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Patrik 'Bjärred' Andersson (August 18 1971), Swedish footballer. Both his father, Roy Andersson, as well as his younger brother, Daniel Andersson, have played professional football.
Andersson has made a total of 96 appearances in games for the Swedish National Team, scoring three goals.
With the National Team he won a bronze medal in the 1994 World Cup. He also played in the team which reached the semifinal in the 1992 European Championship.
Starting his career in the local club, Bjärreds IF, from which he also got his nickname, he 1989 moved on to Malmö FF, a team playing in the top national league.
In 1992 he went professional as he moved to Blackburn Rovers F.C., where he stayed until 1993, and his next step was to go to Germany and play for Borussia Mönchengladbach. There he won the German Cup with the team in 1995, but left the team as its performance deteriorated, in 1999. The famous FC Bayern München become his next club. His time in Bayern München resulted in two national championships (in the last one he scored the final and decisive goal) as well as a new German Cup and victory in the Champions League.
For the 2004 season, Andersson came back to Malmö FF to play in the Swedish league again after 10 years.
He has twice been awarded Guldbollen as the Swedish footballer of the year.
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