User:Beatpoet/sandboxAndersson

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Simon Andersson
Personal information
Full name Simon Leonard Andersson[1]
Date of birth (2001-01-15) 15 January 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
2007–2018 Halmstads BK
2018–2021 Brentford
2021 IF Elfsborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 Sollentuna FK 38 (0)
2024– Hammarby TFF 0 (0)
International career
2016–2018 Sweden U17 16 (0)
2019 Sweden U19 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:04, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Simon Leonard Andersson (born 15 January 2001) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Hammarby TFF as a goalkeeper. He is a product of the Halmstads BK academy and was capped by Sweden at youth level.

Club career[edit]

Halmstads BK[edit]

A goalkeeper, Andersson joined the Halmstads BK academy at the age of 6 and progressed to sign his first professional contract in November 2017.[3][4] He featured regularly as an unused substitute during the 2018 season and received calls into the club's Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen squads.[5] Andersson failed to make a senior appearance before his departure from the Örjans Vall in August 2018.[6]

Brentford[edit]

On 31 August 2018, Andersson moved to England to join the B team at Championship club Brentford on a three-year contract.[6] He made 15 appearances during each of the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons and was a part of the squad which won the 2018–19 Middlesex Senior Cup.[7][8][9] After his game time was restricted during the 2020–21 season,[10] Andersson had his contract terminated by mutual consent in March 2021.[11]

IF Elfsborg[edit]

On 23 March 2021, Andersson joined Allsvenskan club IF Elfsborg on a free transfer and signed a contract running until 30 June 2021,[11][12] which was later extended until 31 July.[13] Andersson failed to win a call into a first team squad and was released when his contract expired.[5][13]

Lower-league football[edit]

On 10 August 2021, Andersson signed an undisclosed-length contract with Ettan Norra club Sollentuna FK.[14] He made 38 appearances across the 2021, 2022 and 2023 seasons and departed the club at the end of the 2023 season.[15][16] Following trials with Trelleborgs FF and GIF Sundsvall,[17][18][19] Andersson signed a half-season contract with Ettan Norra club Hammarby TFF in February 2024.[20]

International career[edit]

Andersson was capped by Sweden at U17 and U19 level.[15] He was called up to a mixed U19/U20 training camp in January 2020.[21]

Personal life[edit]

Andersson moved from Stockholm to Halmstad in 2007, at the age of six.[3]

Career statistics[edit]

As of match played 1 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Halmstads BK 2017[5] Allsvenskan 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018[5] Superettan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sollentuna FK 2021[15] Ettan Norra 3 0 1 0 4 0
2022[15] Ettan Norra 15 0 1 0 16 0
2023[15] Ettan Norra 20 0 0 0 20 0
Total 38 0 2 0 38 0
Hammarby TFF 2024[15] Ettan Norra 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 38 0 2 0 38 0
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup

Honours[edit]

Brentford B

References[edit]

  1. ^ "EFL Club List Of Registered Players As At 18th May 2019" (PDF). p. 9. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  2. ^ Beatpoet/sandboxAndersson at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ a b Velagic, Johan. "Möt sista utposten Simon Andersson". Svensk fotboll (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  4. ^ "HBK–talangen efter kontraktet: "Vill nå världstoppen"". 24Halmstad.se (in Swedish). 14 November 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d Beatpoet/sandboxAndersson at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Simon Andersson joins Brentford B". Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  7. ^ "B Team 18/19 Review: End of the campaign". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Harrow Borough 0 Brentford B 4". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Brentford B in Focus: Simon Andersson". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Simon Andersson departs to join IF Elfsborg". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  11. ^ a b "Välkommen Simon Andersson!". IF Elfsborg (in Swedish). 23 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Elfsborg värvar från Brentford – Kort om sport". Aftonbladet live (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  13. ^ a b Damm, Maximilian. "Målvakten lämnar efter ett halvår". SvenskaFans (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Officiellt: Simon Andersson klar för Sollentuna FK". Fotbolltransfers.com (in Northern Sami). Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  15. ^ a b c d e f Beatpoet/sandboxAndersson at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
  16. ^ "Mattias Mitku klar för SFK". Sollentuna FK (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  17. ^ "GIF Sundsvall testar ytterligare fem spelare". fotbolltransfers.com. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  18. ^ "Simon Andersson provspelar med TFF". Trelleborgs FF (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  19. ^ "Kasper Thiesson Kristensen lämnar TFF". Skånesport (in Swedish). 20 November 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  20. ^ "Bajens besked om Jeahze: "Inget behov av fler spelare just nu"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  21. ^ "Goalkeepers sit on bench in international wins". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

External links[edit]


Category:2001 births Category:Living people Category:Swedish footballers Category:Brentford F.C. players Category:Association football goalkeepers Category:Halmstads BK players Category:Swedish expatriate footballers Category:Swedish expatriates in England Category:Expatriate footballers in England Category:Sportspeople from Stockholm Category:IF Elfsborg players Category:Sollentuna FK players Category:Sweden men's youth international footballers Category:Hammarby Talang FF players

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