Andreas Isaksson

Isaksson (2014)

Andreas Isaksson ( born October 3, 1981 in Smygehamn ) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Kasımpaşa Istanbul. The goalkeeper, who was in the course of his career outside of his home country in England, France, Italy and the Netherlands under contract, took part with the Swedish national team at several World Cup and European Championship finals.

Career

Start your career in Sweden and Italy

Isaksson began playing football at Östra Torp GIF, before the youth department of Trelleborg FF joined. There, he advanced to the 1999 on into the professional squad and made his debut at the age of 17 years in the Allsvenskan. The scouts of the Italian traditional club Juventus discovered the talent of 1.99 meters a great goalkeeper and took him for around 1.5 million euros as a young player perspective to Italy. Although he came to his half -year stay in southern Europe as the third goalkeeper of the club in Serie A is not used, however, took the opportunity to learn in the training of Gianluigi Buffon.

In January 2001, Isaksson returned to Sweden and signed a contract with Djurgårdens IF. There he repressed Rami Shaaban between the posts and established himself on the side of Stefan Bärlin, Niclas Rasck, Abgar Barsom and Stefan Rehn as goalkeeper of the Stockholm clubs. He subsequently moved into the circle of the national team, in which he made ​​his debut in March 2002 on the occasion of an international match against the Swiss national team. Due to its good performance in the league he stayed in the squad and took place in the summer of the year into account in particular the Nationaltrainerduo Lars Lagerback and Tommy Söderberg squad for the 2002 World Cup, in which he served as third goalkeeper behind Magnus Hedman and Magnus Kihlstedt.

Not only by his World Cup participation was crowned with success Isaksson for the year 2002. At the end of the 2002 season, he won with his club the Lennart Johansson - Cup for the Swedish national champion. He also reached the final of the Swedish National Cup where a 1-0 win over local rivals AIK succeeded in winning the double at the side of Louay Chanko Babis Stefanidis and Kim Kallstrom. Ultimately, he was also named Goalkeeper of the Year.

In the 2003 Isaksson successfully defended the championship title with his club. He also benefited from the injury problems Hedmans and established himself as first-choice goalkeeper of the national selection. Again in late 2003 named the Goalkeeper of the Year, he drove up in the summer of the following year as " number 1" for the European Championship 2004. Upon completion of the tournament, in which he in the quarterfinals with his team to Olof Mellberg, Christian Wilhelmsson, Zlatan Ibrahimović and Erik Edman failed because of the Dutch national team in the penalty shootout, he left Djurgårdens IF.

In other European countries

In summer 2004, Isaksson signed a contract with French side Stade Rennes, where he inherited the exchanged to England Petr Čech. Powered by the scorer Alexander Frei as he helped goalkeeper in all 38 games of the season in the Ligue 1 table to reach the fourth rank and thus to the collection in the European Cup. After a seventh place in the following season of the now alone responsible coach Lagerback nominated him as a regular force between the posts for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. With Fredrik Ljungberg, Marcus Allbäck, Teddy Lucic and Niclas Alexandersson he reached the knockout stages of the tournament, in which the German National Team prevailed after two goals from Lukas Podolski and a faded Henrik Larsson penalty.

Again changed Isaksson after a tournament the employer and accepted an offer of the Premier League Kloubs Manchester City. There he was being considered as a successor of England goalkeeper David James, due to injury, however, displaced him Nicky Weaver. It was not until February of the following year he was durable for English club between the posts. At the beginning of the season 2007 /08 he again lost the space between the posts and had Joe Hart and Kasper Schmeichel, let the son of the former world goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, go first. Only four season games he played until the winter break in the Premier League, so a move to Galatasaray has been planned in January 2008, but ultimately failed due to different release performances of the two clubs. After the bursting of exchange Isakssons Schmeichel was loaned to Cardiff City in the Football League Championship second-rate. Nevertheless, Isaksson was only the place on the bench, as Hart was able to establish in the target. It was only on 11 May 2008, the final day, he came against Middlesbrough FC for use, but conceded eight goals. Despite the low season in the league Lagerström held him firmly as a goalkeeper. At the European Championships 2008 in Switzerland and Austria, he ran in all three games. On the side of Mellberg, Ibrahimović, Fredrik Stoor and Daniel Andersson, he retired as a group of third parties from an early stage.

For the 2008/09 season Isaksson joined the Dutch club PSV Eindhoven, to replace the to Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Gomes Brazilian exchanged. With the reigning national champion, he moved into the group stage of the UEFA Champions League 2008 /09, in the only in the 2-0 victory over Olympique Marseille scored a point win and he with the team led by Dirk Marc Ellis, Ibrahim Afellay, Jason Culina and Timmy Simons thus eliminated as a table. As he pulled in fourth with the club the following year again in the European Cup.

Even after the signing of Fred Rutten as the new coach in the summer of 2009, he remained first-choice goalkeeper at his club. With the national team his fifth finals appearance in a row was denied in the fall of 2009 as a group third in the qualifying group behind Denmark and Portugal, the participation was missed at the World Cup tournament. More successfully proved at that time the Dutch championship, dominated the club. Until the 25th matchday team was unbeaten league leaders, in the remaining nine games they got only 13 points and was at the end well behind champions FC Twente Enschede and second-placed Ajax Amsterdam. In the following season, there was again a three-way battle between the clubs, but again drew Isaksson with his club in third place in the European Cup a.

In qualifying for the 2012 European Isaksson played nine of the ten games. Behind the Dutch national team selection was in second, by the 3-2 win in the game against the Oranje in the final qualifier results in the direct qualification for the finals as best runners-up. First, he stood with his club permanently between the posts before Rutten him after ten goals conceded in two consecutive games - a 2:4 defeat in the European Cup against Spanish club Valencia CF and a 2:6 home defeat in the Dutch championship against the FC Twente - early March replaced by the former goalkeeper Przemysław Tytoń. Although he was no longer employed by the end of the season in the Eredivisie, coach Erik Hamrén mid-May of the year nominated him as " number 1" for the European Championship finals.

At the end of the 2011/12 season Isaksson ran out of contract at PSV. He joined the Turkish Erstligaaufsteiger Kasımpaşa Istanbul.

On October 12, 2012, he made ​​the European Championship qualifier against the Faroe his 100th game.

Awards and achievements

  • Swedish Champion: 2002, 2003
  • Swedish Cup winner: 2002
  • Sweden's Goalkeeper of the Year: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2012

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