# Patrik Andersson
**Patrik Andersson** (full name Patrik Jonas Andersson, born 1971 in Borgeby, Sweden) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a center back, winning the 2001 [UEFA Champions League](https://www.edgepedia.org/uefa-champions-league) with Bayern Munich and earning around 96 caps for Sweden between 1992 and 2002.[1](https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/barca-legends/players/1061553/andersson) • [2](https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/pandersson-intl.html) • [3](https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/patrik-andersson)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1971, Borgeby, Sweden[1](https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/barca-legends/players/1061553/andersson) |
| Position | Centre back, described as a reliable, tactically flexible defender[4](https://www.munzinger.de/register/portrait/biographien/Patrik%2BAndersson/01/4241) |
| Club career | Malmö FF 1989–92, Blackburn Rovers 1992–93, Borussia Mönchengladbach 1993–99, Bayern München 1999–2001, Barcelona 2001–04, Malmö FF 2004–05[3](https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/patrik-andersson) |
| Major titles | Champions League 2000–01; German champion 1999–2000 and 2000–01; DFB-Pokal 1994–95 and 1999–2000; Swedish champion 2004[4](https://www.munzinger.de/register/portrait/biographien/Patrik%2BAndersson/01/4241) |
| International career | 96 caps for Sweden (the FC Barcelona profile gives 95), first cap on 29 January 1992 at age 20 years 164 days; World Cup bronze 1994[2](https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/pandersson-intl.html) • [1](https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/barca-legends/players/1061553/andersson) • [5](https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/enkel/patrik-andersson) |
| Individual honors | Guldbollen 1995 and 2001; UEFA Team of the Year 2001; Jerringpriset and Bragdguldet 1994 with the national team[6](https://www.svenskfotboll.se/nyheter/svff/2018/4/hof/selektion-nr-13/) • [7](https://players.fcbarcelona.com/en/player/41-andersson-patrik-jonas-andersson) |
| Retirement | Ended his career in 2005 as a Malmö player after injuries in his final seasons[1](https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/barca-legends/players/1061553/andersson) |
## Early career and move to Germany
Andersson began in Bjärreds IF and joined [Malmö FF](https://www.edgepedia.org/malmo-ff), for whom he played from 1989 to 1992 in the [Allsvenskan](https://www.edgepedia.org/allsvenskan).[3](https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/patrik-andersson) • [8](https://www.rsssf.org/players/panderssondata.html) He then spent a season in England with Blackburn Rovers in 1992–93 before moving to Germany.[3](https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/patrik-andersson)
**Borussia Mönchengladbach.** Andersson signed for VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach on 1 September 1993 and stayed six seasons, until 30 June 1999, serving as the club's long-serving defensive leader.[9](https://datencenter.dfb.de/personen/patrik-andersson/spieler) • [4](https://www.munzinger.de/register/portrait/biographien/Patrik%2BAndersson/01/4241) The DFB Datencenter records 199 appearances in all competitions for the club, including 174 [Bundesliga](https://www.edgepedia.org/bundesliga) matches, with 11 goals in league play.[9](https://datencenter.dfb.de/personen/patrik-andersson/spieler) He won the [DFB-Pokal](https://www.edgepedia.org/dfb-pokal) with Gladbach in 1994–95.[9](https://datencenter.dfb.de/personen/patrik-andersson/spieler) A contemporary biographical profile describes him as an un spectacular but highly reliable defender, 1.86 m tall, a regular in the Swedish national side from 1992 and its captain for many years, and by the mid-1990s one of the best defenders in the Bundesliga.[4](https://www.munzinger.de/register/portrait/biographien/Patrik%2BAndersson/01/4241)
## Bayern Munich, 1999–2001
Andersson moved to FC Bayern München on 1 July 1999.[9](https://datencenter.dfb.de/personen/patrik-andersson/spieler) In two seasons he made 69 appearances for the club, 38 of them in the Bundesliga, and won the German championship in both 1999–2000 and 2000–01, the DFB-Pokal in 1999–2000, and the [2000–01 UEFA Champions League](https://www.edgepedia.org/2000-01-uefa-champions-league).[9](https://datencenter.dfb.de/personen/patrik-andersson/spieler) • [4](https://www.munzinger.de/register/portrait/biographien/Patrik%2BAndersson/01/4241) The Champions League final was won in Milan against Valencia on penalties.[1](https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/barca-legends/players/1061553/andersson) His Champions League record with Bayern covers 21 matches from 15 September 1999 to 23 May 2001.[9](https://datencenter.dfb.de/personen/patrik-andersson/spieler)
