Johan Per Erik Andersson (born May 2, 1987) is a

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professional

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currently playing for

Spartiates de Marseille The Spartiates de Marseille (English: ''Marseille Spartans''), formally known as Marseille Hockey Club, are an ice hockey club based in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. The team plays at Palais omnisports Marseille Grand-Est, which is the coun ...

of the

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Playing career

Andersson played his under-20 (U20) hockey with Södertälje SK, he started out with the under-18 (U18) team during the 2003–04 season in the J18 Allsvenskan. During that season he also played 9 games with the Södertälje SK under-20 team in the

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league. In 2004-05 he split time between the U18 and U20 teams again as well as playing for

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in the

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and 16 other international games for Sweden. 2005-06 saw Andersson make his SHL (Elitserien) debut with Södertälje SK, playing one game in the top-level league. He spent the remainder of 2005–06 with the U20 team and played for Sweden U20 and Sweden U19 teams. Andersson played for Södertälje SK again in 2006-07 splitting time between J20 SuperElit and the

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. In 2007-08 Andersson signed with

Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differe ...

and played the full season in HockeyAllsvenskan, however the team went bankrupt after the season and he was forced to move on to

Almtuna IS Almtuna IS is a Swedish ice hockey club based in Uppsala and is currently playing in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest league of ice hockey in Sweden. The team maintained its place in the Allsvenskan despite suffering relegation in the 2018� ...

for 2008–09. After two years with Almtuna IS playing in the HockeyAllsvenskan he signed a one-year contract with

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to play in the SHL (Elitserien at the time) for 2010-11 Andersson then signed a one-year contract with

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for the 2011-12 in which he only played 11 games including the Kvalserien. Having left Timrå after the

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in which Timrå were relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan, Andersson went back to Södertälje SK to a one-year contract for the 2012-13 season. Andersson then re-signed with Södertälje SK for the 2013-14 season. Andersson has since had spells with

, Rungsted Seier Capital,

Ducs de Dijon The Dijon Hockey Club is a French ice hockey team based in Dijon. They are currently playing in the FFHG Division 3 and formerly played in the Ligue Magnus from 2002 until 2017. The team currently use the name of "Ducs de Dijon" (Dijon Dukes) The ...

, two seasons with

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- whom he captained in 2018-19 - and Marseille.

Career statistics

Updated November 28, 2013

References

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