Michael Andersson (footballer)

Michael Andersson ( 1982) Link to image ( Please note copyrights )

Michael " Micke " Andersson ( born August 24, 1959) is a Swedish former football player. Following his playing career took over the midfielder, who aground eight times for the Swedish national team, coach and official tasks.

Career

Playing career

Andersson played in youth at Älvsjö AIK before he joined in 1979 at the age of 19 years Hammarby IF. On the side of Kenneth Ohlsson, Thom Åhlund, Mats Werner and Ulf Eriksson, he was instantly a regular in the Allsvenskan. Subsequently nominated coach Georg Ericson him in the autumn of the year for the first time for the national team. After he was under irregular club coach Bengt Gustavsson in subsequent seasons on the field, he wore under his successor Bengt Persson in the season 1982 to reach the final of the championship at where the team IFK Göteborg subject.

While Andersson with the team in the following season at the quarter- final of the championship was eliminated against local rivals AIK, he reached her the final of the National Cup. Again hit the club here on the IFK Göteborg and had the season after a 0-1 defeat after extra time again without end titles. Due to the championship of the competitors, however, the club moved into the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1983/84, but failed to Valkeakosken Haka in the second round after extra time. In the season 1984 Andersson became a prolific offensive player and was with seven goals this season behind Billy Ohlsson and Peter Gerhardsson third best scorer of the club with which he reached the semi-finals for the championship. He was qualified with the team to Thomas Lundin, Tomas Turesson and Per Holmberg for the UEFA Cup, in which he signed as doppelteTorschütze in the 3-3 draw against the Scottish club FC St. Mirren. However, towards the German representatives 1.FC Cologne he failed in the third round after a 2-1 home victory by a 1-3 away defeat, although he had shot the club in Cologne Mungerdorferstadion lead.

Andersson followed before the start of the season in 1987 an offer of IFK Gothenburg. On the side of Stefan Pettersson, Lars Zetterlund, Thomas Wernersson and Roland Nilsson, he moved with the team to a final of the UEFA Cup 1986/87 against the Scottish club Dundee United. After a 1-0 win with a goal by Pettersson in the first leg of the supervised Gunder Bengtsson team pulled through with a 1-1 draw after goals by Lennart Nilsson and John Clark in the return game, the trophy after Sweden. At the end of the year she won, although only the third place in the regular season, after wins over IFK Norrköping and Malmö FF in the championship finals she won also the von Rosen's Cup for the Swedish national champion. In the following season he failed with the club in the semifinals at the Stockholm club Djurgårdens IF.

After 36 games in the regular seasons in which he scored nine goals, Andersson returned in early 1989 back to Hammarby IF, who took second-rate now. With five goals this season, he contributed to the resurgence of the club in the Allsvenskan in. After re- direct descent he reached the Kvalsvenskan with the team as the leader of the spring season. There, the club narrowly missed the resurgence in the makings. After the season, he ended his active career.

After the active football

Andersson initially took over the coaching job at unterklassig antretenden Nacka FF before he took over in 1995 Spårvägens FF. The previous year's relegated dominated his third league season and rose by nine points on the second- Tyresö FF right back to the second division on. There he reached with the novice the third place, so that he had made higher class attention to himself despite a mediocre season in 1997.

Djurgårdens IF, relegated from Allsvenskan, engaged him in the fall of 1997 as the new coach. Had the club missed in the previous year as a table runner in the relegation matches against the first division Östers IF the rise, he returned to the team as a winner in the Allsvenskan season back. There she was, however, in a relegation battle. Therefore, the club released him in July 1999.

2000 took over Andersson with Malmö FF again a relegated. The club he led as a table second behind his former coach station Djurgårdens IF directly back to the Allsvenskan. In the Premiership season of 2001 he reached the ninth place in the table with the team at Jimmy Tamandi, Peter Ijeh, Jonnie Fedel and Mats Lily Mountain. However, he had fallen out with the board and was replaced after the season by Tom Prahl.

After Andersson had worked as sports director at second division IFK Norrköping from 2004, he took over in March 2008 at his former station Game Hammarby IF the post of managing director. After one and a half years in office, he announced in October 2009 to its withdrawal.