Anders Svensson

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Anders Svensson
Full name	Anders Svensson
Date of birth	July 17, 1976 (age 30)
Place of birth	Göteborg, Sweden
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	IF Elfsborg
Youth clubs
	Guldhedens IK Hestrafors IF IF Elfsborg
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993-2001 2001-2005 2005-	IF Elfsborg Southampton IF Elfsborg	155 (38) 127 0(9) 035 0(7)
National team²
1999-	Sweden	074 (13)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 December 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 28 January 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Anders Svensson ['ɑndɛʃ 'svɛnsɔn] (born July 17, 1976 in Göteborg, Sweden) is a Swedish international football player playing for IF Elfsborg from Borås.

1 Playing career
2 International career
3 Honours
4 Other achievements
5 External links

[edit] Playing career

His role on the pitch is that of an offensive midfielder, although at Southampton he also played on the left of midfield. He made his breakthrough while playing for IF Elfsborg in the late 1990's before moving to English side Southampton in 2001. After a few relatively successful years in England, as he was not offered a new contract he decided to move back to Sweden and rejoind IF Elfsborg in 2005 , where he is currently playing. He is also the captain of Elfsborg.

Svensson has been romantically linked to Swedish-Danish model Anine Bing in recent years.

[edit] International career

He debuted for the Swedish national side against South Africa in 1999.

He is known to be a very good free-kick taker, which he showed in the Football World Cup 2002 in South Korea/Japan, where he scored a fabulous goal against Argentina which effectively eliminated the opponent in the group stages. He assisted Henrik Larsson for the opening goal against Senegal through an in-swinging corner. He nearly got a golden goal in extra time but his shot from inside the box was unfortunately denied by the post.

[edit] Honours

Southampton

FA Cup finalist 2003

IF Elfsborg

Swedish Cup Champion 2001
Allsvenskan Champion 2006

[edit] Other achievements

FIFA World Cup
- Round of Sixteen, 2002, 2006
European Football Championship
- Quarter-final, 2004

[edit] External links

Anders Svensson career stats at Soccerbase

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	Sweden squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Hedman \| 2 Mellberg \| 3 P. Andersson \| 4 Mjällby \| 5 Michael Svensson \| 6 Linderoth \| 7 Alexandersson \| 8 A. Svensson \| 9 Ljungberg \| 10 Allbäck \| 11 Larsson \| 12 Kihlstedt \| 13 Antonelius \| 14 Edman \| 15 Jakobsson \| 16 Lučić \| 17 Magnus Svensson \| 18 Jonson \| 19 Farnerud \| 20 D. Andersson \| 21 Ibrahimović \| 22 A. Andersson \| 23 Isaksson \| Coach: Lagerbäck / Söderberg

	Sweden squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Isaksson \| 2 Nilsson \| 3 Mellberg \| 4 Lučić \| 5 Edman \| 6 Linderoth \| 7 Alexandersson \| 8 A. Svensson \| 9 Ljungberg \| 10 Ibrahimović \| 11 Larsson \| 12 Alvbåge \| 13 Hansson \| 14 Stenman \| 15 K. Svensson \| 16 Källström \| 17 Elmander \| 18 Jonson \| 19 Andersson \| 20 Allbäck \| 21 Wilhelmsson \| 22 Rosenberg \| 23 Shaaban \| Coach: Lagerbäck

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