Daniel Andersson (footballer, born 1972)

Daniel Lennart Andersson, (born 18 December 1972 in Bjuv) is a Swedish former profssional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.

Daniel Andersson
Personal information
Full name Daniel Lennart Andersson
Date of birth (1972-12-18) 18 December 1972
Place of birth Bjuv, Sweden
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing 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 0 (0)
Total 474 (0)
National team
2001 Sweden 1 (0)
Teams managed
Helsingborgs IF (goalkeeper coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Andersson played for clubs including Trelleborgs FF, AIK, Helsingborgs IF and Hibernian in Scotland. Andersson was capped once by the Sweden national football team, in 2001.[1]

When playing in Scotland for Hibernian Andersson helped them reach the 2004 Scottish League Cup Final. 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, as Hibernian got to the final, where they were beaten 2-0 by Livingston.[2][3]

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.[4]

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Hibernian 1-1 Rangers (4-3 pens)". BBC. 5 February 2004. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  3. "Livingston lift CIS Cup". BBC. 14 March 2004. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  4. DANIEL ANDERSSON TILLBAKA I HIF, hif.se, 28 September 2018
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