Patrik Andersson

Patrik Jonas Andersson (pronounced [ˈpɑ̌ːtrɪk ˈânːdɛˌʂɔn]; born 18 August 1971) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a defender. Starting off his career with Malmö FF in the late 1980s, he went on to play abroad in England, Germany, and Spain, winning 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.

Patrik Andersson

Patrik Andersson at the Swedish Sports Awards inside the Stockholm Globe Arena in January 2013
Personal information
Full name	Patrik Jonas Andersson
Date of birth	18 August 1971
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)
National team
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Early career

Born in Bjärred, Andersson began his career with the local club, Bjärreds IF. In 1988, he moved on to Malmö FF, a team playing in the top national league.

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]

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.[16] His brother is Daniel Andersson, also a former professional footballer and Sweden international.[17]

Career statistics

Club

[16]

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		20	2			–		4	0	24	2
	1991		28	1			–		–		28	1
	1992		27	7			–		–		27	7
	Total		90	11			–		8	0	98	11
Blackburn Rovers	1992–93	Premier League	11	0					–		11	0
	1993–94		1	0					–		1	0
	Total		12	0					–		12	0
Borussia Mönchengladbach	1993–94	Bundesliga	17	1	0	0	–		–		17	1
	1994–95		34	1	6	0	1	0	–		41	1
	1995–96		33	4	2	0	–		6	0	41	4
	1996–97		32	1	2	0	–		4	1	38	2
	1997–98		30	3	1	0	–		–		31	3
	1998–99		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		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		3	0	0	0	–		4	0	7	0
	2003–04		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		9	0			–		3	0	12	0
	Total		19	1			–		11	0	22	1
Career totals			349	23	22	0	5	0	53	2	428	25

International

National team	Season	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

International goals

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	17 August 1994	Eyravallen, Örebro	Lithuania	3–0	4–2	Friendly
2	1 June 1996	Råsunda Stadium, Solna	Belarus	4–1	5–1	1998 World Cup qualifier
3	1 September 2001	Gradski Stadion, Skopje	North Macedonia	2–0	2–1	2002 World Cup qualifier

Honours

Club

Borussia Mönchengladbach

• DFB-Pokal: 1994–95

Bayern Munich

• Bundesliga: 1999–2000, 2000–01
• DFB-Pokal: 1999–2000
• DFB-Ligapokal: 1999, 2000
• UEFA Champions League: 2000–01

Malmö FF

• Allsvenskan: 2004

Individual

• kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1994–95, 1996–97[18][19]
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2001[20]
• Swedish Defender of the Year: 2001
• Guldbollen: 1995, 2001

References

1. "Andersson, Patrik". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 21 January 2010.
2. "Football: On the move". The Independent. 20 December 1992. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
3. "Boom and bust the Blackburn way". BBC. 13 May 1999. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
4. "Wembley date for Wednesday". The Independent. 14 March 1993. 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.
7. "Vier Minuten im Mai" (in German). sport1.de. 12 May 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
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. 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. "Patrik Andersson". level-k.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 January 2010.
17. "Svenske landslagshjältens superkropp – som 69-åring". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 October 2020.
18. "Bundesliga Historie 1994/95" (in German). kicker.
19. "Bundesliga Historie 1996/97" (in German). kicker.
20. "Team of the Year 2001". UEFA. 3 January 2002. Retrieved 8 January 2016.

External links

• Patrik Andersson at WorldFootball.net
• Patrik Andersson at Soccerbase