 1994/95" (in German). kicker.
  20. ^ "Bundesliga Historie 1996/97" (in German). kicker.
  21. ^ "Team of the Year 2001". UEFA. 3 January 2002. Retrieved 8 January 2016.

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