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Ola Andersson

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Ola Andersson
Andersson in 2013
Born (1966-07-01) 1 July 1966 (age 58)
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*
Years Team Apps (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.

Career

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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 Sweden national 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]

References

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  1. ^ a b Ola Andersson at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Ola Andersson at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ "Ola Andersson blir sportchef i Sirius Fotboll".
  4. ^ a b "Bälinges tonåring gjorde succé". 24 January 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Ola Andersson lämnar AIK". Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  6. ^ a b "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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