Ola Andersson

Ola Andersson
Andersson in 2013
Born (1966-07-01) 1 July 1966 (age 60)
Åkersberga, Sweden
OccupationsFootballer, Commentator for SVT and Canal Plus
Association football career
Full name Ola Per Andersson
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1986 Bälinge IF
1987–1989 IF Brommapojkarna 61 (7)
1990–1994 IK Sirius 116 (23)
1995–2000 AIK 102 (2)
2001 Vasalunds IF 10 (1)
2001 IK Sirius
International career
1995 Sweden 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ola Per Andersson (born 1 July 1966) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the current director of football at IK Sirius. He also works as a football expert on television.

Club career

A midfielder, Andersson grew up in Uppsala and played for Bälinge IF, before being bought by IF Brommapojkarna in 1987 he played for the team until 1989. He started to play for IK Sirius in Division 1 Norra until 1994. He then was bought by the Allsvenskan team AIK. With AIK Andersson won Allsvenskan in 1998 and three gold and two silver models at Svenska Cupen.

International career

In 1995, while a player for AIK, Andersson was selected by the Sweden national team and played two matches in Umbro Cup in England. On 8 June 1995, he made his full international debut for the Sweden national team against England, replacing Magnus Erlingmark in the 89th minute of a 3-3 draw. Two days later, on 10 June 1995, Andersson played for 90 minutes against Japan in a game that ended 2-2. He provided an assist for Kennet Andersson's 1-1 equaliser in the 53rd minute.

After football

After Andersson's football career was over he became an expert commentator for Canal Plus football broadcasts. He commentated the Fifa World Cup 2002 for SVT.

He's had several roles in IK Sirius after his playing career. He was sporting director of the club between 2018 and 2023.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 1995 2 0
Total 2 0

Honours

AIK

References

  1. 1 2 Ola Andersson at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ Ola Andersson at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ↑ "Ola Andersson blir sportchef i Sirius Fotboll". 23 November 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Bälinges tonåring gjorde succé". 24 January 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "Ola Andersson lämnar AIK". 10 November 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Our Ambassadors – A series of posts about our Brand ambassadors – Ola Andersson". 10 January 2014. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Ola Andersson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
  8. ↑ "Fotbollskvälls expertuppställning komplett - Sport - SVT.se". 30 March 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "Beskedet: Ola Andersson tillbaka i tjänst efter sjukskrivningen".

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