## Barcelona and return to Malmö
In the summer of 2001 Barcelona signed one of the best center backs in Europe at the time, with Andersson arriving at age 30 as a reigning European champion.[1](https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/barca-legends/players/1061553/andersson) He was one of the few Swedish players to have featured for the club.[1](https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/barca-legends/players/1061553/andersson) In his first season, under Carles Rexach, he competed for a place in central defense with the French signing Philippe Christanval. The following year, first under [Louis van Gaal](https://www.edgepedia.org/louis-van-gaal) and then under Radomir Antić, he barely played because of injuries, and the same happened in his final season, 2003–04, under [Frank Rijkaard](https://www.edgepedia.org/frank-rijkaard).[1](https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/barca-legends/players/1061553/andersson) Injuries limited him to 19 [La Liga](https://www.edgepedia.org/la-liga) appearances across three seasons, with no goals.[10](https://fbref.com/en/players/95749f23/all_comps/Patrik-Andersson-Stats---All-Competitions)
Andersson returned to Sweden to play for Malmö FF and won the Swedish championship (SM-guld) with the club in 2004.[5](https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/enkel/patrik-andersson) • [4](https://www.munzinger.de/register/portrait/biographien/Patrik%2BAndersson/01/4241) He retired in 2005 as a Malmö player, ending his footballing days one year after returning home.[1](https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/barca-legends/players/1061553/andersson)
## Sweden national team
Andersson earned his first cap on 29 January 1992, at 20 years and 164 days, and became a mainstay of a successful Swedish defense from 1992 to 2002.[2](https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/pandersson-intl.html) • [3](https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/patrik-andersson) He was part of the Sweden squad that took bronze at the 1994 World Cup in the United States, a team whose defense was built around him.[5](https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/enkel/patrik-andersson) • [11](https://digital.la84.org/digital/api/collection/p17103coll31/id/23181/download) Before the 1994 tournament, coach Tommy Svensson tested pairing the composed Andersson with the faster Joachim Björklund in four warm-up matches, a combination that worked well.[6](https://www.svenskfotboll.se/nyheter/svff/2018/4/hof/selektion-nr-13/)
The cap count differs slightly between sources: the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation and Nationalencyklopedin give 96 international caps, while [FC Barcelona](https://www.edgepedia.org/fc-barcelona)'s profile states 95.[2](https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/pandersson-intl.html) • [5](https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/enkel/patrik-andersson) • [1](https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/barca-legends/players/1061553/andersson) He also played at Euro 1996 qualifying and was included in Sweden's Euro 1992 squad.[12](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/11335/Patrik_Andersson.html) • [13](https://www.footballstickipedia.com/generated/legacy-checklists/panini_euro_92_sweden_checklist_pdf.pdf)
## Recognition
The 1994 World Cup bronze brought collective honors: the team received the Bragdguldet and the Jerringpriset in 1994.[6](https://www.svenskfotboll.se/nyheter/svff/2018/4/hof/selektion-nr-13/) Individually, Andersson won Guldbollen, the award for Sweden's best footballer, in 1995 and 2001, was named in the [UEFA Team of the Year](https://www.edgepedia.org/uefa-team-of-the-year) 2001, and was named Sweden's Best Player in 1995 and 2001.[6](https://www.svenskfotboll.se/nyheter/svff/2018/4/hof/selektion-nr-13/) • [7](https://players.fcbarcelona.com/en/player/41-andersson-patrik-jonas-andersson) He is also counted among the century's eleven for both Malmö FF and [Borussia Mönchengladbach](https://www.edgepedia.org/borussia-monchengladbach) and in Sweden's century team.[6](https://www.svenskfotboll.se/nyheter/svff/2018/4/hof/selektion-nr-13/)
## References
1. [Patrik Andersson, FC Barcelona Barça Legends profile](https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/barca-legends/players/1061553/andersson)
2. [Patrik Andersson – International Appearances, RSSSF](https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/pandersson-intl.html)
3. [Patrik Andersson, Nationalencyklopedin (long entry)](https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/patrik-andersson)
4. [Patrik Andersson, Munzinger Biographie](https://www.munzinger.de/register/portrait/biographien/Patrik%2BAndersson/01/4241)
5. [Patrik Andersson, Nationalencyklopedin Uppslagsverk](https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/enkel/patrik-andersson)
6. [Fem nya namn i skaran, Svensk Fotboll (Hall of Fame selection 13)](https://www.svenskfotboll.se/nyheter/svff/2018/4/hof/selektion-nr-13/)
7. [Patrik Jonas Andersson, FC Barcelona Players](https://players.fcbarcelona.com/en/player/41-andersson-patrik-jonas-andersson)
8. [Patrik Jonas Andersson – Matches and Goals in Bundesliga, RSSSF](https://www.rsssf.org/players/panderssondata.html)
9. [Patrik Andersson Spielerprofil, DFB Datencenter](https://datencenter.dfb.de/personen/patrik-andersson/spieler)
10. [Patrik Andersson All Competitions Stats, FBref](https://fbref.com/en/players/95749f23/all_comps/Patrik-Andersson-Stats---All-Competitions)
11. [Sweden national team report, LA84 Foundation Digital Archive](https://digital.la84.org/digital/api/collection/p17103coll31/id/23181/download)
12. [Patrik Andersson (Player), National Football Teams](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/11335/Patrik_Andersson.html)
13. [Panini UEFA Euro 1992 Sweden checklist](https://www.footballstickipedia.com/generated/legacy-checklists/panini_euro_92_sweden_checklist_pdf.pdf)
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