Bo Magnus Andersson (born 26 August 1968), known as "Bosse" Andersson, or simply "Super-Bosse" is a Swedish businessman and former professional

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who played as a

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. He is director of sports at

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is named ...

Playing career

Bo Andersson played for BK Vargarna, Väsby IK,

AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

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, and

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. In the 1994 and 1995 Djurgårdens IF seasons, he was the internal top scorer.

Post-playing career

Between 1997 and 2008, Andersson was club director at

. Since 2013, he is back as director of sports at Djurgårdens IF. Bosse Andersson has achieved legendary status among the Djurgården supporters, widely accepted as the most successful director of sports in Sweden. After returning to Djurgården in 2013, working in tandem with CEO Henrik Berggren, he guided the club from near bankruptcy to become Sweden´s third richest club, behind only

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and

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play their ...

(2021). Using his wide network of contacts, Bosse has brought several young African players to Europe and Djurgården, and the club has made a fortune after selling these talents to bigger clubs. These include Omar Colley (originally came to Finland),

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(originally came to

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and Aliou Badji. Selling players to Chinese clubs has been the biggest factor to Bosses success at Djurgården. The club has earned two titles since Bosse´s return.

Honours

Player

; Djurgårdens IF: *

Division 1 Norra Ettan Fotboll, or simply Ettan ( en, the one), which also is its common name in everyday speech, is the third level in the Swedish football league system and consists of 32 Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden ...

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Director of football/sports

; Djurgårdens IF: *

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2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

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Svenska Cupen Svenska Cupen (, ''The Swedish Cup'') is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. Svenska Cupen usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also held. Each year 96 teams compe ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

, 2017–18 *

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Andersson, Bo 1968 births Living people Swedish footballers Swedish expatriate footballers Allsvenskan players Primeira Liga players BKV Norrtälje players Väsby IK FK players Vasalunds IF players AIK Fotboll players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players S.C. Braga players Expatriate footballers in Portugal Djurgårdens IF Fotboll directors and chairmen Men's association football forwards