Daniel Andersson (footballer, born 1972)

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

Daniel Andersson

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Lennart Andersson
Date of birth	(1972-12-18) 18 December 1972 (age 52)
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

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.

External links

• Daniel Andersson at Soccerbase
• Daniel Andersson at National-Football-Teams.com
• Daniel Andersson at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archive)