Anders Andersson

"For the ice hockey player of the same name, see Anders Andersson (ice hockey)"

Football player infobox


playername = Anders Andersson
fullname = Anders Andersson
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1974|03|15
cityofbirth = Tomelilla
countryofbirth = Sweden
height = height|meters=1.74
currentclub = Malmö FF
clubnumber = 7
position = Midfielder
years = 1990-1997
1997-1999
1999-2001
2001-2004
2004-2005
2005-
clubs = Malmö FF
Blackburn Rovers
AaB
SL Benfica
Belenenses
Malmö FF
caps(goals) = 126 (19)
004 0(0)
070 0(8)
049 0(1)
036 0(0)
056 0(0)
nationalyears = 1994-2005
nationalteam = Sweden
nationalcaps(goals) = 027 0(0)
pcupdate = 04:05, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 04:05, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Anders Andersson (born March 15, 1974 in Tomelilla) is a Swedish football forward. He has played 27 international matches for the Swedish national team, and was a squad player for the Euro 2000 and Euro 2004. He also participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

He played for Svenstorps IF as a child, but joined Malmö FF in 1990. He gradually became a star in the Swedish league, and was bought by English Premier League outfit Blackburn Rovers. There, he played four matches. He went on to play in Denmark and Portugal, and returned to Malmö FF in July 2005.

During his time in Benfica, he became a close personal friend of the Hungarian soccer player Miklós Fehér. While talking about the death of Feher during a Liga game against Vitória S.C., he was quoted as saying "He was only 24 and was as healthy as one could possibly be. There were never any signs that something was wrong, he was in top shape." [http://aftonbladet.se/vss/sport/story/0,2789,424302,00.html] A week after Fehér's death, Andersson signed for Belenenses.

External references

* [http://www.mff.se/laget/spelare.asp?Id=155 Malmö FF profile]
* [http://www.aabsport.dk/96CF7553-3EFB-42E0-9F3E-B9DE67F765D4.W5Doc?id=48b9cee4-d9fc-4ba1-9e43-c26b710d1d5b Aalborg BK profile]