Eric Joel Andersson (born 11 November 1996) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Danish Superliga club Midtjylland as a right-back.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Eric Joel Andersson | ||
Date of birth | (1996-11-11) 11 November 1996 (age 25) | ||
Place of birth | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Midtjylland | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2012 | Västra Frölunda IF | ||
2013–2014 | BK Häcken | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012 | Västra Frölunda IF | 4 | (0) |
2015–2018 | BK Häcken | 83 | (2) |
2018– | Midtjylland | 105 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2011 | Sweden U17 | 3 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Sweden U19 | 9 | (1) |
2017–2018 | Sweden U21 | 10 | (1) |
2018– | Sweden | 9 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:29, 4 June 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:26, 28 September 2022 (UTC) |
A native of Gothenburg, Andersson started playing football with Västra Frölunda IF. At the age of 15, he also made some appearances for the first team, who at the time were competing in the fourth-tier Division 2.[2]
In 2013, Andersson moved to BK Häcken, another team in the Gothenburg area, but the first two years he spent in the youth academy. He was promoted to the first team in 2015 alongside his brother, Adam Andersson, and began making regular appearances in Allsvenskan.[3] Joel and Adam, however, were not the only twins appearing for the team, given the presence of the two Gustafson's, Samuel and Simon. From the 2016 season, Joel Andersson established himself permanently as the starting right-back in the team.[4]
On 2 July 2018, Andersson signed a five-year contract with Danish Superliga club Midtjylland.[5]
Andersson made his debut for Sweden national team on 7 January 2018 in a friendly against Estonia.[6]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
BK Häcken | 2015 | Allsvenskan | 21 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 27 | 3 | |
2016 | Allsvenskan | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
2017 | Allsvenskan | 28 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
2018 | Allsvenskan | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
Total | 83 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 106 | 4 | ||
Midtjylland | 2018–19 | Superliga | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
2019–20 | Superliga | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |
2020–21 | Superliga | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
2021–22 | Superliga | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 29 | 1 | |
Total | 90 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 125 | 3 | ||
Career total | 173 | 4 | 31 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 231 | 7 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Sweden | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
2019 | 2 | 0 | |
2020 | 3 | 0 | |
2021 | 0 | 0 | |
2022 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 9 | 0 |
BK Häcken
Midtjylland
FC Midtjylland – current squad | |
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