Andreas Andersson

Personal information
Andreas Andersson

Full name	Claes Andreas Andersson
Date of birth	April 10, 1974 (1974-04-10) (age 34)
Place of birth	Nacka, Sweden
Height	1.82 m
Playing position	Striker
Youth clubs
1979–93	Hova IF
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993–94 1994–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2005	Tidaholm Degerfors IF IFK Gothenburg A.C. Milan Newcastle United AIK	009 00(0) 040 00(0) 039 0(19) 013 00(1) 021 00(6) 102 0(29)
National team²
1996–2003	Sweden	042 00(8)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:00, 30 November 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 16:00, 30 November 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Andreas Andersson (born April 10, 1974 in Stockholm) is a former footballer. He was capped 42 times and scored 8 goals for Sweden, and he played at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Injury problems caused him to retire on August 1, 2005, but he stated that he would continue in football as a coach.

During his career he was a goal-getting striker. In 1996 he won the Swedish league title and became league top scorer (19 goals) with IFK Göteborg. He played abroad with AC Milan and Newcastle United before returning to Stockholm.

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Awards
Preceded by Niklas Skoog	Allsvenskan top scorer 1996	Succeeded by Mats Lilienberg, Christer Mattiasson and Dan Sahlin

v • d • e Sweden squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup

1 Hedman • 2 Mellberg • 3 P. Andersson • 4 Mjällby • 5 Michael Svensson • 6 Linderoth • 7 Alexandersson • 8 A. Svensson • 9 Ljungberg • 10 Allbäck • 11 Larsson • 12 Kihlstedt • 13 Antonelius • 14 Edman • 15 Jakobsson • 16 Lučić • 17 Magnus Svensson • 18 Jonson • 19 Farnerud • 20 D. Andersson • 21 Ibrahimović • 22 A. Andersson • 23 Isaksson • Coach: Lagerbäck & Söderberg