Patrik Andersson
Patrik Andersson at Svenska idrottsgalan in January 2013
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Patrik Jonas Andersson | ||
| Date of birth | 18 August 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Borgeby, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1988 | Bjärreds IF | ||
| 1988–1989 | Malmö FF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1992 | Malmö FF | 90 | (11) |
| 1992–1993 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 | (0) |
| 1993–1999 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 154 | (10) |
| 1999–2001 | Bayern Munich | 37 | (1) |
| 2001–2004 | Barcelona | 19 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Malmö FF | 19 | (1) |
| Total | 331 | (23) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992 | Sweden U23 | 4 | (1) |
| 1992–2002 | Sweden | 96 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Patrik "Bjärred" Jonas Andersson (pronounced [ˈpɑːtrɪk ˈanːdəˈʂɔn]; born 18 August 1971) is a Swedish former footballer. Both his father, Roy Andersson, as well as his younger brother, Daniel Andersson, have also played professional football.
Andersson began his career in the local club, Bjärreds IF, from which he also got his nickname, he moved on to Malmö FF, a team playing in the top national league.
In December 1992, Andersson went professional as he moved to Blackburn Rovers for a fee of £800,000, where he stayed for one year, making just 12 Premier League appearances. However, he is notable for being one of the first foreign signings by Blackburn Rovers, and one of the relatively small group of foreigners who appeared in the first season of the new Premier League in England. He scored once for Blackburn, in a 2–1 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday in the second leg of the 1992–93 Football League Cup semi-final.
His next step was to go to Germany in October 1993 and play for Borussia Mönchengladbach. There he won the DFB-Pokal with the team in 1995, but left the team as its performance deteriorated, in 1999.
In June 1999, Andersson signed for Bayern Munich for approximately DM 6 million. He made his debut on 22 August 1999 in a 0–2 away defeat against Bayer Leverkusen. His time with Bayern resulted in two Bundesliga championships (in the 2000–01 championship season he scored the final and decisive goal against Hamburger SV in the last minute – his only goal for the club) as well as a DFB-Pokal and victory in the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League, despite missing his penalty in the final shootout. Andersson moved to Catalan giants FC Barcelona in 2001 and spent three injury-plagued seasons there.
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