Andreas Johansson
Encyclopedia
Andreas Johansson is a Swedish
footballer who currently plays for Odense Boldklub (OB) in the Danish Superliga
. He plays as a midfielder
and is a former Swedish international
.
He got his breakthrough with Swedish team Djurgårdens IF, winning the two Allsvenskan
championships and two Swedish Cup
trophies. He played for FA Premier League
team Wigan Athletic
, before joining AaB with whom he won the Danish Superliga
and was named team captain. He has played 16 games for the national team.
, where played for three seasons. During this time he played 38 times, scoring 11 goals. It was scoring 10 of these in the final season that prompted Degerfors IF
to sign him for the beginning of the 1996 season. Again, he spent three years at the club, regularly securing a place in the team and a modest supply goals. Having moved out of favour with the team at the back end of the 1998 season, he had an unsuccessful spell at AIK
, appearing only 12 times in the league, five of these as a sub. In 2000 he moved to Djurgårdens IF, for whom he played until 2004, during which time he saw them claim the Allsvenskan
championship in 2002 and 2003, as well as the Swedish Cup
in 2002 and 2004. In total he scored 45 goals for Djurgården during 124 appearances.
He moved to Wigan Athletic
at the beginning of calendar year 2005, under manager Paul Jewell
. His first appearance in the Wigan team came against Stoke City
in February 2005, as a substitute replacement for Gary Teale
. This would be the his only game of the 2004–05 season. He had a successful 2005–06 Football League Cup, as he scored two goals against Watford
and helped Wigan reach the final. He played 16 games during the Premier League 2005-06 season, and scored goals against Bolton Wanderers
, Tottenham and Birmingham City. In the last game of that season, Johansson came on against Arsenal
at Highbury
and got sent off without touching the ball after tackling fellow country man Fredrik Ljungberg
in the penalty box, allowing Thierry Henry
to score the last goal at the old ground on a penalty kick. He played 12 games during the Premier League 2005-06 season, and was released from his Wigan contract in summer 2007 by manager Chris Hutchings
.
Johansson was quickly snapped up by Danish Superliga
club AaB on July 17, 2007. At AaB, he quickly established himself as a playmaking midfielder. With seven goals in 31 games, he led AaB to the Danish Superliga 2007-08
championship, the first AaB championship since 1999. He helped the team reach the group stage of the UEFA Champions League 2008-09 tournament, and scored in the 3–6 defeat to Villarreal. AaB finished third in their group, and moved on to the UEFA Cup 2008-09, where Johansson scored in the aggregate 6–1 defeat of Deportivo la Coruna. He and AaB also reached the 2009 Danish Cup Final
, but lost 0–1 to F.C. Copenhagen
. Following the sale of Thomas Augustinussen
, Johansson was named new AaB team captain in July 2009. With eight goals in 32 games he was the AaB top goalscorer of the Danish Superliga 2009-10 season. As his contract expired in the summer 2010, AaB did not have the financial means to extend it.
.
He made his debut for the Sweden national football team
in September 2002 against Latvia
. He was called up for the Swedish squad at the 2003 King's Cup
, and was a part of the national team during spring 2004, playing his 12th national team game. He was not selected for the 2004 European Championship, and was dropped from the national team during his initial time at Wigan. He was once more a part of the Swedish team in the February 2007 game against Egypt, and played his 13th national team game. While at AaB, he was called up for the Swedish squad to replace Fredrik Ljungberg in September 2007. He played his 16th and last national team game in January 2008, before he was dropped from the team again. He impressed Swedish manager Lars Lagerbäck
in his Champions League games for AaB, and was called up once more in September 2008, but did not play. Johansson's favored position as an offensive central midfielder did not exist in Lagerbäck's rigid 4-4-2 system, and Johansson's international career suffered as a result.
Djurgårdens IF statistics at Swedish Football Association
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
footballer who currently plays for Odense Boldklub (OB) in the Danish Superliga
Danish Superliga
The Danish Superliga is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest association football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams to be relegated, which proves to be one of the...
. He plays as a midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
and is a former Swedish international
Sweden national football team
The Swedish national football team represents Sweden in association football and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body for Football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is Råsunda Stadium in Stockholms län and their head coach is Erik Hamrén. Sweden made their first...
.
