Sven Andersson

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Sven Andersson (born 6 October 1963) is a retired Swedish football goalkeeper. Born in Strömstad near the Norwegian border, he began his professional carreer 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 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.

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

Sweden Sweden squad - 1990 World Cup Sweden

1 Andersson | 2 J. Eriksson | 3 Hysén | 4 Larsson | 5 Ljung | 6 R. Nilsson | 7 Nyhlen | 8 Schwarz | 9 Engkvist | 10 Ingesson | 11 Jansson | 12 L. Eriksson | 13 Limpar | 14 J. Nilsson | 15 Strömberg | 16 Thern | 17 Brolin | 18 Ekström | 19 Gren | 20 Magnusson | 21 Pettersson | 22 Ravelli | Coach: Nordin
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