he played only 19 league matches for the Blaugrana. Malmö FF For the 2004 season, Andersson came back to Malmö FF to play in the Swedish league again after 10 years. This year he captained Malmö FF who won their first Swedish league (Allsvenskan) title in 15 years. He has twice been awarded Guldbollen as the Swedish footballer of the year, in 1995 and 2001. After suffering yet another knee injury during a Champions League qualifier against Swiss team FC Thun on 10 August 2005, Andersson announced his retirement from professional football on 12 August 2005. International career Andersson earned a total of 96 caps for the Swedish national team, scoring three goals. He won a bronze medal in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Andersson also played in the team that reached the semi-finals at UEFA Euro 1992. He was also part of the Swedish national squad that took part in Euro 2000, the 2002 FIFA World Cup and was a member of the Swedish squad that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. At Euro 2000, he received a red card for a hard foul on Belgium's Bart Goor. At the 2002 World Cup, in Sweden's last training session before their opening match against England, Andersson was injured and was not able to play in the tournament. He was replaced by Andreas Jakobsson. Post-playing career He was appointed as Manchester United's scout in Scandinavia in August 2010. He left the club after one year. Personal life Andersson is the son of Roy Andersson, who played more than 300 games for Malmö FF and won 20 caps for the Sweden national team, representing them at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. His brother is Daniel Andersson, also a former professional footballer and Sweden international. Career statistics Club International Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Andersson goal. Honours Borussia Mönchengladbach DFB-Pokal: 1994–95 Bayern Munich Bundesliga: 1999–2000, 2000–01 DFB-Pokal: 1999–2000 DFB-Ligapokal: 1999, 2000 UEFA Champions League: 2000–01 Malmö FF Allsvenskan: 2004 Sweden FIFA World Cup third place: 1994 Individual kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1994–95, 1996–97 UEFA Team of the Year: 2001 Swedish Defender of the Year: 2001 Guldbollen: 1995, 2001 References External links 1971 births Living people People from Lomma Municipality Swedish footballers Footballers from Skåne County Association football central defenders Sweden international footballers Sweden under-21 international footballers Sweden youth international footballers