Andreas Jakobsson

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Andreas Jakobsson
Personal information
Full name	Bo Janne Andreas Jakobsson
Date of birth	October 6, 1972 (1972-10-06) (age 35)
Place of birth	Teckomatorp, Sweden
Height	189 cm
Playing position	Defender / Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Helsingborgs IF
Number	5
Youth clubs
1978–1988 1988-1989	Teckomatorps SK Landskrona BoIS
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990–1994 1995–2000 2000-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2007	Landskrona BoIS Helsingborgs IF FC Hansa Rostock Brøndby IF Southampton FC Helsingborgs IF	099 00(2) 135 00(5) 099 00(4) 034 00(5) 027 00(2) 058 00(5)
National team
1996–2004	Sweden	036 00(3)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

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.

[edit] Biography

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 championship. 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.

[edit] Club statistics

Only league games included.

[edit] Honours

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

[edit] External references

• (Swedish) Swedish national team profile
• (Swedish) Helsingborgs IF profile
• (Danish) Brøndby IF profile
• (German) FussballDaten statistics
• (Dutch) Voetbal International

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

v • d • e Sweden squad - UEFA Euro 2004 1 Isaksson • 2 Lučić • 3 Mellberg • 4 Mjällby • 5 Edman • 6 Linderoth • 7 Nilsson • 8 Svensson • 9 Ljungberg • 10 Ibrahimović • 11 Larsson • 12 Hedman • 13 Hansson • 14 Östlund • 15 Jakobsson • 16 Källström • 17 Andersson • 18 Jonson • 19 Farnerud • 20 Allbäck • 21 Wilhelmsson • 22 Wahlstedt • 23 Kihlstedt • Coach: Lagerbäck & Söderberg