Johan Rickard Andersson (born 22 August 1983) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Johan Andersson was reunited with his former coach Janne Jönsson from his early Landskrona career when he joined Stabæk ahead of the 2008 season. He scored two goals in his league debut for Stabæk at home against

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in a 4–2 victory. In total he ended up scoring 12 goals in 25 games from midfield in the league, only behind team-mate

Daniel Nannskog Daniel Paul Gustav Nannskog (born 22 May 1974) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker for Högaborg, Malmö FF, Djurgården, Assyriska, Sylvia, Landskrona BoIS, Sichuan Guancheng and Stabæk IF, as well as for th ...

in the goal scoring chart when Stabæk won their first ever league title. In Stabæks UEFA Cup run he was involved in both matches against

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as they narrowly lost out in the group phase. He started all Stabæk's 7 cup games including the final against

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which they lost, scoring 5 goals in the process. On 17 January it was reported that Andersson would need an operation on his knee, which would keep him out for most of the season. He would not be ready before late July. He made his comeback on 29 July against

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in a Champions League qualifier as a late second-half substitute. After five more substitute appearances, he started his first game of the season on 19 September against

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, scoring a goal in a 2–1 victory. Andersson played 22 games and scored four goals for Stabæk in 2011, and joined Lillestrøm ahead of the 2012-season along with his team-mate

Pálmi Rafn Pálmason Pálmi Rafn Pálmason (born 9 November 1984) is an Icelandic footballer who is currently playing for KR in the Icelandic Premier Division. Before that he played in Iceland for Völsungur, KA and Valur, where he was a key player in the team t ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Andersson, Johan 1983 births Living people Swedish expatriate men's footballers Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Landskrona BoIS players Malmö FF players Stabæk Fotball players Lillestrøm SK players Superettan players Allsvenskan players Eliteserien players Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Men's association football midfielders People from Landskrona Municipality Footballers from Skåne County