He got his breakthrough with Swedish team Djurgårdens IF, winning the two Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...
championships and two Swedish Cup
Svenska Cupen
Svenska Cupen , is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. Svenska Cupen usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also held. Each year 98 teams compete, comprising the 16 teams from Allsvenskan and the 16 teams of Superettan...
trophies. He played for FA Premier League
FA Premier League
The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier...
team Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic F.C.
Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English Premier League Association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been promoted from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.They have played at the DW...
, before joining AaB with whom he won the Danish Superliga
Danish Superliga
The Danish Superliga is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest association football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams to be relegated, which proves to be one of the...
and was named team captain. He has played 16 games for the national team.
Club career
His career began at Melleruds IFMelleruds IF
Melleruds IF is a Swedish football club located in Mellerud in Västra Götaland County. -Background:Melleruds Idrottsförening were founded on the 28th July 1908 at a meeting in the Jacobssons café at Köpmantorget in Mellerud...
, where played for three seasons. During this time he played 38 times, scoring 11 goals. It was scoring 10 of these in the final season that prompted Degerfors IF
Degerfors IF
Degerfors IF is a Swedish football club located in Degerfors. The club, formed 13 January 1907, is currently playing in the second highest Swedish league, Superettan.-Background:...
to sign him for the beginning of the 1996 season. Again, he spent three years at the club, regularly securing a place in the team and a modest supply goals. Having moved out of favour with the team at the back end of the 1998 season, he had an unsuccessful spell at AIK
AIK Fotboll
AIK, , an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben, , when needed internationally AIK Stockholm, is a Swedish football club based at Råsunda stadium in Solna, a municipality in Stockholm County bordering to Stockholm City Centre...
, appearing only 12 times in the league, five of these as a sub. In 2000 he moved to Djurgårdens IF, for whom he played until 2004, during which time he saw them claim the Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...
championship in 2002 and 2003, as well as the Swedish Cup
Svenska Cupen
Svenska Cupen , is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. Svenska Cupen usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also held. Each year 98 teams compete, comprising the 16 teams from Allsvenskan and the 16 teams of Superettan...
in 2002 and 2004. In total he scored 45 goals for Djurgården during 124 appearances.
He moved to Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic F.C.
Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English Premier League Association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been promoted from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.They have played at the DW...
at the beginning of calendar year 2005, under manager Paul Jewell
Paul Jewell
Paul Steven Jewell is a former English footballer who is currently the manager of Ipswich Town.His playing career started with Liverpool before moving to Wigan Athletic and then a ten-year spell with Bradford City...
. His first appearance in the Wigan team came against Stoke City
Stoke City F.C.
Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...
in February 2005, as a substitute replacement for Gary Teale
Gary Teale
Gary Teale is a Scottish professional footballer who currently plays as a winger for St. Mirren.Teale started his career in Scotland in 1995 with Clydebank before spending three years with Ayr United...
. This would be the his only game of the 2004–05 season. He had a successful 2005–06 Football League Cup, as he scored two goals against Watford
Watford F.C.
Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...
and helped Wigan reach the final. He played 16 games during the Premier League 2005-06 season, and scored goals against Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....
, Tottenham and Birmingham City. In the last game of that season, Johansson came on against Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
at Highbury
Arsenal Stadium
Arsenal Stadium was a football stadium in Highbury, North London, which was the home ground of Arsenal Football Club between 6 September 1913 and 7 May 2006...
and got sent off without touching the ball after tackling fellow country man Fredrik Ljungberg
Fredrik Ljungberg
Karl Fredrik "Freddie" Ljungberg is a Swedish footballer who currently plays as a right winger for Shimizu S-Pulse in Japan. Ljungberg was captain of the Swedish national team until he announced his international retirement after UEFA Euro 2008.Ljungberg was a model for Calvin Klein underwear...
in the penalty box, allowing Thierry Henry
Thierry Henry
Thierry Daniel Henry is a French professional footballer who plays for the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.Henry was born in Les Ulis, Essonne where he played for an array of local sides as a youngster and showed great promise as a goal-scorer. He was spotted by AS Monaco in 1990 and...
to score the last goal at the old ground on a penalty kick. He played 12 games during the Premier League 2005-06 season, and was released from his Wigan contract in summer 2007 by manager Chris Hutchings
Chris Hutchings
Christopher "Chris" Hutchings is an English former footballer and former manager of Walsall. He played for a number of clubs including Chelsea and played more than 100 games for Brighton & Hove Albion and Huddersfield Town...
