Niklas Andersen

Niklas Andersen in 2009

Niklas Andersen ( * August 4, 1988 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German footballer Norwegian- French descent, who is 09 since September 2012 in the SG Wattenscheid under contract.

Birth and childhood

Andersen was born in 1988, the son of Norwegian footballer Jørn Andersen and a French mother in Frankfurt am Main; at that time played Jørn Andersen at the former German Bundesliga Eintracht Frankfurt. Due to the change in his father's Niklas grew up in Dusseldorf, Hamburg, again in Frankfurt, Dresden, and in Switzerland. When his father went as a coach in 2003 returned to Germany and joined Red -Weiß Oberhausen, Niklas followed his father into the Ruhr, where the family settled down.

Career

The defender played in the youth teams of Hamburger SV Eintracht Frankfurt and FC Schalke 04 In 2005, he reached into the A- youth of Rot-Weiss Essen foot. In the season 2007/ 08 he makes it to the first team and has been used 26 times in the Regionalliga. Between December 2007 and February 2008, he also completed two brief appearances for the German U-20 national team.

For the season 2008/ 09 he moved to Bundesliga side Werder Bremen, where he signed a long-term contract until 30 June 2012. He is a regular occupation of the reserve of Werder, who plays in the third division. By the end of the season 2010/11 he came here so far to 63 interventions in which he scored two goals. On 13 May 2009 Andersen came to his only league game when he came on in the game at Eintracht Frankfurt at the score of 5-0 in the 77th minute for Frank Baumann.

After the season 2010/11, SV Werder Bremen separated by Andersen. During the winter break of 2011/12 he moved to third division side FC Chemnitz, for he came to three inserts in the second half of 2011/12.

In September 2012, then in Gelsenkirchen students Niklas Andersen moved to Oberliga SG Wattenscheid 09 his first competitive match for the use Lohrheide kicker he had on September 19 in a 5-0 win at Bochum District Cup against the district division club TuS Hattingen. In May 2013 Andersen extended his contract expiring early summer until 30 June 2014. On June 5, 2013, the defense Recke rose with a 1-1 draw against league rivals TuS Dornsberg with the SG Wattenscheid 09 in the West Regional on.

National

Niklas Andersen graduated in December 2007 and February 2008, two caps for the U -20 in Germany.