Andreas Jakobsson

Andreas Jakobsson

Personal information
Full name	Bo Janne Andreas Jakobsson
Date of birth	(1972-10-06) 6 October 1972
Place of birth	Lund, Sweden
Height
Position(s)	Defender / Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Svalövs BK
Number	5
Youth career
1978–1988	Teckomatorps SK
1988–1989	Landskrona BoIS
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1994	Landskrona BoIS	99	(2)
1995–2000	Helsingborgs IF	135	(5)
2000–2003	F.C. Hansa Rostock	99	(4)
2003–2004	Brøndby IF	34	(5)
2004–2005	Southampton FC	27	(2)
2005–2007	Helsingborgs IF	58	(5)
Total		452	(23)
International career
1996–2004	Sweden	36	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bo Janne Andreas Jakobsson (born 6 October 1972) is a Swedish professional football player in the defender position and the defensive midfielder. He has played 36 international matches for the Sweden national team, and was a squad player for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2004 European Championship.

Playing career

Born in Lund and raised in Teckomatorp, Jakobsson started his senior career as a central defender for nearby club Landskrona BoIS in 1990. He helped Landskrona win promotion for the top-flight Swedish Allsvenskan championship in 1993. Landskrona were relegated again following the 1994 Allsvenskan season, and Jakobsson moved on to Allsvenskan club Helsingborgs IF. He instantly commanded a place in Helsingborg's starting line-up, and made his debut for the Swedish national team in February 1996. Together with Ola Nilsson, he formed the strongest central defence in Allsvenskan for several years and in, 1999, HIF was finally able to win Allsvenskan after 58 years of waiting. Without the solid defence controlled by Jakobsson, many doubt it would have been possible.

After winning the 1999 Allsvenskan championship with HIF, he moved abroad to play for F.C. Hansa Rostock in the German Bundesliga in the summer 2000. He played three seasons at Rostock, missing only three of 102 league games for the club. He was called up for the Swedish squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and played full-time in all four Swedish games before elimination. In July 2003, Jakobsson left Rostock to play for Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga. He was selected to represent Sweden at the 2004 European Championship, and played full-time in the tournament, as Sweden reached the quarter-finals.

He played five games in the 2004–05 Superliga, which Brøndby would go on to win, before moving to English club Southampton F.C. in the FA Premier League, scoring twice against Crystal Palace and Middlesbrough. At the end of the season, Southampton were relegated, and Jakobsson returned to play for Helsingborgs IF. After the 2007 season, he will retire and play for Svalövs BK in the seventh division.

Club statistics

Only league games included.

Season	Club	Matches	Goals
1990	Landskrona	5	0
1991	Landskrona	24	0
1992	Landskrona	28	0
1993	Landskrona	25	2
1994	Landskrona	17	0
1995	Helsingborgs IF	25	2
1996	Helsingborgs IF	26	0
1997	Helsingborgs IF	25	1
1998	Helsingborgs IF	26	1
1999	Helsingborgs IF	25	0
2000	Helsingborgs IF	8	1
2000–01	F.C. Hansa Rostock	34	1
2001–02	F.C. Hansa Rostock	32	2
2002–03	F.C. Hansa Rostock	33	1
2003–04	Brøndby IF	29	4
2004–05	Brøndby IF	5	1
2004–05	Southampton F.C.	27	2
2005	Helsingborgs IF	11	0
2006	Helsingborgs IF	21	0
2007	Helsingborgs IF	26	5
Total		452	23

Honours

• 1993 Division 1 Södra
• 1997–98 Svenska Cupen
• 1999 Allsvenskan
• 2004–05 Danish Superliga
• 2006 Svenska Cupen

External links

• Andreas Jakobsson career statistics at Soccerbase
• International career details
• Profile from the Swedish Football Association (Swedish)
• Interview from Sportbladet (Swedish)
• Brøndby IF profile (Danish)
• Andreas Jakobsson profile at Fussballdaten