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Key facts
- 1993
- IF Elfsborg
- Full name
- Anders Gunnar Svensson
- Date of birth
- ( 1976-07-17 ) 17 July 1976 (age 49)
- Place of birth
- Gothenburg , Sweden
- Height
- 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Position
- Midfielder
- 1980 1990
- Guldhedens IK
- 1990 1992
- Hestrafors IF
- Years
- Team
- 1994 2001
- IF Elfsborg
- 2001 2005
- Southampton
- 2005 2015
- IF Elfsborg
- 1996 1998
- Sweden U21
- 1999 2013
- Sweden
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anders
- Family name
- Svensson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Gothenburg
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2012
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Sweden men's national football team
- Position played
- midfielder
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Sweden
- Mass
- 77
- Image
- Anders Svensson.jpg
- Height
- 177
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- Commons category
- Anders Svensson
- date of birth
- 1976-07-17
- sport number
- 8
- start of work period
- 1993-00-00
- name in native language
- Anders Svensson
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Encyclopedic overview
Anders Gunnar Svensson ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈânːdɛʂ ˈsvɛ̌nːsɔn]; born 17 July 1976) is a Swedish former professional footballer. He was a central midfielder, known for his passing, free kicks, and set piece-taking abilities, who usually operated in a playmaking role. He was capped 148 times for the Sweden national team, many times as a captain, before he retired from international football in 2013. He is the most capped male player for Sweden, beating Thomas Ravelli's previous record of 143 caps.
As well as being named captain of Sweden on several occasions, Svensson also captained Southampton and Elfsborg. He played important roles in the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, in which he proved his leadership skills, resulting in him being named captain of that Sweden national team in 2009.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anders Svensson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.