Ola Andersson

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Ola Andersson
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Andersson in 2013
Born (1966-07-01) 1 July 1966 (age 57)
Åkersberga, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Occupation(s)Footballer, Commentator for SVT and Canal Plus
Association football career
Full name Ola Per Andersson [1]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1986 Bälinge IF
1987–1989 IF Brommapojkarna 61 (7)
1990–1994 IK Sirius 116 (23)
1995–2000 AIK 102 (2)
2001 Vasalunds IF 10 (1)
2001 IK Sirius
International career
1995 [2] Sweden 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ola Per Andersson, (born 1 July 1966) is a Swedish former professional footballer and current director of football at IK Sirius. [3] [4] He also works as a football expert on television.

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Career

A midfielder, Andersson grew up in Uppsala and played for Bälinge IF, before being bought by IF Brommapojkarna in 1987 he played for the team until 1989. [4] He started to play for IK Sirius in Division 1 Norra until 1994. He then was bought by the Allsvenskan team AIK. [5] After seven matches with the team Andersson was selected by the Swedish national football team and played two matches in Umbro Cup in England. [6] With AIK Andersson won Allsvenskan in 1998 and three gold and two silver models at Svenska Cupen. [6]

After his football career was over he became an expert commentator for Canal Plus football broadcasts. He commentated the Fifa World Cup 2002 for SVT. [7]

He's had several roles in IK Sirius after his playing career. He was sporting director of the club between 2018 and 2023. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ola Andersson at WorldFootball.net
  2. Ola Andersson at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. "Ola Andersson blir sportchef i Sirius Fotboll".
  4. 1 2 "Bälinges tonåring gjorde succé". 24 January 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  5. "Ola Andersson lämnar AIK" . Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Our Ambassadors – A series of posts about our Brand ambassadors – Ola Andersson". 10 January 2014. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  7. "Fotbollskvälls expertuppställning komplett - Sport - SVT.se". 30 March 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  8. https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/allsvenskan/beskedet-ola-andersson-tillbaka-i-tjanst-efter-sjukskrivningen/

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