Andreas Jakobsson

Bo Janne Andreas Jakobsson (born 6 October 1972) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender and midfielder. Starting off his professional career with Landskrona BoIS in 1990, he went on to also represent Helsingborgs IF, Hansa Rostock, Brøndby IF, and Southampton before retiring at Helsingborg in 2007. He played 36 international matches for the Sweden national team, and was a squad player at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2004.

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 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender, defensive midfielder
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 Hansa Rostock 99 (4)
2003–2004 Brøndby IF 34 (5)
2004–2005 Southampton 27 (2)
2005–2007 Helsingborgs IF 58 (5)
Total 452 (23)
National team
1992–1993 Sweden U21 3 (0)
1995–1997 Sweden B 3 (0)
1996–2004 Sweden 36 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 games for Sweden, replacing the injured captain Patrik Andersson. 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 was a designated penalty taker in the penalty shoot out against the Netherlands, but refused to take his penalty. Instead, Olof Mellberg took a penalty which Dutch keeper Edwin van der Sar saved and Sweden were consequently eliminated. [1] Jakobsson announced his retirement from international football after the tournament.

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[2] and Middlesbrough.[3] At the end of the season, Southampton were relegated, and Jakobsson returned to play for Helsingborgs IF. After the 2007 season, he retired from professional football.[4]

Career statistics
Only league games included.

Club
Club Season League
DivisionAppsGoals
Landskrona 1990 Division 1 Södra50
1991 Division 1 Södra240
1992 Division 1 Södra280
1993 Division 1 Södra252
1994 Allsvenskan170
Total 99 2
Helsingborgs IF 1995 Allsvenskan252
1996 Allsvenskan260
1997 Allsvenskan251
1998 Allsvenskan261
1999 Allsvenskan250
2000 Allsvenskan81
Total 135 5
F.C. Hansa Rostock 2000–01 Bundesliga341
2001–02 Bundesliga 322
2002–03 Bundesliga 331
Total 99 4
Brøndby IF 2003–04 Danish Superliga294
2004–05 Danish Superliga 51
Total 34 5
Southampton 2004–05 Premier League272
Helsingborgs IF 2005 Allsvenskan110
2006 Allsvenskan210
2007 Allsvenskan265
Total 58 5
Career total45223

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[5]
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 1996 1 0
1997 5 0
1998 2 0
1999 2 0
2000 0 0
2001 1 0
2002 11 0
2003 7 1
2004 7 1
Total 36 2
Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jakobsson goal.
List of international goals scored by Andreas Jakobsson
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 6 September 2003 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  San Marino 2–0 5–0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifier [6]
2 5 June 2004 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  Poland 2–0 3–1 Friendly [7]

Honours

Landskrona BoIS

Helsingborgs IF

Brøndby IF

References
  1. https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2004/matches/round=1582/match=1059190/postmatch/report/index.html
  2. "Southampton 2–2 C Palace". BBC. 27 November 2004. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  3. "Middlesbrough 1–3 Southampton". BBC. 20 March 2005. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  4. "Andreas Jakobsson slutar i landslaget".
  5. "Andreas Jakobsson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  6. "Sverige - San Marino - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  7. "Sverige - Polen - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 January 2021.
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