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Andreas Isaksson
Personal information
Full name	Andreas Isaksson
Date of birth	October 3, 1981 (age 25)
Place of birth	Trelleborg, Sweden
Height	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Manchester City
Number	1
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999 1999-01 2001-04 2004-06 2006-	Trelleborg Juventus Djurgården Stade Rennais Manchester City	11 (0) 00 (0) 75 (0) 62 (0) 07 (0)
National team2
2002-	Sweden	42 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:45, 8 April 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 24 June 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Andreas Isaksson [IPA: an'dreːas 'ɪːsaksɔn] (born October 3, 1981 in Trelleborg) is a Swedish football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Manchester City in England and for the Swedish national team, for whom he has more than 40 caps.

Isaksson started his career with his home-town team Trelleborg, where he played two seasons 1998 and 1999. He became known as a great goalkeeping prospect and was thus bought by Italian giants Juventus in 1999, but with the likes of Italian international goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon in the squad, Isaksson never played a first-team game for the Turin club.

In 2001 he signed with Swedish team Djurgården in order to play first-team football. In his first two full seasons, 2002 and 2003, Djurgården won two straight Swedish titles as well as the cup in 2002. In 2003, he was voted the best goalkeeper in Allsvenskan.^[1]

While at Djurgården, Isaksson established himself as the second-choice goalkeeper after Magnus Hedman for the Swedish national team, making his international debut against Switzerland in March 2002.^[2] Injury to Magnus Hedman allowed Isaksson the opportunity to play for Sweden on a regular basis, playing in all but one of Sweden's qualifying matches for Euro 2004,^[1] and all Sweden's matches during the tournament. Shortly after Euro 2004, French club Rennes signed him, where he became the starting goalkeeper. Fellow former Djurgården player Kim Källström also played at the club.

Isaksson has remained the first-choice goalkeeper for his national team since Euro 2004, making three appearances in the 2006 World Cup in Germany. As of July 2006 he has 42 caps for Sweden. He completed a £2 million move to Manchester City of the Premier League on August 15, 2006 where he is expected to replace David James as their first choice keeper, but due to knee and ankle injuries^[3] and the form of Nicky Weaver he did not make his debut until 9 December 2006, when he replaced the injured Weaver in a Manchester derby match.

• Andreas Isaksson career stats at Soccerbase

	Sweden squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
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

	Sweden squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
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

Manchester City F.C. - Current Squad
1 Isaksson | 2 Richards | 3 Ball | 4 Jordan | 5 Dabo | 7 Ireland | 8 Barton | 9 Mpenza | 10 Abdoun | 11 Vassell | 12 Weaver | 14 Dickov | 15 Distin | 16 Onuoha | 17 Sun | 18 Mills | 20 Samaras | 21 Hamann | 22 Dunne | 24 Beasley | 27 Trabelsi | 28 Sinclair | 30 Corradi | 33 Johnson | 36 Sturridge | 39 Laird | 43 Miller | Manager: Pearce