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Daniel Andersson (footballer, born 1972)

Daniel Andersson
Personal information
Full name Daniel Lennart Andersson
Date of birth (1972-12-18) 18 December 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Bjuv, Sweden
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1978–1991 Bjuvs IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1990 Bjuvs IF 44 (0)
1991–1992 Ramlösa BoIS 14 (0)
1992–1993 Ängelholms FF 47 (0)
1994 Kalmar FF 0 (0)
1995–1998 Högaborgs BK 60 (0)
1998–2000 Trelleborgs FF 54 (0)
2000–2003 AIK 52 (0)
2003–2004 Hibernian 41 (0)
2004–2009 Helsingborgs IF 130 (0)
2010 Ängelholms FF 30 (0)
2011–2015 Helsingborgs IF 2 (0)
2018 Helsingborgs IF 1 (0)
Total 475 (0)
International career
2001 Sweden 1 (0)
Managerial career
Helsingborgs IF (goalkeeper coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Lennart Andersson, (born 18 December 1972) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1]

Club career

Andersson played for clubs including Trelleborgs FF, AIK,[2] Helsingborgs IF[3] and Hibernian[4] in Scotland.

When playing in Scotland for Hibernian Andersson helped them reach the 2004 Scottish League Cup Final, which they lost 2–0 to Livingston.[5] In the semi-final against Rangers he saved a Mikel Arteta penalty in normal time and then saved two further penalties in the shootout, from Michael Ball and Zurab Khizanishvili.[6]

After retiring in 2015, Andersson came out of retirement - at the age of 45 - when he signed a short-term contract for the rest of the season with Helsingborgs IF on 28 September 2018, after first-choice goalkeeper, Pär Hansson, got injured for the rest of the season.[7]

International career

Andersson was capped once by the Sweden national team, in 2001.[8]

References

  1. ^ "DANIEL ANDERSSON | Football | Hibs History | Hibernian Historical Trust | UK". www.hibshistoricaltrust.org.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  2. ^ "500 AIK:are - Daniel Andersson". www.aik.se. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Daniel Andersson förstärker HIF:s sportkontor". HIF. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  4. ^ "DANIEL ANDERSSON'S HIBERNIAN CAREER". www.hibernianfc.co.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Livingston lift CIS Cup". BBC. 14 March 2004. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Hibernian 1-1 Rangers (4-3 pens)". BBC. 5 February 2004. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  7. ^ DANIEL ANDERSSON TILLBAKA I HIF Archived 28 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine, hif.se, 28 September 2018
  8. ^ Hardie, David (2 February 2003). "Swedish international fills Hibs' keeper void". Edinburgh Evening News. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2020.