Patrik Andersson
{{short description|Swedish footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Patrik Andersson
| image = Patrik Andersson.jpg
| caption = Andersson at the Swedish Sports Awards in 2013
| fullname = Patrik Jonas Andersson
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|8|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bjärred, Sweden
| height = 1.85 m{{cite web |url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2009-10/bayern-muenchen-14/390/spieler_patrik-andersson.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017232419/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2009-10/bayern-muenchen-14/390/spieler_patrik-andersson.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 October 2012 |title=Andersson, Patrik |language=de |website=Kicker |access-date=21 January 2010 }}
| position = Defender
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1988 |youthclubs1 = Bjärreds IF
| youthyears2 = 1988–1989 |youthclubs2 = Malmö FF
| years1 = 1989–1992 |clubs1 = Malmö FF |caps1 = 90 |goals1 = 11
| years2 = 1992–1993 |clubs2 = Blackburn Rovers |caps2 = 12 |goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1993–1999 |clubs3 = Borussia Mönchengladbach |caps3 = 174 |goals3 = 10
| years4 = 1999–2001 |clubs4 = Bayern Munich |caps4 = 35 |goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2001–2004 |clubs5 = Barcelona |caps5 = 19 |goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2004–2005 |clubs6 = Malmö FF |caps6 = 19 |goals6 = 1
| totalcaps = 349 |totalgoals = 23
| nationalyears1 = 1987–88 |nationalteam1 = Sweden U17 |nationalcaps1 = 23 |nationalgoals1 = 7
| nationalyears2 = 1989–91 |nationalteam2 = Sweden U19 |nationalcaps2 = 9 |nationalgoals2 = 6
| nationalyears3 = 1990–92 |nationalteam3 = Sweden U21 |nationalcaps3 = 16 |nationalgoals3 = 3
| nationalyears4 = 1991 |nationalteam4 = Sweden U20 |nationalcaps4 = 3 |nationalgoals4 = 1
| nationalyears5 = 1992 |nationalteam5 = Sweden Olympic |nationalcaps5 = 4 |nationalgoals5 = 1
| nationalyears6 = 1992–2002 |nationalteam6 = Sweden |nationalcaps6 = 96 |nationalgoals6 = 3
| medaltemplates = {{MedalTeam|{{fb|SWE}}}}
{{MedalCompetition |FIFA World Cup}}
{{MedalBronze|1994|}}
}}
Patrik Jonas Andersson ({{IPA|sv|ˈpɑ̌ːtrɪk ˈânːdɛˌʂɔn|pron}}; 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 Bayern Munich. He returned to Malmö 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,{{cite news |title=Football: On the move |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-on-the-move-1564571.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-on-the-move-1564571.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent |date=20 December 1992 |access-date=24 May 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/342956.stm |title=Boom and bust the Blackburn way |publisher=BBC |date=13 May 1999 |access-date=21 December 2010}} 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. 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.{{cite news |title=Wembley date for Wednesday |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-wembley-date-for-wednesday-1497872.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-wembley-date-for-wednesday-1497872.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Independent |date=14 March 1993 |access-date=10 November 2015 }}
=Borussia Mönchengladbach=
His next step was to go to Germany in October 1993{{cite web |url=http://skladyfutbol.pl/infopage.php?id=1281 |title=Borussia M'Gladbach 1993/94 |publisher=skladyfutbol.pl |date=1 February 2015 |access-date=1 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202143256/http://sklady.hostmix.pl/infopage.php?id=1281 |archive-date=2 February 2015 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite news |first1=Christian |last1=Pfennig |first2=Joachim |last2=Neußer |title=Ribbeck stellt Matthäus EM-Freibrief aus |url=http://archiv.rhein-zeitung.de/on/99/06/07/sport/news/lothar.html |website=Rhein-Zeitung |date=7 June 1999 |access-date=23 May 2016 |language=de |trans-title=Ribbeck provides Matthäus complete authority from the European Championship}} 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{{cite web |url=http://www.sport1.de/de/fussball/fussball_bundesliga/artikel_104971.html |title=Vier Minuten im Mai |language=de |publisher=sport1.de |access-date=21 January 2010 |date=12 May 2009}} – his only goal for the club) as well as a DFB-Pokal and victory in the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League,{{cite web |url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/anderssonpatrik/ |title=Patrik Andersson |language=de |publisher=fussballdaten.de |access-date=21 January 2010}} despite missing his penalty in the final shootout.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/champions_league/1346307.stm |title=Bayern crowned European champions |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=21 January 2010 |date=23 May 2001}}
=Barcelona=
Andersson moved to La Liga giants Barcelona in 2001 and spent three injury-plagued seasons there. Therefore, he played only 19 league matches for the Blaugrana.{{Cite web |first=Matthias |last=Arnhold |title=Patrik Jonas Andersson - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga |url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/panderssondata.html |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=14 November 2019 |access-date=15 November 2019 }}
=Return to Malmö=
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 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 Thun on 10 August 2005,{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/11/sports/11iht-world.html |title=Roundup:Doubts surround 2 league kickoffs |work=The New York Times|access-date=21 January 2010 |date=12 August 2005}} Andersson announced his retirement from professional football on 12 August 2005.
