Niclas Alexandersson
Encyclopedia
Jens Niclas Alexandersson (ˈnɪklɑs ɑlɛkˈsɑndɛʂɔn (born on December 29, 1971 in Halmstad
, Sweden
) is a retired Swedish
football midfielder
. He played as a right winger and right full back. Apart from his versatility, he is known for his dribbling and stamina.
in 1988. He played for the team until 1995, when he joined IFK Göteborg
, with whom he won the Swedish Championships and played in the UEFA Champions League
. After one year in Gothenburg
, he moved on to England
, where he was signed for £750,000 by Ron Atkinson
for Sheffield Wednesday. He played for three seasons in Sheffield, where he became a fan's favorite and won the Player of The Season award the year the team was relegated. After relegation he was signed by Everton
for £2.5m where he played for from 2000–2003, until he moved back to Gothenburg
, where he played from 2004-2008. After the retirement last season he has been working on IFK Göteborg
project Änglagårdskolan. Is a school where you can combine school and football in the spirit of IFK Göteborg
. 27 September 2009, newspapers told that Niclas is going for a comeback and will be start training again on 29 September 2009. On 2 October 2009 it was revealed that Alexandersson has sign a contract for the rest of the season. After the season, he retired for good.
, 2006 FIFA World Cup
and one European Championship
(Euro 2000
). He was also a member of the Swedish squad that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics
in Barcelona
. One of his goals came in Sweden's 1-1 draw against England, which he shot powerfully from outside the box and passed through David Seaman
during the group stages of the 2002 World Cup.
The day after Sweden’s exit from Euro 2008 he decided that he would retire from the national team alongside Marcus Allbäck
, however he also said that if it was needed, due to injuries, he would play for the national team again.
on December 29, 1971 to father Lennart Alexandersson
, a former Halmstads BK player. He grew up in Falkenberg
, where he started playing football in the local club Vessigebro BK. In 1978, his brother Daniel Alexandersson
, who is also a professional football player, was born. In 1988, he moved to Halmstad to play for Halmstads BK. While living in Halmstad, he attended Sannarpsgymnasiet
, the same school Swedish footballer Fredrik Ljungberg
attended.
Alexandersson married his wife Frida. The couple had first child Tilda in 1999 and son named Noah in 2001. While playing football, Alexandersson's family has lived in numerous place including Sheffield, Liverpool
, and London
before returning to Gothenborg.
Halmstad
Halmstad is a port, university, industrial and recreational city at the mouth of Nissan in the province of Halland on the Swedish west coast. Halmstad is the seat of Halmstad Municipality and the capital of Halland County...
, Sweden
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....
) is a retired Swedish
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....
football 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...
. He played as a right winger and right full back. Apart from his versatility, he is known for his dribbling and stamina.
Club career
After starting his career with local club Vessigebro BK he moved to Halmstads BKHalmstads BK
Halmstads Bollklubb, also called HBK or just Halmstad, is a Swedish football club located in Halmstad in the southwest of Sweden. The club, formed 6 March 1914, competes in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, and has won 4 national championship titles and 1 national cup title...
in 1988. He played for the team until 1995, when he joined IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, the club has won 18 national championship titles, five national cup titles, and two UEFA Cups....
, with whom he won the Swedish Championships and played in the UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
. After one year in Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
, he moved on to England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, where he was signed for £750,000 by Ron Atkinson
Ron Atkinson
Ronald Ernest Atkinson, commonly known as "Big Ron" and "Bojangles" is an English former football player and manager. In recent years he has become one of Britain's best-known football pundits...
for Sheffield Wednesday. He played for three seasons in Sheffield, where he became a fan's favorite and won the Player of The Season award the year the team was relegated. After relegation he was signed by Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
for £2.5m where he played for from 2000–2003, until he moved back to Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
, where he played from 2004-2008. After the retirement last season he has been working on IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, the club has won 18 national championship titles, five national cup titles, and two UEFA Cups....
project Änglagårdskolan. Is a school where you can combine school and football in the spirit of IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, the club has won 18 national championship titles, five national cup titles, and two UEFA Cups....
. 27 September 2009, newspapers told that Niclas is going for a comeback and will be start training again on 29 September 2009. On 2 October 2009 it was revealed that Alexandersson has sign a contract for the rest of the season. After the season, he retired for good.
International career
He made his debut for the national team in 1993, and has since participated in 100 international games, scoring seven goals. His participation in the national team includes the 2002 FIFA World Cup2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...
, 2006 FIFA World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
and one European Championship
UEFA European Football Championship
The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA . Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations Cup, changing to the current...
(Euro 2000
2000 UEFA European Football Championship
The 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, or Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Football Championship, which is held every four years and organized by UEFA, association football's governing body in Europe....
). He was also a member of the Swedish squad that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
. One of his goals came in Sweden's 1-1 draw against England, which he shot powerfully from outside the box and passed through David Seaman
David Seaman
David Andrew Seaman MBE is a former English football goalkeeper who played for several clubs, most notably Arsenal. He retired from the game on 13 January 2004, following a recurring shoulder injury...
during the group stages of the 2002 World Cup.
