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Anders Svensson
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| Anders Svensson | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Anders Svensson | |
| Date of birth | July 17, 1976 (age 30) | |
| Place of birth | Göteborg, Sweden | |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | IF Elfsborg | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Guldhedens IK Hestrafors IF IF Elfsborg |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1993-2001 2001-2005 2005- |
IF Elfsborg Southampton IF Elfsborg |
155 (38) 127 (9) 35 (7) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1999- | Sweden | 74 (13) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Anders Svensson ['ɑndɛʃ 'svɛnsɔn] (born July 17, 1976 in Göteborg, Sweden) is a Swedish international football player playing for IF Elfsborg from Borås.
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His role on the pitch is that of an offensive midfielder, although at Southampton he also played on the left of midfield. He made his breakthrough while playing for IF Elfsborg in the late 1990's before moving to English side Southampton in 2001. After a few relatively successful years in England, as he was not offered a new contract he decided to move back to Sweden and rejoind IF Elfsborg in 2005 , where he is currently playing. He is also the captain of Elfsborg.
Svensson has been romantically linked to Swedish-Danish model Anine Bing in recent years.
He debuted for the Swedish national side against South Africa in 1999.
He is known to be a very good free-kick taker, which he showed in the Football World Cup 2002 in South Korea/Japan, where he scored a fabulous goal against Argentina which effectively eliminated the opponent in the group stages. He assisted Henrik Larsson for the opening goal against Senegal through an in-swinging corner. He nearly got a golden goal in extra time but his shot from inside the box was unfortunately denied by the post.
- Swedish Cup Champion 2001
- Allsvenskan Champion 2006
- FIFA World Cup
- Round of Sixteen, 2002, 2006
- European Football Championship
- Quarter-final, 2004
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Sweden squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Hedman | 2 Mellberg | 3 P. Andersson | 4 Mjällby | 5 Michael Svensson | 6 Linderoth | 7 Alexandersson | 8 A. Svensson | 9 Ljungberg | 10 Allbäck | 11 Larsson | 12 Kihlstedt | 13 Antonelius | 14 Edman | 15 Jakobsson | 16 Lučić | 17 Magnus Svensson | 18 Jonson | 19 Farnerud | 20 D. Andersson | 21 Ibrahimović | 22 A. Andersson | 23 Isaksson | Coach: Lagerbäck / Söderberg |
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Sweden squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Isaksson | 2 Nilsson | 3 Mellberg | 4 Lučić | 5 Edman | 6 Linderoth | 7 Alexandersson | 8 A. Svensson | 9 Ljungberg | 10 Ibrahimović | 11 Larsson | 12 Alvbåge | 13 Hansson | 14 Stenman | 15 K. Svensson | 16 Källström | 17 Elmander | 18 Jonson | 19 Andersson | 20 Allbäck | 21 Wilhelmsson | 22 Rosenberg | 23 Shaaban | Coach: Lagerbäck |
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