.
Johansson was quickly snapped up by Danish Superliga
Danish Superliga
The Danish Superliga is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest association football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams to be relegated, which proves to be one of the...
club AaB on July 17, 2007. At AaB, he quickly established himself as a playmaking midfielder. With seven goals in 31 games, he led AaB to the Danish Superliga 2007-08
Danish Superliga 2007-08
The 2007–08 Danish Superliga season was the 18th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, which determined the winners of the Danish football championship. It was governed by the Danish Football Association. It started with the first match on July 18, 2007 and ended with the final match...
championship, the first AaB championship since 1999. He helped the team reach the group stage of the UEFA Champions League 2008-09 tournament, and scored in the 3–6 defeat to Villarreal. AaB finished third in their group, and moved on to the UEFA Cup 2008-09, where Johansson scored in the aggregate 6–1 defeat of Deportivo la Coruna. He and AaB also reached the 2009 Danish Cup Final
2009 Danish Cup Final
The 2009 Danish Cup Final was the final and deciding match of the Danish Cup 2008-09. It took place on Thursday 21 May 2009 at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen. The then-leader in the Superliga F.C. Copenhagen met AaB, who was in 7th.F.C...
, but lost 0–1 to F.C. Copenhagen
F.C. Copenhagen
F.C. Copenhagen is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is part of the Parken Sport & Entertainment....
. Following the sale of Thomas Augustinussen
Thomas Augustinussen
Thomas Augustinussen is a Danish professional footballer. He began his career as a striker, but moved gradually into the holding midfielder position. He made his senior debut with AaB, with whom he played 283 games and won the 2008 Danish Superliga championship...
, Johansson was named new AaB team captain in July 2009. With eight goals in 32 games he was the AaB top goalscorer of the Danish Superliga 2009-10 season. As his contract expired in the summer 2010, AaB did not have the financial means to extend it.
International
Johansson started his international career playing 20 games for various Swedish youth selections, including two games for the Sweden national under-21 football teamSweden national under-21 football team
The Swedish U-21 national football team is the football team representing Sweden in competitions for under-21 year old players. Sweden U21's current captain is Jiloan Hamad with Jakob Johansson as vice captain.-UEFA European U-21 Championship Record:...
.
He made his debut for the Sweden national football team
Sweden national football team
The Swedish national football team represents Sweden in association football and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body for Football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is Råsunda Stadium in Stockholms län and their head coach is Erik Hamrén. Sweden made their first...
in September 2002 against Latvia
Latvia national football team
The Latvian national football team is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Latvia and represents the country in international football competitions, such as the World Cup and the European Championships. So far, they have never qualified for a FIFA World...
. He was called up for the Swedish squad at the 2003 King's Cup
King's Cup
The King's Cup is an international football competition held in Thailand. It has been played annually since 1968, with the exception of 1983, 1985 and 2008. In some years, the competition has featured club or invitational teams as well as international sides....
, and was a part of the national team during spring 2004, playing his 12th national team game. He was not selected for the 2004 European Championship, and was dropped from the national team during his initial time at Wigan. He was once more a part of the Swedish team in the February 2007 game against Egypt, and played his 13th national team game. While at AaB, he was called up for the Swedish squad to replace Fredrik Ljungberg in September 2007. He played his 16th and last national team game in January 2008, before he was dropped from the team again. He impressed Swedish manager Lars Lagerbäck
Lars Lagerbäck
Lars Edvin "Lasse" Lagerbäck is a Swedish football manager and former player, currently managing Iceland....
in his Champions League games for AaB, and was called up once more in September 2008, but did not play. Johansson's favored position as an offensive central midfielder did not exist in Lagerbäck's rigid 4-4-2 system, and Johansson's international career suffered as a result.
External links
Career stats @ dr.dk AaB profile Danish Superliga statistics by Danish Football AssociationDanish Football Association
The Danish Football Association is the governing body of football in Denmark. It is the organization of the Danish football clubs and runs the professional Danish football leagues and the men's and women's national teams. It is based in the city of Brøndby and is a founding member of both FIFA...
Djurgårdens IF statistics at Swedish Football Association
Swedish Football Association
The Swedish Football Association is the governing body of football in Sweden. It organises the football leagues — Allsvenskan for men and Damallsvenskan for women — and the men's and women's national teams. It is based in Solna and is a founding member of both FIFA and UEFA...