Andreas Jakobsson

Andreas Jakobsson (born October 6, 1972) is a Sweden professional football (soccer) player in the Defender (football) position. He has played 36 international matches for the Sweden national football team, and was a squad player for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship.

Biography

Born in Teckomatorp, Jakobsson started his senior career as a central defender for nearby club Landskrona BoIS in 1990. He helped Landskrona win Promotion and relegation for the top-flight Swedish Allsvenskan championship in 1993. Landskrona were Promotion and relegation again following the Allsvenskan 1994 season, and Jakobsson moved on to Allsvenskan club Helsingborgs IF. He instantly commanded a place in Helsingborgs' starting line-up, and made his debut for the Swedish national team in February 1996.

He won the Allsvenskan 1999 championship with Helsingborgs, before he moved abroad to play for FC Hansa Rostock in the German Bundesliga in the summer 2000. He played three seasons at Rostock, missing only three of 102 league games for the club. He was called up for the Swedish squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and played fulle time in all four Swedish games before elimination. In July 2003, Jakobsson left Rostock to play for Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga. He was selected to represent Sweden at the 2004 European Championship, and played full time in the tournament, as Sweden reached the quarter-finals.

He played five games in the Danish Superliga 2004-05, which Brøndby would go on to win, before moving to England club Southampton F.C] in the FA Premier League championship. At the end of the season, Southampton were relegated, and Jakobsson returned to play for Helsingborgs IF.

Club statistics

Honours

- 1993 in Swedish football Division 1 Södra 1993
- 1999 Allsvenskan

External references

- [wedish national team profile]
- [elsingborgs IF profile]
- [røndby IF profile]
- [ussballDaten statistics]
- [oetbal International]