Leon Andreasen

Infobox Football biography
playername = Leon Andreasen
fullname = Leon Hougaard Andreasen
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|4|23
cityofbirth = Aidt
countryofbirth = Denmark
height = height|m=1.88
position = Defender
Centre midfield
currentclub = Fulham
clubnumber = 26
youthyears = 19??-1999
1999-2001
youthclubs = Hammel GF
AGF Aarhus
years = 2001–2005
2005–2008
2006–2007
2008–
clubs = AGF Aarhus
SV Werder Bremen
→ 1. FSV Mainz 05 "(loan)"
Fulham
caps(goals) = 105 (17)
032 (2)
015 (4)
013 (0)
nationalyears = 2001–2002
2004
2002–2006
2007–
nationalteam = Denmark U-19
Denmark U-20
Denmark U-21
Denmark
nationalcaps(goals) = 006 (0)
002 (0)
023 (6)
011 (1)
pcupdate = 13:07, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 10 September 2008

Leon Hougaard Andreasen (born 23 April 1983) is a Danish professional football player, who plays centre midfield for Fulham in the Premier League, after he left Werder Bremen 22 January 2008. He has played eight matches and scored one goal for the Denmark national football team.

Biography

Born in Aidt near Aarhus, Andreasen started playing football at local club Hammel GF. After a stay at the very popular football academy, Hessel Gods Fodboldkostskole in Grenaa, he moved on to the youth team of AGF Aarhus in 1999, where he signed his first contract in 2001. He established himself as a regular in AGF's squad for the top-flight Danish Superliga championship. He initially played as a right midfielder or right back, but eventually settled in the central defender position. He was called up for the Danish under-19 national team in May 2001, and went on to play 31 games and score six goals for various Danish youth selections.

On 1 July 2005, he moved to Germany to play for SV Werder Bremen in German Bundesliga championship. Due to the injury of Finnish defender Petri Pasanen, Andreasen played 12 of the first 17 league games for Werder Bremen. When Pasanen recovered in December 2005, Andreasen was often relegated to the reserves' bench for the second half of the season. In May 2006, he was selected for the Danish under-21 national team squad for the 2006 European Under-21 Championship. As age restrictions were calculated from the start of the qualification matches in September 2004, he competed in the tournament at age 23. When the Denmark under-21s were eliminated in the preliminary group stage, Andreasen's youth national team career was over.

In his second season at Werder Bremen, Andreasen only played four games in the first half of the season. In January 2007, he was loaned out to German league rivals 1. FSV Mainz 05. He made his debut on January 27 against VfL Bochum, in the defensive midfielder position, [cite web|title=VfL Bochum vs Mainz - Bundesliga 2006/2007|work=Football-Lineups.com
url=http://www.football-lineups.com/wiki/_match3306.php | accessdate=January 29 | accessyear=2007] and went on to score four goals in his first seven games for Mainz. Although he couldn't prevent MAinz from veing relegated, his stay at Mainz was a great success. In March 2007, he was called up to the Danish national team by national manager Morten Olsen. [da icon Lars Berendt, [http://www.dbu.dk/news/newsShow.aspx?id=237741 22 spillere mod Spanien] , "DBU", 14 March 2007] He made his debut against Spain, where he replaced Martin Jørgensen in the first half, before he was substituted for Nicklas Bendtner in the second half.

He joined Fulham in January 2008 for an undisclosed fee on a three-and-a-half year deal that will see him at the club until the summer of 2011. [ [http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_3071431,00.html FULHAM SWOOP FOR DANE] ]

International goals

:"Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first."

*(a): Match abandoned

References

External links

* [http://www.fulhamfc.com/MatchAndTeam/PlayerProfiles/ProfileDetails/LeonAndreasen.aspx Fulham F.C. profile]
* [http://www.dbu.dk/lbase/playerInfo.aspx?playerid=4336 Denmark national team profile]
*da icon [http://www.agf.co.dk/docs/Holdet/SpillerProfil.asp?id=408 AGF profile]
* [http://resol.dr.dk/sportservice_person.aspx?personid=400290 Career stats] by Danmarks Radio
*de icon [http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/andreasenleon/ FussballDaten career statistics]
* [http://www.nationalfootballteams.com/php/spieler.php?id=10521 FootballNationalTeams statistics]
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