Magnus Andersson (footballer born 1981)

Magnus Andersson in April 2011

Magnus Andersson (born 27 April 1981) is a Swedish football player. The midfielder came in over 200 games in the Allsvenskan used.

Career

Andersson began playing football at Hillerstorp Gif. He then moved to IFK Värnamo. There he fell to the charge of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet and was used by Torbjörn Nilsson in its first game as coach of the Swedish Under-21 team in the 0-3 defeat against the Greek junior national team on 13 February 2002.

By his junior national use Andersson also moved into the focus höherklassiger teams and was taken from Halmstad BK under contract, where the midfielder made ​​his debut in 2002 in the Allsvenskan. Right away he was able to play in the team, but came in the early years of his professional career mainly as a substitute for use. In the season of 2005, he plays in the starting lineup of the club, but a torn ACL in July of the year in the closing stages of the match against Malmö FF drew a long injury break by itself. After several knee surgeries, he could only return again and only came up with two brief appearances as a substitute towards the end of the following season in the squad.

For season 2007, Andersson joined the league rivals Trelleborg FF. He established himself in the course of the season as a regular player and managed the club thanks to the better goal against the bottom team in the league IF Brommapojkarna. In his second season for the club, he missed only one of the 30 season games and finished with six hits season second best scorer behind simplistic internal striker Andreas Drugge. In the 2009 he reached to the side of Kristian Haynes, Dennis Melander and Joakim Sjöhage with the club to ninth place and was also in the following season as a regular player one of the guarantors of the league in the Allsvenskan. In the season of 2011, he was with four goals this season behind Haynes, Marcus Pode and Fredrik Jensen again within the association to the highest-scoring players, but it was not enough to avoid relegation in the top flight as a table next to last.

Andersson played for Trelleborg FF in the second-rate Superettan. However, this season was unsuccessful: although he could produce four goals in 25 games at the end of the season, but the club went straight into the third-class Division 1. Despite the decline, he extended his contract by one year.