Edwin Andersson (born 7 November 2003) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Stoke City.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edwin Samuel Andersson | ||
| Date of birth | (2003-11-07) 7 November 2003 (age 18) | ||
| Place of birth | Lerum, Sweden | ||
| Position(s) | Left winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Stoke City | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2010–2016 | Lerum | ||
| 2016–2020 | IFK Göteborg | ||
| 2020–2022 | Chelsea | ||
| 2022– | Stoke City | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018 | Sweden U15 | 4 | (0) |
| 2019 | Sweden U16 | 5 | (0) |
| 2019 | Sweden U17 | 3 | (3) |
| 2021 | Sweden U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021– | Sweden U19 | 2 | (0) |
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 June 2022 | |||
Born in Lerum, Västergötland,[1] Edwin Andersson started playing football in his hometown club as a six years old, before joining the IFK Göteborg Academy four years later.[2][3]
Soon proving to be one of the academy and Swedish football's brightest prospects, along the likes of Jesper Tolinsson,[4] Andersson was linked to several big European clubs, making a trial at Manchester United in 2018, but eventually signing for the Chelsea Academy,[1] that he effectively joined soon after he turned 16.[4][5][6]
First playing with Chelsea's under-18, he began regularly scoring goals and delivering assist for his team in the FA Youth Cup[7] and the U18 Premier League,[2][8][9][10] whilst also playing the UEFA Youth League during the 2021–22 season, most notably delivering a total of three assists in the two games against the Swedish champions of Malmö.[11][12] In October 2021, he also made his EFL Trophy debut against Cheltenham.[13] On 12 August 2022, Andersson announced his departure from Chelsea.[14]
Andersson joined Stoke City on 15 August 2022 linking up with their under-21 team.[15]
Edwin Andersson has been part of every Swedish youth team,[6] having played 12 games with the under-17, scoring three goals during the three Euro qualifying games in 2019, before the event was canceled due to Covid-19.[2][5]
Edwin Andersson mainly plays as a left winger.[2][4] A technically gifted left-footed player,[citation needed] he as been compared to the likes of Callum Hudson-Odoi, naming Cristiano Ronaldo as his biggest inspiration.[5][6]
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