Not so Svensson

Not so Svensson
Anders Svensson 2012
Personnel
Surname	Gunnar Svensson is different
birthday	17th July 1976
place of birth	Gothenburg ,  Sweden
size	177 cm
position	Central midfield
Juniors
Years	station
	Guldhedens IK
	Hestrafors IF
	IF Elfsborg
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1993-2001	IF Elfsborg	155 (38)
2001-2005	Southampton FC	127 (10)
2005-2015	IF Elfsborg	266 (34)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
1999-2013	Sweden	148 (21)
1 Only league games are given. Status: end of season 2014/15 2 As of November 19, 2013

Anders Gunnar Svensson (born July 17, 1976 in Gothenburg ) is a Swedish football player . He has been the sole Swedish record international since September 10, 2013.

Football career

Svensson started playing soccer at the age of four to five, with his favorite soccer player at the time being Michael Laudrup .

His career began with the soccer team Guldhedens IK (1980-1990). He then moved to Hestrafors IF (1990-1992). After two years he went to IF Elfsborg (1992-2001) and was then, now as one of the best Swedish midfielders, committed for four years by FC Southampton for 750,000 euros. His relationship with head coach Gordon Strachan , however, has often been described as less good in newspaper reports.

He had previously played the first game for the Swedish national football team against South Africa on November 27, 1999 and has been wearing the number 8 jersey for his country ever since. In April 2001 he suffered a serious knee injury from which he was slowly recovering.

He became known at the 2002 World Cup when he took a free kick from 20 meters into the Argentine goal and thus sealed the elimination of the South Americans . He prefers to play in the central midfield, from where he can best play his "deadly" passes and can prove his shooting strength in long-range shots.

With his creative style of play, he helped Sweden to survive in the group stage of the World Cup, in the "death group", against the top-class opponents from England , Argentina and Nigeria and then to advance to the round of 16. In the round of 16 against Senegal , Svensson hit the post in extra time, which would have meant the golden goal for Sweden. A short time later, Senegal scored the golden goal and knocked Sweden out of the tournament.

Svensson was able to confirm his good performances in his second season in the English Premier League and also completed the Euro 2004 in Portugal with the Swedish national team .

A year later Svensson left Southampton FC for 1.65 million euros and returned to his old club Elfsborg IF. At the 2006 World Cup he was only used for 62 minutes, which sparked a lot of discussions in Sweden.

In the 2006 season , as captain, he led IFE to the fifth Swedish championship title in the club's history after a 45-year break. He never missed a season game. Subsequently, he was regularly on the field for his employer and was nominated for the 2008 European Championship by national coach Lars Lagerbäck , not least because of his consistency .

Svensson married Emma Johansson in June 2007 and lives with her and their son (* 2010) in Gothenburg.

After tearing a hamstring in September 2008, Anders Svensson was operated on on September 25, 2008 and had to remain in rehabilitation until January 2009.

On May 23, 2009, a new artificial turf field was inaugurated on the square in Guldheden (Gothenburg), where Anders Svensson played football as a child. It is named ”Anders Svensson-vallen” in his honor. To mark the occasion there was a game between the then Svenssons and the former IFK Göteborg players, who had won the 1982 UEFA Cup.

From the first international match under the new coach Erik Hamrén on November 18, 2009, Anders Svensson was the captain of the Swedish national team. When Zlatan Ibrahimović returned to the national team on July 16, 2010, Hamrén determined that the two share the armband.

On September 23, 2010 Anders Svensson extended his contract with IF Elfsborg until 2013. Here he played until his retirement in 2015.

During the European Football Championship in 2012, Anders Svensson played his 130th international match for Sweden. This makes him not only the player with the second most appearances for the national team after Thomas Ravelli, but also the record holder as the player who played the most international matches under the same club, namely 84.

On November 4, 2012 Anders Svensson led his club IF Elfsborg for the second time as captain to the Swedish championship.

On September 6, 2013, he presented his 143rd international match the record of Thomas Ravelli one and four days later it increased to 144 games.

On December 12, 2013 Anders Svensson officially announced that he would end his career as a Swedish international after 14 years and 148 internationals.

successes

• Midfielder of the Year: 2000
• Midfielder of the Year nomination: 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
• Swedish Cup Winner: 2001
• Swedish champion: 2006, 2012

Web links

• Official website of the IF Elfsborg football club (Swedish)
• Anders Svensson in the database of soccerbase.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Nyblivne Pappan Svensson" (accessed November 7, 2012)
2. ^ "Anders Svensson-vallen invigs"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed November 7, 2012)  
3. ↑ "Svensson får bindeln" (accessed November 7, 2012)
4. ↑ "Zlatan blir lagkapten tillsammans med Anders Svensson" ( Memento of the original from August 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed November 7, 2012) 
5. ↑ "Svensson stannar i Elfsborg" ( Memento of 26 September 2010 at the Internet Archive ) (accessed on November 7, 2012)
6. ^ Transfermarkt.de Anders Svensson. Accessed January 31, 2020 . 
7. ↑ "Elfsborg och Anders Svensson har nu rekordet" ( Memento of May 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on November 7, 2012)
8. ↑ https://www.eurosport.se/fotboll/allsvenskan/2012/elfsborg-ar-svenska-mastare_sto3480705/story.shtml// (link not available)
9. ↑ svenskfotboll.se: "Herr: Viktig seger i Dublin"
10. ↑ "Anders Svensson slutar i landslaget" (accessed December 12, 2013)
11. ↑ Svensson, Anders ( Memento from December 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed November 7, 2012)