Andreas Granqvist

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Andreas Granqvist
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Granqvist with Sweden at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Andreas Granqvist [1]
Date of birth (1985-04-16) 16 April 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Påarp, Sweden
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
–1999 Påarps GIF
1999–2003 Helsingborgs IF
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2007 Helsingborgs IF 72 (1)
2007Wigan Athletic (loan) 0 (0)
2007–2008 Wigan Athletic 14 (0)
2008Helsingborgs IF (loan) 11 (1)
2008–2011 Groningen 96 (21)
2011–2013 Genoa 63 (2)
2013–2018 Krasnodar 134 (3)
2018–2021 Helsingborgs IF 43 (2)
Total433(30)
International career
2004–2006 Sweden U21 26 (0)
2006–2019 Sweden 88 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andreas Granqvist (Swedish pronunciation: [anˈdrêːasˈgrɑ̂ːnkvɪst] ; born 16 April 1985) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

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Starting his career with Helsingborgs IF in the mid-2000s, he went on to play for clubs in England, the Netherlands, Italy, and Russia before retiring at Helsingborg in 2021.

A full international between 2006 and 2021, he won 88 caps for the Sweden national team and represented his country at four UEFA European Championships as well as the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He captained the national team between 2016 and 2021. However, due to injuries, he played his last international match in 2019. [2] [3]

He was awarded Guldbollen (the Golden Ball), given to the Swedish player of the year, in 2017. [4]

Club career

Born in Påarp, Granqvist started his career with his local club, Påarps GIF. He later transferred to Helsingborgs IF and he made his debut in Allsvenskan, 2004. Two years later he was team captain, when the club won its third Swedish Cup title, beating Gefle IF with 2–0. The victorious Helsingborg side also contained Swedish internationals Henrik Larsson and Andreas Jakobsson as well as former Hibernian goalkeeper Daniel Andersson.

In January 2007, he completed a loan move to Wigan Athletic with a view to a permanent deal in the summer. [5] On 19 June 2007, he signed a two-year deal with Wigan, [6] for a fee reported to be around £750,000. On 12 March 2008, he returned to Helsingborg on a loan deal until the end of the English season in June. [7]

On 9 July 2008, Granqvist signed a four-year contract with Dutch club, Groningen, [8] with Wigan receiving a fee of around £600,000. On 13 September 2008, he scored after a 65-metre solo run, [9] a remarkable feat, which he again managed to accomplish in the last match of the regular season on 10 May 2009. [10]

On 15 June 2011, Groningen sold Granqvist to Genoa for €2 million. The Swedish international has signed a four-year contract with the Italian club. [11] [12]

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Granqvist lining up for Krasnodar in 2014

On 16 August 2013, Granqvist moved from Genoa to Russian Premier League side Krasnodar. [13]

On 28 January 2018, it was announced that Granqvist would return to Helsingborgs IF after the World Cup. He would join the club on a 3.5-year player contract that would be followed by a three-year term as the director of sports for the club. [14] He officially played his farewell game for Krasnodar on 13 May 2018. [15]

Granqvist officially retired on 17 July 2021, having played in 6 leagues; Allsvenskan, Premier League, Eredivisie, Serie A, Russian Premier League and Superettan, never playing for 2 clubs in one country. He said that he wanted to continue, but his body wasn't feeling it. [16] He continued working at Helsingborg IF as the director of sports. [17]

International career

Granqvist played for the Swedish national team, and, in May 2008, he was included in Sweden's 23-man squad for UEFA Euro 2008. He was an unused substitute in all three of Sweden's games. In 2011, he played in the finals of the Cyprus International Football Tournament, but Sweden lost to Ukraine. [18] On 6 July 2016 Granqvist was appointed captain of Sweden by the new manager Janne Andersson. Granqvist succeeded Zlatan Ibrahimović after the latter's retirement from the national team following UEFA Euro 2016.

In May 2018 he was named in the 23-man Sweden squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. [19] He captained the team for their opening World Cup fixture against South Korea on 18 June 2018. Over the course of the match he provided several long balls over the top which posed a threat to the South Korean defenders. In the 65th minute he scored the only goal of the game, calmly slotting home from the penalty spot. He was given the Player of the match award. [20] Nine days later he scored another penalty, the second goal in a 3–0 win over Mexico which meant Sweden qualified for the next round and topped the group. [21] Overall, Granqvist played a full 90 minutes in all games as Sweden were eliminated by England in the quarter final. [22]

In May 2021, Granqvist was somewhat controversially included in Sweden's 26-man squad for the postponed UEFA Euro 2020, since he had not made an appearance for the national team for nearly two years due to ongoing injury problems. [23]

Personal life

Granqvist goes by the nickname "Granen" ( Swedish for 'the spruce'; IPA: [ˈɡrɑ̌ːnɛn] ), [24] originating from his last name which means "spruce twig". [25]

Granqvist became a father for a second time after his wife Sofie gave birth in Helsingborg on 6 July 2018, while he was with the Sweden team at the World Cup in Russia. [26]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [27]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Helsingborgs IF 2005 Allsvenskan 26100261
2006 Allsvenskan25010250
Total51110521
Wigan Athletic (loan) 2006–07 Premier League 00100010
Wigan Athletic 2007–08 Premier League1401010160
Helsingborgs IF (loan) 2008 Allsvenskan11100111
Groningen 2008–09 Eredivisie 36431395
2009–10 Eredivisie34631377
2010–11 Eredivisie3611414012
Total1062110311624
Genoa 2011–12 Serie A 28120301
2012–13 Serie A35110361
Total63230662
Krasnodar 2013–14 Russian Premier League 20130231
2014–15 Russian Premier League270209 [c] 1381
2015–16 Russian Premier League2913112 [c] 1443
2016–17 Russian Premier League2902212 [c] 0432
2017–18 Russian Premier League291004 [c] 1332
Total134310337318110
Helsingborgs IF 2018 Superettan 15200152
2019 Allsvenskan22000220
2020 Allsvenskan100010
2021 Superettan500050
Total43200432
Career total422302661037348639

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year [28]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden
200610
200710
200820
200910
201042
201160
2012120
201350
201480
201580
2016121
201793
2018123
201970
Total889

Sweden's score is listed first, and the score column indicates the score after each Granqvist goal. [29]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
17 September 2010 Swedbank Stadion, Malmö, Sweden7Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 4–06–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
212 October 2010 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands8Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1–41–4UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
324 March 2016 Antalya Stadium, Antalya, Turkey49Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1–11–2 Friendly
43 September 2017 Borisov Arena, Barysaw, Belarus65Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 4–04–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
57 October 2017 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden66Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1–08–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
66–0
718 June 2018 Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia73Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1–01–0 2018 FIFA World Cup
827 June 2018 Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg, Russia75Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2–03–02018 FIFA World Cup
917 November 2018 Konya Büyükşehir Stadium, Konya, Turkey80Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1–01–0 2018–19 UEFA Nations League B

Honours

Helsingborgs IF

Individual

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