Andreas Johansson (soccer player, 1978)

Andreas Johansson
Andreas Johansson in the Djurgårdens IF jersey
Personnel
Surname	Roy Johan Andreas Johansson
birthday	5th July 1978
place of birth	Vanersborg ,  Sweden
size	181 cm
position	Attacking midfield striker
Juniors
Years	station
	Melleruds IF
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1994-1996	Melleruds IF	38 (11)
1996-1998	Degerfors IF	56 (10)
1999	AIK	12 0(1)
2000-2004	Djurgårdens IF	124 (44)
2005-2007	Wigan Athletic	29 0(4)
2007-2010	Aalborg BK	93 (21)
2010–2012	Odense BK	69 (10)
2013-2014	Djurgårdens IF	48 0(5)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2002-2008	Sweden	16 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

Roy Johan Andreas Johansson (born July 5, 1978 in Vänersborg ) is a former Swedish football player . The offensive player, who played for the Swedish national team between 2002 and 2008 , has played his career in Sweden, England and Denmark so far. He won national titles in Sweden and Denmark.

Career

Career start in Sweden

Johansson began his career at Melleruds IF , where he made his Division 2 debut at the age of 16 . There he was discovered by those responsible at Degerfors IF and hired in 1996. After two seasons in the Allsvenskan , in which he had scored five goals in 33 first division games, he rose with the club in the second division. After he missed the direct re-promotion with the team, he moved to AIK in early 1999 . In the beginning he was regularly in the starting line-up of the club and scored the decisive goal for the 1-0 away win at Halmstads BK in the round of 16 of the Swedish National Cup in April of that year . He was also on the pitch at the start of the game in the two cup finals against IFK Göteborg in May of that year, but was substituted in the cup after a 1-0 win in the first leg with a goal by Patrick Englund and a 0-0 draw in the second leg . But then he lost his regular seat and found himself on the bench. If he came on as a substitute for a short time, he wasn't even part of the squad on match days.

Johansson therefore decided to change clubs after one season and signed a contract with local rivals Djurgårdens IF . When relegated, he established himself at the side of Samuel Wowoah , Pierre Gallo , Magnus Pehrsson and Stefan Bärlin right away as a regular on the offensive and rose directly back up with the team. Under the coaching duo Zoran Lukić and Sören Åkeby , the team also surprised in the Swedish House of Lords and placed as a climber behind Hammarby IF in second place in the table. In addition to Niclas Rasck and Stefan Rehn , the then 23-year-old was one of the most frequently used players in the season with 25 league appearances. The club then extended his contract for three years in October 2001.

In the 2002 season , Johansson and Kim Källström formed the dangerous offensive duo of Djurgårdens IF. With ten goals this season behind his teammate, the second most dangerous shooter within the club, he played a decisive role in winning the ninth championship title in the club's history, but he also played a part in the successful 2002 cup final. His achievements were honored by the national coaching duo Tommy Söderberg and Lars Lagerbäck and in September of that year he made his debut in the 0-0 draw against Latvia as part of qualifying for the 2004 European Championship as a substitute for Magnus Svensson in the national jersey.

Also in the 2003 season , the Allsvenskan was dominated and the competition outclassed by seven points. Again behind Källström, he was the club's second-best goalscorer with twelve goals this season, ahead of Geert den Ouden , who also scored double figures . At the same time, he established himself in the national team and qualified with her for the European Championship finals in Portugal. At the beginning of April 2004 he extended his contract with Djurgårdens IF again for two years. After the two successful years he was unable to confirm the success of previous years in the league with the team in the subsequent season, but as fourth in the table he won the national cup again with the team. Nevertheless, he could not play his way into the squad for the European Championship, only at the last international match of the year - a friendly against Scotland - he was at least on the bench again.

Years abroad

In January 2005 Johansson left the Allsvenskan and moved to the English club Wigan Athletic in the Football League Championship . In the summer he rose with the club in the Premier League , but was only involved with a brief assignment as a substitute. Although he was used more often in the elite series, on the side of Leighton Baines , Henri Camara , Jimmy Bullard and Paul Scharner , he was often only a substitute. After the engagement of coach Chris Hutchings in the summer of 2007 it was sorted out.

In the summer of 2007, Johansson left England and moved to Aalborg BK in the Danish Super League . At the side of his compatriots Mattias Lindström and Rade Prica , he established himself as a regular player and briefly returned to the national team. With seven goals he was also instrumental in winning the championship title. Also in the following two seasons he was one of the pillars of the team. In 2009 he was with her in the final of the Danish national cup , which was lost to FC Copenhagen with a 0-1 defeat. However, the club ran into financial problems and could not keep the player after the contract expired in summer 2010.

In the summer of 2010 Johansson moved to Odense BK on a free transfer within the league . Here he scored the first goal of the season for the club in the 2010/11 season in the 3-0 opening win against Esbjerg fB . After a mixed star of the season, coach Lars Olsen was replaced by the interim solution Uffe Pedersen and later Henrik Clausen . At times he found himself on the bench, but was a regular player for long stretches and finished alongside Peter Utaka , Éric Djemba-Djemba , Espen Ruud , Roy Carroll and Anders Møller Christensen at the end of the season - albeit 26 points behind Meister FC Copenhagen - second place in the table. In the following season he slipped with the club in the relegation battle, but kept the class with the team on the last non-relegation place. He was also part of the regular team under new coach Troels Bech in the 2012/13 season , but decided to return to Sweden at the turn of the year.

Return to Sweden and end of career

At the end of November 2012, DIF manager Magnus Pehrsson, together with a loan deal for the Argentine Luis Solignac from Club Atlético Platense , signed a two-year contract for Johansson, the first transfers at the turn of the year for his former club Djurgårdens IF. In the 2013 season , the veteran was one of the guarantees that the team that had been in relegation battle for a long time in the previous year settled in the middle of the table. In the following season he temporarily moved into the second tier and played two thirds of his 21 season games from the start with seven appearances as a substitute. After his contract expired at the end of the year, he ended his active career just like his club mate Mattias Östberg .

successes

• Swedish champion: 2002, 2003
• Svenska Cupen: 1999, 2002, 2004
• Danish champion: 2008

Web links

• Andreas Johansson in the database of weltfussball.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ dif.se: "Andreas Johansson klar för DIF" ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on January 24, 2011)
2. ↑ dif.se: "Johansson har signat nytt kontrakt" ( Memento of March 28, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on January 24, 2011)
3. ↑ dif.se: "Kontrakt med Andreas Johansson klart" ( Memento from March 28, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on January 24, 2011)
4. ↑ aabsport.dk: "AaB sikrer sig svensk midtbaneprofil fra Wigan" ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2012 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 on January 24, 2011) 
5. ↑ dr.dk: "Lynge beholder likes AaB-anfører" (accessed on January 24, 2011)
6. ↑ fotbolltransfers.com: "Andreas Johansson till Odense - nobbade Djurgården" (accessed on January 24, 2011)
7. ↑ svenskafans.com: "Andreas Johansson och Luis Solignac klara för DIF" (accessed on January 13, 2015)
8. ↑ fotbolltransfers.com: "Officiellt: Andreas Johansson lämnar Djurgården och slutar" (accessed on January 13, 2015)