Daniel Andersson (footballer born 1977)

Daniel Andersson

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Jerry Andersson
Date of birth	28 August 1977 (1977-08-28) (age 34)
Place of birth	Lund, Sweden
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Centre Midfielder Centre Back
Club information
Current club	Malmö FF
Number	4
Youth career
–1994	Bjärreds IF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1995–1998	Malmö FF	85	(11)
1998–2001	Bari	97	(16)
2001–2002	Venezia	29	(0)
2002–2004	Palermo	0	(0)
2002–2003	→ Chievo (loan)	12	(0)
2003–2004	→ Ancona (loan)	25	(1)
2004–	Malmö FF	189	(18)
National team‡
	Sweden U21	17	(2)
1997–2009	Sweden	74	(0)
Teams managed
2011–	Malmö FF (Assistant manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 December 2009

Daniel Jerry Andersson (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈdaːnijɛl ˈɑndɛ(r)ʃɔn]; born August 28, 1977 in Lund) is a Swedish footballer and coach who currently plays for Malmö FF and serves as team captain as well as assistant manager.

Club career

Andersson played for Bjärreds IF as a youngster, but joined Malmö FF in 1994. He gradually became a star in the Swedish league, and was bought by Italian Serie A outfit Bari.^[1] He enjoyed big personal success at Bari, being named captain as a foreigner at only 23 years, in his third year. This attracted the interest of Juventus and Fiorentina amongst other clubs, with both clubs putting bids on the table. Andersson was also on his way to Fiorentina, but due to their financial problems the transfer was cancelled in the last minute.^[2][3] Instead he transferred to Venezia for a fee of 6 million euro, where he had an average season.^[2] After that he had short stints with Chievo and Ancona. In 2004 he returned to Malmö FF together with former teammate Yksel Osmanovski.^[4] He returned to Malmö the same year as his brother, Patrik Andersson, who was captain of the team at the time. The return of both Andersson brothers was a contributing factor to the club winning the league the same year. When Patrik retired due to injury problems in 2006 Daniel took over the captaincy and has held it since.

After having played as Centre Midfielder for the majority of his career he took the position as Centre Back from the start of the 2010 season, where he enjoyed great success consistently being one of the best players in Malmö FF that year. By this change he became the third Andersson family member after his father Roy and brother Patrik to captain Malmö FF from the centre back position. He succeeded so well with the position change that he was nominated for Swedish defender of the year and Allsvenskan player of the year after he led Malmö FF to their 16th Swedish Championship.

On 29 October 2011 Andersson announced that he would focuse on his coaching career but would continue to play for the club when he was needed.

International career

Andersson was capped 74 times for Sweden between 1997 and 2009. He was a squad member for Euro 2000, Euro 2008, and the 2002 and 2006 World Cup finals.

At Euro 2000, he was a regular starter in Sweden's line-up. As a result of Tobias Linderoth getting injured, he was once again a regular starter at Euro 2008, although the team did not make it into the knockout stages of the competition.

Andersson retired from the national team after the unsuccessful campaign to qualify for the 2010 World Cup, in order to devote his energies to Malmö FF.

Coaching career

Andersson was appointed as one of three new assistant managers at Malmö FF along with Jörgen Pettersson and Simon Hollyhead on 29 October 2011.

Personal life

Daniel Andersson is the son of Roy Andersson and the younger brother of Patrik Andersson, all three of them being some of the most successful players in Malmö FF. A notable fact is also that all three have played centre back and have been team captain of Malmö FF.

Career statistics

As of 3 November 2011^[5]

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sweden			League		Svenska Cupen		Europe		Total
1994	Malmö FF	Allsvenskan	0	0	–		–		0	0
1995			21	2	–		–		21	2
1996			26	2	–		–		26	2
1997			24	2	–		–		24	2
1998			11	3	–		–		11	3
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		Europe		Total
1998-99	Bari	Serie A	33	3	–		–		33	3
1999-2000			32	5	–		–		32	5
2000-01			32	8	–		–		32	8
2001-02	Venezia		29	0	–		–		29	0
2002-03	Chievo		11	0	–		–		11	0
2003-04	Ancona		25	1	–		–		25	1
Sweden			League		Svenska Cupen		Europe		Total
2004	Malmö FF	Allsvenskan	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
2005			25	2	3	1	5	1	33	4
2006			25	3	1	0	–		26	3
2007			23	4	2	0	–		25	4
2008			24	3	3	0	–		27	3
2009			26	1	1	0	–		27	1
2010			30	5	2	0	–		32	5
2011			25	0	3	1	9	0	36	1
Total	Sweden		240	27	15	2	14	1	299	30
	Italy		162	17	0	0	0	0	162	17
Career total			432	44	15	2	14	1	461	47

Honours

Club

Malmö FF

• Allsvenskan: 2004, 2010

Individual

• Swedish Midfielder of the Year: 1997
• Swedish Goal of the Year: 1997

Footnotes

1. ^ http://www.skysports.com/football/player/0,19754,13957_30544,00.html
2. ^ ^{a b} http://fotboll.expressen.se/allsvenskan/1.1238858/daniel-andersson-om-em-och-buropen
3. ^ http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11862_2211999,00.html
4. ^ http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/spieler/3456/daniel-andersson/profil.html
5. ^ "Daniel Andersson". Swedish Football Association. http://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/person/?playerid=4143. Retrieved 16 August 2011. 

External links

• (Swedish) Malmö FF Profile
• (Swedish) SvFF profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by Patrik Andersson	Malmö FF captain 2006-Present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Andersson, Daniel
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	28 August 1977
Place of birth	Lund, Sweden
Date of death
Place of death