Michael Andersson (footballer)

Michael Andersson
Personal information
Full name	Michael Östen Andersson
Date of birth	24 August 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth	Brännkyrka, Stockholm, Sweden
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
0000–1976	Älvsjö AIK
1976–1985	Hammarby IF
1986–1988	IFK Göteborg
1989–1991	Hammarby IF
1992	Nacka FF
International career
	Sweden U16
	Sweden U18
	Sweden U21
	Sweden O
1979–1982	Sweden
Managerial career
	Nacka FF
	Spårvägens FF
1998–1999	Djurgårdens IF
2000–2001	Malmö FF
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Östen Andersson (born 24 August 1959^[3]) is a Swedish former football player and manager, he previously worked as CEO of Hammarby IF.

Playing career

Born in Brännkyrka, Stockholm, Andersson started his career in Älvsjö AIK before transferring to Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan. During his years at IFK Göteborg the team won Swedish Championship and the UEFA Cup in 1987. He was also capped 8 times for the Sweden national team.^[4]

As manager Andersson has managed Djurgårdens IF and Malmö FF.^[5]^[6] He has also been Sports Director at IFK Norrköping and later CEO at Hammarby IF.^[7]^[8]

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[9]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Sweden	1979	2	1
	1980	0	0
	1981	1	0
	1982	5	0
Total		8	1

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Andersson goal.

List of international goals scored by Michael Andersson^[10]
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	14 November 1979	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Malaysia	3–1	3–1	Friendly	^[11]

IFK Göteborg

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^ "Michael Andersson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
^ "Sweden men's national football team stats". passagen.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 6 June 2012.
^ Gänger, Hasse. Djurgårdens IF Fotboll 1899–2006 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. pp. 68–69. ISBN 978-91-633-0992-2.
^ Forssell, Kalle (28 August 2010). "Här är Zlatans alla tränare i karriären". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 December 2010.
^ Lundqvist, Anders (17 April 2006). "IFK Norrköping har tre år på sig". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 December 2010.
^ Marcus Björling; Jens Brandberg (30 April 2008). "Michael Andersson ny vd i Hammarby". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 December 2010.
^ "Michael Andersson". SvFF.
^ "Rune Börjesson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 June 2020.
^ "Malaysia vs. Sweden". SvFF.

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