Daniel Lennart Andersson, (born 18 December 1972) is a Swedish former professional
footballer
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who played as a
goalkeeper
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.
Club career
Andersson played for clubs including
Trelleborgs FF
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,
AIK
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,
Helsingborgs IF
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and
Hibernian in
Scotland
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.
When playing in Scotland for Hibernian Andersson helped them reach the
2004 Scottish League Cup Final, which they lost 2–0 to
Livingston. In the semi-final against
Rangers he saved a
Mikel Arteta
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penalty in normal time and then saved two further penalties in the
shootout
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, from
Michael Ball
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and
Zurab Khizanishvili
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Club career Early ...
.
After retiring in 2015, Andersson came out of retirement - at the age of 45 - when he signed a short-term contract for the rest of the season with
Helsingborgs IF
Helsingborgs IF (full name Helsingborgs Idrottsförening), commonly referred to as HIF (), is a Swedish professional football club located in Helsingborg. They play in the Swedish first tier, Allsvenskan, following promotion in the 2021 Superett ...
on 28 September 2018, after first-choice goalkeeper,
Pär Hansson
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, got injured for the rest of the season.
International career
Andersson was capped once by the
Sweden national team, in 2001.
References
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1972 births
Living people
People from Bjuv Municipality
Men's association football goalkeepers
Swedish men's footballers
Sweden men's international footballers
AIK Fotboll players
Kalmar FF players
Hibernian F.C. players
Helsingborgs IF players
Ängelholms FF players
Allsvenskan players
Scottish Premier League players
Swedish expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
Högaborgs BK players
Footballers from Skåne County