Sven Andersson
Andersson in 1995, during an award ceremony for Helsingborgs IF's youth players.
Personal information
Full name Sven Tommy Andersson
Date of birth (1963-10-06) 6 October 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth Strömstad, Sweden
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1991 Örgryte IS 247 (0)
1992 IFK Strömstad 28 (0)
1993–2001 Helsingborgs IF 233 (0)
2001–2002 West Ham United 0 (0)
Total 508 (0)
International career
1979–1980 Sweden U16 5 (0)
1980–1982 Sweden U18 22 (0)
1981–1986 Sweden U21 30 (0)
1986–1988 Sweden Olympic 22 (0)
1990 Sweden[1] 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sven Tommy Andersson (born 6 October 1963) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Beginning his career with Örgryte IS in 1980, he went on to represent IFK Strömstad and Helsingborgs IF before retiring at West Ham United in 2002. A full international for Sweden, he won one cap in 1990 and was a part of his country's 1990 FIFA World Cup squad. He also represented the Sweden Olympic team at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Playing career

Born in Strömstad near the Norwegian border, he began his professional career in Örgryte IS, a club with which he won the Allsvenskan championship in 1985. He got 1 cap for Sweden, and was called up as a reserve in the Swedish squad for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.

In 1993, after having retired from professional football, he was persuaded by Helsingborgs IF to make his comeback. Between 1993 and 2001 he played 233 consecutive Allsvenskan matches, and a total of 268 matches for the club. He was suspended from what was planned to be his last match for HIF due to a red card in his 233rd match.

In 2000, he earned his nickname San Siro-Sven with a last-minute penalty save against Inter Milan. In a 2000-01 UEFA Champions League qualifier, Helsingborgs were leading 1-0 on aggregate from the first leg with the second leg delicately poised at 0-0. In the final minute Inter were awarded a penalty but Alvaro Recoba saw his effort saved by Andersson, and Helsingborgs qualified at Inter's expense.[2]

In November 2001 he joined Premier League side West Ham United,[3] but left the following summer having not made an appearance for the club.[4]

Post-playing career

Today Sven Andersson is the goalkeepers' coach of Helsingborgs IF.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[5]
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 1990 1 0
Total 1 0

References

  1. ^ "Sweden national football team stats". passagen.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2001-06-09.
  2. ^ "Euro big four go out". BBC Sport. 23 August 2000. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Football Transfers". BBC Sport. 1 August 2002. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Van der Gouw joins West Ham". BBC Sport. 28 June 2002. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Sven Andersson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-11-30.

External links

Sweden squads
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