Otto Fredrikson

Otto Fredrikson (2011)

Henrik Otto Fredrikson ( born November 30, 1981 in Valkeakoski ) is a Finnish football players. The goalkeeper, who made his debut in the Finnish national team in 2008, stood in his career in Finland, Germany, Norway and Russia under contract.

Career

Fredrikson lived in the late 1980s with his family in Burg Steinfurt, where he was active in the youth team of the Black - Yellow Burg Steinfurt. After returning to Finland 1990, he began playing football at FC Haka. From there he moved in 1995 in the youth department of Oulu Luistinseura. Here he played in the junior national teams of Suomen Palloliitto. In 1999 he moved to Tervarit Oulu, where he mainly played as a young player the next two years.

With the Finnish U -20 team Fredrikson took part on the side of players like Mikael Forssell, Antti Okkonen and Daniel Sjölund at the Junior World Cup in 2001. He fell to the Scouts of the German club Borussia Mönchengladbach, who committed him to the re-emergence in the Bundesliga as third goalkeeper behind Jörg Stiel and Michael Melka. In the first division of the Lower Rhine, he came among others due to injury in the following year and a half not used, whereby he was also slipped after Nachverpflichtung by Claus riding Maier in the hierarchy back. Therefore, the club gave him in December 2003 FF Jaro to play matches in his home country.

Fredrikson established in the First Division as a goalkeeper. With the team he played against relegation, but was within the two seasons in which he ran aground in Finland, creating the league. In December 2005, Gladbach broke up his contract.

Fredrikson moved as a substitute goalkeeper Claus riding Maier and Heinz Müller to Lillestrøm SK in the Norwegian Tippeligaen and was initially only in case of injury breaks the two Germans used. After the retirement of riding Maiers the end of 2006 he moved on to the second goalkeeper and heir Müller, who moved to England in the summer of 2007 as a goalkeeper. In the autumn he reached with the team to Bjørn Helge Riise, Khaled Mouelhi and Anders Rambekk the Norwegian Cup final, which was won by two goals from Olivier occean with a 2-0 win over FK Haugesund. The following year he played himself into the notebook of the national coach Stuart Baxter. As a substitute, he made his debut on 29 May 2008 in a 0-2 defeat in a European Championship warm-up match of the Turkish national team as a substitute in the second half of the Finnish National Jersey. As a result, he came as a substitute of the national goalkeeper Jussi Jääskeläinen strain infrequently used.

In spring 2010, Fredrikson left the Norwegian Tippeligaen and joined the Russian club Spartak Nalchik. As a goalkeeper on the side of players like Dawit Siradse, Milan Jovanović or Miodrag Džudović he ran for the club in the Premjer League. As a result, he established himself in goal for the national team.