Andreas Jakobsson

Football player infobox


playername= Andreas Jakobsson
fullname = Bo Janne Andreas Jakobsson
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1972|10|6|mf=y
cityofbirth = Teckomatorp
countryofbirth = Sweden
height = 189 cm
currentclub = Helsingborgs IF
clubnumber = 5
position = Defender / Defensive Midfielder
youthyears = 1978–1988
1988-1989
youthclubs = Teckomatorps SK
Landskrona BoIS
years = 1990–1994
1995–2000
2000-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2007
clubs = Landskrona BoIS
Helsingborgs IF
FC Hansa Rostock
Brøndby IF
Southampton FC
Helsingborgs IF
caps(goals) = 099 00(2)
135 00(5)
099 00(4)
034 00(5)
027 00(2)
058 00(5)
nationalyears = 1996–2004
nationalteam = Sweden
nationalcaps(goals) = 036 00(3)

Andreas Jakobsson (born October 6, 1972) is a Swedish professional football (soccer) player in the defender position and the Defensive Midfielder. He has played 36 international matches for the Sweden national team, and was a squad player for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2004 European Championship.

Playing career

Born in Teckomatorp, Jakobsson started his senior career as a central defender for nearby club Landskrona BoIS in 1990. He helped Landskrona win promotion for the top-flight Swedish Allsvenskan championship in 1993. Landskrona were relegated again following the Allsvenskan 1994 season, and Jakobsson moved on to Allsvenskan club Helsingborgs IF. He instantly commanded a place in Helsingborg's starting line-up, and made his debut for the Swedish national team in February 1996. Together with Ola Nilsson, he formed the strongest central defence in Allsvenskan for several years and in, 1999, HIF was finally able to win Allsvenskan after 58 years of waiting. Without the solid defence controlled by Jakobsson, many doubt it would have been possible.

After winning the Allsvenskan 1999 championship with HIF, he moved abroad to play for FC Hansa Rostock in the German Bundesliga in the summer 2000. He played three seasons at Rostock, missing only three of 102 league games for the club. He was called up for the Swedish squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and played fulle time in all four Swedish games before elimination. In July 2003, Jakobsson left Rostock to play for Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga. He was selected to represent Sweden at the 2004 European Championship, and played full time in the tournament, as Sweden reached the quarter-finals.

He played five games in the 2004-05 Superliga, which Brøndby would go on to win, before moving to English club Southampton F.C. in the FA Premier League. At the end of the season, Southampton were relegated, and Jakobsson returned to play for Helsingborgs IF. After the 2007 season, he will retire and play for Svalövs BK in the seventh division.

Club statistics

:"Only league games included."

Honours

*1993 Division 1 Södra
*1998 Svenska Cupen
*1999 Allsvenskan
*2004-05 Danish Superliga
*2006 Svenska Cupen

External references

*sv icon [http://www.svenskfotboll.se/t9.aspx?id=3&p=247511 Swedish national team profile]
*sv icon [http://www.hif.se/Lagen/A_lag/truppen/andreas_jakobsson Helsingborgs IF profile]
*da icon [http://www.brondby.com/player.asp?sid=98&id=33 Brøndby IF profile]
*de icon [http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/jakobssonandreas/ FussballDaten statistics]
*nl icon [http://www.vi.nl/vi/show/id=40053/dbid=32568/typeofpage=40054/sc=97eb49 Voetbal International]