Andreas Aalen Vindheim (born 4 August 1995) is a Norwegian professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Brann

Vindheim was born in

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, He started his career at local club Brann and made cup appearances in 2012 and 2013. Vindheim made his league debut for Brann on 4 May 2014 against

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, the game ended 1–1. In total he played 22 league matches for the 2014 season when Brann was relegated from Tippeligaen.

Malmö FF

On 11 March 2015, Vindheim signed a four-year contract with Swedish champions

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. He became the third Norwegian player to sign for the club during the 2015 pre-season. In his first three seasons he acted mainly as a back-up for

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but when he left after the 2017 season he started to become a regular in the first team. When new manager

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took over Malmö changed to a 3-5-2 formation and Vindheim began playing as a right wing-back. He played all ten games in Malmö FF's 2018–19 Europa League campaign and scored the first goal in a 2–0 win against Besiktas in the group stage.

Sparta Prague

On 21 May 2019, Vindheim signed for AC Sparta Prague for a reported fee of €1.2 million.

Schalke 04

On 10 January 2022, Vindheim agreed to join Schalke 04 on loan until the end of the 2021–22 season with an option to make the move permanent.

Lillestrøm

On 21 February 2023, Vindheim agreed to join

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on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season with an option to make the move permanent.

Teplice

On 7 September 2023, Vindheim joined

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on loan until the end of the 2023–24 season.

Personal life

Andreas Vindheim is the son of former Brann,

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and

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midfielder Rune Vindheim.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Malmö FF *

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Sparta Prague * Czech Cup: 2019–20 Schalke 04 *

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: 2021–22

References

External links

Malmö FF profile
(archived) * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vindheim, Andreas 1995 births Living people Footballers from Bergen Men's association football defenders Norwegian men's footballers SK Brann players Malmö FF players AC Sparta Prague players FC Schalke 04 players Eliteserien players Allsvenskan players 2. Bundesliga players Norway men's youth international footballers Norway men's under-21 international footballers Norway men's international footballers Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Lillestrøm SK players FK Teplice players