The day after Sweden’s exit from Euro 2008 he decided that he would retire from the national team alongside Marcus Allbäck
Marcus Allbäck
Marcus Christian Allbäck , is a Swedish legend and coach, who currently is assistant coach for the Sweden national football team and plays as striker for the Division 1 Södra club Örgryte IS. He is a well-travelled striker known for his sharp finishing ability...
, however he also said that if it was needed, due to injuries, he would play for the national team again.
Personal life
Alexanderson was born in HalmstadHalmstad
Halmstad is a port, university, industrial and recreational city at the mouth of Nissan in the province of Halland on the Swedish west coast. Halmstad is the seat of Halmstad Municipality and the capital of Halland County...
on December 29, 1971 to father Lennart Alexandersson
Lennart Alexandersson
Lennart Alexandersson is best known being football players Niclas and Daniel Alexandersson's father. Alexandersson was also a football player who played for Halmstads BK in the 1960s....
, a former Halmstads BK player. He grew up in Falkenberg
Falkenberg
Falkenberg is a locality and the seat of Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 18,972 inhabitants in 2005.The town has a population of 19,000 and is located at the mouth of the river Ätran. The name consists of the Swedish words for falcon and mountain...
, where he started playing football in the local club Vessigebro BK. In 1978, his brother Daniel Alexandersson
Daniel Alexandersson
Daniel Alexandersson is a Swedish footballer, currently playing for Falkenbergs FF. He is the younger brother of Niclas Alexandersson.-Career:...
, who is also a professional football player, was born. In 1988, he moved to Halmstad to play for Halmstads BK. While living in Halmstad, he attended Sannarpsgymnasiet
Sannarpsgymnasiet
Sannarpsgymnasiet is a Swedish high school based in Halmstad, Sweden. It offers a broad selection of courses, ranging from special school to International Baccalaureate....
, the same school Swedish footballer 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...
attended.
Alexandersson married his wife Frida. The couple had first child Tilda in 1999 and son named Noah in 2001. While playing football, Alexandersson's family has lived in numerous place including Sheffield, Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, and London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
before returning to Gothenborg.
Career table
| Club | Season | Dom. league | Dom. cup | Int. cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Vessigebro BK | –1988 | Youth football | |||||||||
| Total | –1988 | Youth football | |||||||||
| Halmstads BK Halmstads BK Halmstads Bollklubb, also called HBK or just Halmstad, is a Swedish football club located in Halmstad in the southwest of Sweden. The club, formed 6 March 1914, competes in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, and has won 4 national championship titles and 1 national cup title... |
1989 | 4 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ≥4 | ≥0 |
| 1990 | 22 | 2 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ≥22 | ≥2 | |
| 1991 | 28 | 7 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ≥28 | ≥7 | |
| 1992 | 27 | 7 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ≥27 | ≥7 | |
| 1993 | 25 | 4 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ≥25 | ≥4 | |
| 1994 | 25 | 4 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ≥25 | ≥4 | |
| 1995 | 26 | 5 | ? | ? | 4 | 0 | ? | ? | ≥30 | ≥5 | |
| Total | 1988–95 | 157 | 29 | ? | ? | 4 | 0 | ? | ? | ≥161 | ≥29 |
| IFK Göteborg IFK Göteborg IFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, the club has won 18 national championship titles, five national cup titles, and two UEFA Cups.... |
1996 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 54 | 12 |
| 1997 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 50 | 7 | |
| Total | 1996–97 | 52 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 104 | 19 |
| Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the... |
1997–98 | 6 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ≥6 | ≥0 |
| 1998–99 | 32 | 3 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ≥32 | ≥3 | |
| 1999–2000 | 37 | 5 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ≥37 | ≥5 | |
| Total | 1997–2000 | 75 | 8 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ≥75 | ≥8 |
| Everton F.C. Everton F.C. Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football... |
2000–01 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ≥23 | ≥2 |
| 2001–02 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ≥35 | ≥2 | |
| 2002–03 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ≥8 | ≥1 | |
| 2003–04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ≥0 | ≥0 | |
| Total | 2000–04 | 58 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ≥66 | ≥5 |
| West Ham United F.C. West Ham United F.C. West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current... (on loan) |
2003–04 | 8 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ≥8 | ≥0 |
| Total | 2003–04 | 8 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ≥8 | ≥0 |
| IFK Göteborg IFK Göteborg IFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, the club has won 18 national championship titles, five national cup titles, and two UEFA Cups.... |
2004 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 6 |
| 2005 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 9 | |
| 2006 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 39 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 2 | |
| Total | 2004– | 96 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 153 | 20 |
| IFK Göteborg IFK Göteborg IFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, the club has won 18 national championship titles, five national cup titles, and two UEFA Cups.... totals |
1996– | 148 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 54 | 6 | 257 | 39 |
| Career totals | 1988– | 446 | 66 | ≥27 | ≥5 | 40 | 4 | ≥54 | ≥6 | ≥567 | ≥81 |