International career
Andersson earned a total of 96 caps for the Sweden national team, scoring three goals.{{Cite web |first=Roberto |last=Mamrud |title=Patrik Andersson – International Appearances |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/pandersson-intl.html |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=14 November 2019 |access-date=15 November 2019 }} 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 on the Sweden national squad in Euro 2000, the 2002 FIFA World Cup and was a member of the Sweden squad at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.{{cite web |title=Patrik Andersson Biography and Statistics |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/patrik-andersson-1.html |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=29 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204100755/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/patrik-andersson-1.html |archive-date=4 December 2009 }} At Euro 2000, he received a red card for a hard foul on Belgium's Bart Goor.{{cite news |title=Belgium beat Sweden to start with a bang |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0254-0d7b33f0137b-c3b6b520c097-1000--belgium-beat-sweden-in-group-a-to-start-euro-2000-with-a-bang/ |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=6 October 2003 |access-date=21 January 2010 |archive-date=28 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128095724/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/match/64851--belgium-vs-sweden/postmatch/report/ |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web|last=Ogden|first=Mark|date=24 August 2010|title=Anderson makes successful return in Manchester United's £48m reserves|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/7962896/Manchester-United-midfielder-Anderson-returns-to-action-for-first-time-since-cruciate-injury.html|access-date=4 September 2010|work=Telegraph.co.uk}} He left the club after one year.{{Cite web |title='Bjärred' tvingas bort – av United |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/G1Bz6m |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=www.aftonbladet.se |date=28 October 2011 |language=sv}}
Personal life
Andersson is the son of Roy Andersson, who played more than 300 games for Malmö and won 20 caps for the Sweden national team, representing them at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. His brother is Daniel Andersson, also a former professional footballer and Sweden international.{{Cite web|title=Svenske landslagshjältens superkropp – som 69-åring|url=https://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/sport/fotboll/svenske-landslagshjaltens-superkropp-som-69-aring/|access-date=19 October 2020|website=www.expressen.se|date=15 August 2018 |language=sv}}
Career statistics
=Club=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{cite web |title=Patrik Andersson |url=http://www.level-k.com/player/P_Andersson.htm |website=level-k.com |language=ja |access-date=21 January 2010 }} | |||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division
!Apps | Goals
!Apps | Goals
!Apps | Goals
!Apps | Goals
!Apps | Goals | ||||
| rowspan="5"|Malmö FF
|1989 |15 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | |||
| 1990
|Allsvenskan |20 | 2 | colspan="2"|– | 4 | 0 | 24 | 2 | |||
| 1991
|Allsvenskan |28 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 28 | 1 | ||||
| 1992
|Allsvenskan |27 | 7 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 27 | 7 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!90 | 11 | colspan="2"|– | 8 | 0 | 98 | 11 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Blackburn Rovers
|11 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 11 | 0 | |||||
| 1993–94
|Premier League |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | |||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!12 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 12 | 0 | |||||
| rowspan="7"|Borussia Mönchengladbach |17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 17 | 1 | ||
| 1994–95
|Bundesliga |34 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 41 | 1 | |
| 1995–96
|Bundesliga |33 | 4 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 6 | 0 | 41 | 4 | |
| 1996–97
|Bundesliga |32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 4 | 1 | 38 | 2 | |
| 1997–98
|Bundesliga |30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 31 | 3 | ||
| 1998–99
|Bundesliga |28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 31 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!174 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 199 | 11 |
| rowspan="3"|Bayern Munich
|Bundesliga |15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 2000–01
|Bundesliga |20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| colspan="2"|Total
!35 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 66 | 1 |
| rowspan="4"|Barcelona
|12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 6 | 1 | 19 | 1 | |
| 2002–03
|La Liga |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2003–04
|La Liga |4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 10 | 1 | 31 | 1 | |
| rowspan="3"|Malmö FF
|2004 |Allsvenskan |10 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 10 | 1 | ||||
| 2005
|Allsvenskan |9 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!19 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 11 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!349 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 428 | 25 |
=International=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="11"|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 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 96 | 3 |
:Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Andersson goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Patrik Andersson | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"|1 | 17 August 1994 | Eyravallen, Örebro, Sweden | {{fb|LTU}} | align="center"|3–0 | align="center"|4–2 | Friendly |
| align="center"|2 | 1 June 1996 | Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden | {{fb|BLR}} | align="center"|4–1 | align="center"|5–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
| align="center"|3 | 1 September 2001 | Gradski Stadion, Skopje, North Macedonia | {{fb|MKD}} | align="center"|2–0 | align="center"|2–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
Honours
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Bayern Munich
- Bundesliga: 1999–2000, 2000–01
- DFB-Pokal: 1999–2000
- DFB-Ligapokal: 1999, 2000
- UEFA Champions League: 2000–01
Malmö FF
Sweden
- FIFA World Cup third place: 1994
Individual
- kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1994–95, 1996–97{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/199495/startseite.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018190450/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/199495/startseite.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2012|title=Bundesliga Historie 1994/95|language=de|publisher=kicker}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/199697/startseite.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018190458/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/199697/startseite.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2012|title=Bundesliga Historie 1996/97|language=de|publisher=kicker}}
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2001{{cite web |title=Team of the Year 2001|work=UEFA|date=3 January 2002|url=http://www.uefa.com/community/teamoftheyear/history/season=2001/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810131359/http://www.uefa.com/community/teamoftheyear/history/season=2001/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 August 2014 |access-date=8 January 2016}}
- Swedish Defender of the Year: 2001
- Guldbollen: 1995, 2001
References
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External links
- {{Worldfootball.net|patrik-andersson}}
- {{Soccerbase}}
{{2001 UEFA Team of the Year}}
{{1994–95 kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season}}
{{1996–97 kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season}}
{{Swedish Footballer of the Year}}
{{Swedish Football Hall of Fame}}
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