Mattias Asper

Mattias Asper
Personal information
Full nameNils Mattias Joacim Asper
Date of birthMarch 20, 1974
Place of birthSölvesborg, Sweden
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Mjällby
Number1
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1993–1997Mjällby98(0)
1998–2000AIK60(0)
2000–2001Real Sociedad10(0)
2002→ Beşiktaş (loan)8(0)
2002–2005Malmö FF100(0)
2006–2007Viking10(0)
2007Brommapojkarna6(0)
2008–Mjällby178(1)
National team
1999–2002Sweden3(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 December 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).

Mattias Asper (born March 20, 1974 in Sölvesborg) is a Swedish football goalkeeper currently playing for Mjällby AIF. He has played 3 international matches for Sweden national football team, and was a squad member in the Euro 2000.

Club career

Asper was the first choice goalkeeper for Mjällby AIF in four seasons before signing to the Allsvenskan side AIK in 1998. Lee Baxter began the 1998 season as the first choice. But after seven games AIK had only managed to collect seven points, including only one win. On the 8 of June, Asper made his debut against Östers IF putting Lee Baxter on the bench, which would last for the rest of the season. With Asper in the net, AIK did not lose a single game in the 1998 season and they also won Allsvenskan the same year.

In 1999, AIK qualified for Champions League making it all the way to the group stage. This year, Asper held a clean sheet for 797 minutes in Allsvenskan which was a new record.

His performances in AIK attracted interest from Spanish club Real Sociedad, who bought him just before the 2000-01 season. However, he did not had much of a success in Spain and eventually returned to Sweden and Malmö FF in 2002, after being on loan to Beşiktaş J.K.. He won the Swedish championship with Malmö FF in 2004.

Honours

Club

AIK
1998
1999
Malmö FF
2004

Individual

1998, 1999

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