Andreas Granqvist

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Andreas Granqvist
Personal information
Full name:	Andreas Granqvist
Date of birth:	16 April 1985 (1985-04-16)
Place of birth:	Påarp, Sweden
Height:	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Playing position:	Defender
Club information
Current club	Helsingborgs IF (director of sports)
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2004–2007 2007 2007–2008 2008 2008–2011 2011–2013 2013–2018 2018–2021 Total	Helsingborgs IF → Wigan Athletic (loan) Wigan Athletic → Helsingborgs IF (loan) Groningen Genoa Krasnodar Helsingborgs IF	072 00(1) 000 00(0) 014 00(0) 011 00(1) 096 0(21) 063 00(2) 134 00(3) 043 00(2) 433 0(30)
National team
2004–2006 2006–2019	Sweden U21 Sweden	026 00(0) 088 00(9)

Andreas Granqvist (born 16 April 1985) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a centre-back. He currently serves as the director of sports of Helsingborgs IF.

Starting his career with Helsingborgs IF in the mid 2000s, he went on to play for clubs in England, the Netherlands, Italy, and Russia before returning to Helsingborg in 2018. A full international between 2006 and 2021, he won 88 caps for the Sweden national team and represented his country at four UEFA European Championships as well as the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He captained the national team between 2016 and 2021. However, due to injuries, he played his last international match in 2019.

He was awarded Guldbollen (the Golden Ball), given to the Swedish player of the year, in 2017.

Honours

Club

Helsingborgs IF

• Svenska Cupen: 2006
• Superettan: 2018

Individual

• Guldbollen: 2017
• Fotbollsgalan Best Defender: 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018
• FIFA World Cup Fantasy Team: 2018

External links

• Andreas Granqvist profile at Soccerbase

Sweden – UEFA Euro 2008 – Group stage

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Sweden – UEFA Euro 2012 – Group stage

1. Isaksson 2. Lustig 3. Mellberg 4. Granqvist 5. M. Olsson 6. Elm 7. Larsson 8. Svensson 9. Källström 10. Ibrahimović (c) 11. Elmander 12. Wiland 13. J. Olsson 14. Hysén 15. Antonsson 16. Wernbloom 17. Safari 18. Holmén 19. Bajrami 20. Toivonen 21. Wilhelmsson 22. Rosenberg 23. Hansson Manager:   Erik Hamrén

Sweden – UEFA Euro 2016 – Group stage

1. Isaksson 2. Lustig 3. Johansson 4. Granqvist 5. Olsson 6. Forsberg 7. Larsson 8. Ekdal 9. Källström 10. Ibrahimović 11. Berg 12. Olsen 13. Jansson 14. Lindelöf 15. Hiljemark 16. Wernbloom 17. Augustinsson 18. Lewicki 19. Kujović 20. Guidetti 21. Durmaz 22. Zengin 23. Carlgren Manager:   Erik Hamrén

Sweden – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Quarter-finals

1. Olsen 2. Lustig 3. Lindelöf 4. Granqvist (c) 5. Olsson 6. Augustinsson 7. Larsson 8. Ekdal 9. Berg 10. Forsberg 11. Guidetti 12. Johnsson 13. Svensson 14. Helander 15. Hiljemark 16. Krafth 17. Claesson 18. Jansson 19. Rohdén 20. Toivonen 21. Durmaz 22. Kiese Thelin 23. Nordfeldt Manager:   Janne Andersson

Sweden – UEFA Euro 2020 – Round of 16

1. Olsen 2. Lustig 3. Lindelöf 4. Granqvist (c) 5. Bengtsson 6. Augustinsson 7. S. Larsson 8. Ekdal 9. Berg 10. Forsberg 11. Isak 12. Johnsson 13. Svensson 14. Helander 15. Sema 16. Krafth 17. Claesson 18. Jansson 19. Svanberg 20. Olsson 21. Kulusevski 22. Quaison 23. Nordfeldt 24. Danielson 25. J. Larsson 26. Cajuste Manager:   Janne Andersson