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Elias Andersson
Swedish footballer
Nils Erik Elias Andersson (born 31 January 1996) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a left-back or midfielder for Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań.[1]
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| Full name | Nils Erik Elias Andersson | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1996-01-31) 31 January 1996 (age 28) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-back, central midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Lech Poznań | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 0000–2010 | Hässleholms IF | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Helsingborgs IF | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Helsingborgs IF | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | → HIF Akademi (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | → Varbergs BoIS (loan) | 27 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Varbergs BoIS | 42 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | IK Sirius | 69 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Djurgårdens IF | 43 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | → Mjällby AIF (loan) | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Lech Poznań | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Sweden U17 | 28 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Sweden U19 | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Sweden | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:36, 13 January 2023 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Andersson started out as a youth player for his hometown club Hässleholms IF. In 2010, he joined Helsingborgs IF youth setup instead, although he still kept living in Hässleholm and commuted to Helsingborg.[2] At the start of the 2013 Allsvenskan season, Andersson was moved up to the first team. On 15 April 2013, he became the youngest player ever to play a league game for his club when he made his debut at home against Mjällby AIF.[3]
On 4 July 2023, after spending his entire career in Sweden, Andersson signed a three-year contract with Polish side Lech Poznań, whom he faced off against during Djurgårdens IF's 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League campaign.[1] He was to remain with the Swedish club until 18 July.
In September 2013, Andersson was selected for the Sweden national under-17 football team. The team competed in the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, where they went on to place third.[4] He made his full international debut for Sweden on 12 January 2023, scoring from a free-kick in a friendly 2–1 win against Iceland.[5]
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Sweden | 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Andersson goal.
Sweden U17
- FIFA U-17 World Cup third place: 2013
- "#Andersson2026" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 4 July 2023.
- "Allt om HIF möter Elias Andersson från U17 laget". Allt Om HIF. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- "Är närmare min dröm". NorraSkåne.se. Archived from the original on 21 March 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- "P17-landslagets VM-trupp uttagen". Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- "Sverige - Island - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- "Elias Andersson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- Elias Andersson at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Elias Andersson at Elite Football (archive)
- Elias Andersson at Soccerway
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