Karl Tommy Andreas Johansson (born 10 March 1982), also known as Ante G, is a Swedish former

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who last played as a

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and

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for

Halmstads BK Halmstads Bollklubb, also known simply as Halmstad () or (especially locally) HBK or Bollklubben, is a Swedish professional Association football, football club located in Halmstad in the county of Halland. The club, formed 7 February 1914 and app ...

Club career

Halmstads BK

Johansson was born in Getinge (

Halland Halland () is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap''), on the western coast of Götaland, southern Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Småland, Skåne, Scania and the sea of Kattegat. Until 1645 and the Second Treaty of Br ...

) in the southwest of Sweden. He started to play football with five years at local side Getinge IF, but moved at the age of 15 to

. When he arrived at Halmstads BK there was another player in the club with the name Andreas Johansson, to separate the players they were each given a nickname based upon where they have come from, Andreas Johansson (born 1982) was called "Ante G" (Getinge), while the other Andreas Johansson was nicknamed "Ante V" (Vallås). After four years in the reserve team he made his debut in 2002 against

Örgryte IS Örgryte Idrottssällskap, commonly referred to as Örgryte IS, Örgryte () or (especially locally) ÖIS or Öis, is a Swedish sports club based in Gothenburg. It consists of four departments, namely bowling, football, athletics and wrestling. ...

and established himself quickly as a regular player in the team. In the coming years he played 165 matches for the club and scored nine goals. A second place in 2004 was the biggest success in this period.

VfL Bochum

On 22 June 2009, Johansson left Halmstads BK and signed a contract with

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club

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for an undisclosed fee and on 1 July he joined the German club.

International career

Playing several matches for the Swedish U-21 team, he made his debut for the Senior team on 29 January 2009 in a match against

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during Sweden's yearly friendly tournament in USA.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Johansson, Andreas 1982 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Sweden men's international footballers Allsvenskan players Men's association football midfielders Halmstads BK players VfL Bochum players VfL Bochum II players IFK Norrköping players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Footballers from Halmstad 21st-century Swedish sportsmen