Andreas Johansson
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Andreas Johansson (born July 5, 1978 in Vänersborg) is a Swedish footballer who currently plays for Wigan Athletic as a midfielder.
His career began at Melleruds IF, where played for 3 seasons. During this time he played 38 times, scoring 11 goals. It was scoring 10 of these in the final season that prompted Degerfors IF to sign him for the beginning of the 1996 season. Again, he spent 3 years at the club, regularly securing a place in the team and a modest supply goals. Having moved out of favour with the team at the back end of the 1998 season, he had an unsuccessful spell at AIK, appearing only 12 times in the league, 5 of these as a sub. In 2000 he moved to Djurgårdens IF, for whom he played until 2004, during which time he saw them claim two Allsvenskan titles, and a Swedish Cup. In total he scored 45 league goals for Djurgårdens during 124 league appearances.
He moved to Wigan at the beginning of calendar year 2005. His first appearance in the Wigan team was achieved against Stoke City, as a substitute replacement for Gary Teale.
In the last game at Highbury Johansson came on against Arsenal and got sent off without touching the ball after tackling fellow country man Fredrik Ljungberg in the penalty box which led to Thierry Henry's penalty and hat-trick, the last goal at the old ground.
He made his debut for Sweden in September 2002 against Latvia.
Johansson was not selected for the FIFA World Cup 2006 perhaps given his form and lack of match fitness, but as a previous international player, he could play a part in the qualification process for Euro 2008.
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