Anders Andersson

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For the ice hockey player of the same name, see Anders Andersson (ice hockey)

Personal information
Anders Andersson

Full name	Anders Andersson
Date of birth	March 15, 1974 (1974-03-15) (age 34)
Place of birth	Tomelilla, Sweden
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Malmö FF
Number	7
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990-1997 1997-1999 1999-2001 2001-2004 2004-2005 2005-	Malmö FF Blackburn Rovers AaB SL Benfica Belenenses Malmö FF	126 (19) 004 0(0) 070 0(8) 049 0(1) 036 0(0) 056 0(0)
National team²
1999-2004	Sweden	027 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:05, 5 March 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 04:05, 5 March 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Anders Andersson (born March 15, 1974 in Tomelilla) is a Swedish football forward. He has played 27 international matches for the Swedish national team, and was a squad player for the Euro 2000 and Euro 2004. He also participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

He played for Svenstorps IF as a child, but joined Malmö FF in 1990. He gradually became a star in the Swedish league, and was bought by English Premier League outfit Blackburn Rovers. There, he played four matches. He went on to play in Denmark and Portugal, and returned to Malmö FF in July 2005.

During his time in Benfica, he became a close personal friend of the Hungarian soccer player Miklós Fehér. While talking about the death of Feher during a Liga game against Vitória S.C., he was quoted as saying "He was only 24 and was as healthy as one could possibly be. There were never any signs that something was wrong, he was in top shape." [1] A week after Fehér's death, Andersson signed for Belenenses.

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(Swedish) Malmö FF profile
(Danish) Aalborg BK profile

v • d • e Sweden squad - UEFA Euro 2000

1 Hedman • 2 Nilsson • 3 P. Andersson • 4 Björklund • 5 Lučić • 6 Sundgren • 7 Mild • 8 Gustafsson • 9 Ljungberg • 10 Pettersson • 11 Alexandersson • 12 Kihlstedt • 13 Svensson • 14 Mellberg • 15 D. Andersson • 16 A. Andersson • 17 Mjällby • 18 Osmanovski • 19 K. Andersson • 20 Larsson • 21 Allbäck • 22 Asper • 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