Andreas Isaksson

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Andreas Isaksson
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Isaksson playing for Kasımpaşa in 2014
Personal information
Full name Andreas Isaksson
Date of birth (1981-10-03) 3 October 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Smygehamn, Sweden
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Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Kasımpaşa
Number 15
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999 Trelleborg 11 (0)
1999–2001 Juventus 0 (0)
2001–2004 Djurgården 75 (0)
2004–2006 Rennes 62 (0)
2006–2008 Manchester City 19 (0)
2008–2012 PSV Eindhoven 123 (0)
2012– Kasımpaşa 101 (0)
International career‡
1997–1998 Sweden U16 19 (0)
1999 Sweden U18 1 (0)
1999–2003 Sweden U21 23 (0)
2002– Sweden 127 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 November 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2015

Andreas Isaksson (Swedish pronunciation: [anˈdreː.ˈas ˈɪːsak.ˈsɔn]; born 3 October 1981) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Turkish club Kasımpaşa in the Süper Lig.

He began his career at local Trelleborgs FF, before briefly representing Juventus, and returned to Sweden where he won two Allsvenskan titles at Djurgårdens. After two seasons at Stade Rennais, he was signed for £2 million by Manchester City of the Premier League, where he was not a regular. After four seasons in the Eredivisie at PSV Eindhoven, he joined Kasımpaşa on a free transfer in 2014.

Isaksson has earned 125 caps for Sweden from his debut in 2002, putting him third in their most capped players of all time. He was included in the Swedish squads for two World Cups and three UEFA European Championships.

Club career

Early career

Born in Smygehamn, Isaksson started his career with the team Trelleborg, where he played two seasons 1998 and 1999. He became known as a great goalkeeping prospect and was thus bought by Italian club Juventus in July 1999, but with the likes of Dutch international goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar in the squad, Isaksson never played a first-team game for the Turin club.

In January 2001, he signed with Swedish team Djurgården[1] in order to play first-team football. In his first two full seasons, 2002 and 2003, Djurgården won two straight Swedish titles as well as the cup in 2002. He was voted best Swedish goalkeeper for four consecutive years from 2002 to 2005.[2]

In July 2004, French club Rennes signed him to replace Petr Čech, and he became the starting goalkeeper.

Manchester City

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Isaksson in goal for Manchester City in May 2007

After the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Isaksson completed a £2 million move to Manchester City of the Premier League on 15 August 2006. He was expected to replace David James as their first choice keeper, but due to knee and ankle injuries[3] and the form of Nicky Weaver, he did not achieve this. He made his debut on 9 December 2006, when he replaced the injured Weaver at half time in a Manchester derby match which City lost 3–1 to Manchester United.[4] After his second start for City on 14 March 2007, he played all of the remaining ten games of 2006–07, keeping four clean sheets, and saved a penalty kick from Jermain Defoe on the last day of the season, although City nonetheless lost 2–1 to Tottenham Hotspur.[5]

Isaksson played the majority of Manchester City's next pre-season campaign in Sweden and Belgium, but after his thumb was fractured in a training session, he did not play for City in the first two months of 2007–08, picking up a knee injury right afterwards. Isaksson made his first appearance of the season for Manchester City by keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 away win against Bolton Wanderers to put the team into the quarter-finals of the League Cup, on 31 October 2007.[6] In November and December he had a run of five league games in the first team, as part of a rotation used by manager Sven-Göran Eriksson to decide upon his first-choice goalkeeper. However, his run was ended by an injury. While he was out, England U-21 goalkeeper Joe Hart took over in goal and impressed. The youngster kept his place even after Isaksson returned to full fitness and the Swede was once again relegated to the bench.

Manchester City confirmed that they would be willing to sell Isaksson at the end of the season, and his final appearance was in the humiliating 8–1 defeat by Middlesbrough which would have been even worse if not for several excellent saves by Isaksson.[7]

Later career

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Isaksson playing for PSV Eindhoven in 2010

Isaksson signed for Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven, thus enabling him to play in the Champions League.[8] He took over the number 1 shirt from Heurelho Gomes who transferred to Tottenham Hotspur. Isaksson tallied 124 league appearances for PSV before leaving the club in the summer of 2012 when his contract expired.

On 9 July 2012 it was confirmed that Isaksson had left PSV after four seasons to join newly promoted Turkish side Kasımpaşa S.K. on a free transfer.[9] On joining the club, Isaksson signed a three-year deal and became the Turkish side's sixth signing during the summer transfer window.[10]

International career

While at Djurgården, Isaksson established himself as the second-choice goalkeeper after Magnus Hedman for the Swedish national team, making his international debut against Switzerland in March 2002.[11] An injury to Hedman allowed Isaksson the opportunity to play for Sweden on a regular basis, playing in all but one of Sweden's qualifying matches for Euro 2004, and all of Sweden's matches during the tournament.

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Isaksson playing for Sweden at UEFA Euro 2012.

Isaksson has remained the first-choice goalkeeper for his national team since Euro 2004, making three appearances in the 2006 World Cup in Germany. An injury prevented him from playing in more games. By July 2006, he had amassed 42 caps for his country.

Isaksson was selected for Sweden's Euro 2008 squad, and appeared in all three of Sweden's group games. He kept a clean sheet in Sweden's first match against Greece, which ended 2–0,[12] but Sweden were unable to reach the quarterfinals.

Isaksson was also first choice goalkeeper through Sweden's disappointing qualification campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa as well as the qualifying rounds for UEFA Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine. On 29 May 2012, national team manager Erik Hamrén announced his final 23-man squad for the Euros, including the vastly experienced Isaksson.[13] Isaksson again appeared in all three group games as Sweden failed to make it out of group play, although he did keep a clean sheet in their 2–0 victory over France in the final match.[14]

On 12 October 2012, in a World Cup qualifier in Tórshavn, Isaksson earned his 100th international cap while Sweden defeated the Faroe Islands 2–1.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 November 2015[16][17]
Season Club League League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sweden League Svenska Cupen League Cup Europe Total
1999 Trelleborg Allsvenskan 11 0 11 0
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Total
1999–2000 Juventus Serie A 0 0
2000–01 0 0
Sweden League Svenska Cupen League Cup Europe Total
2001 Djurgården Allsvenskan 22 0 1 0 23 0
2002 20 0 5 0 6 0 31 0
2003 26 0 2 0 2 0 30 0
2004 7 0 0 0 7 0
France League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Europe Total
2004–05 Rennes Ligue 1 38 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 42 0
2005–06 24 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 28 0
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
2006–07 Manchester City Premier League 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
2007–08 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
Netherlands League KNVB Cup League Cup Europe Total
2008–09 PSV Eredivisie 33 0 0 0 6 0 39 0
2009–10 34 0 3 0 12 0 49 0
2010–11 34 0 3 0 13 0 50 0
2011–12 22 0 2 0 9 0 31 0
Turkey League Turkish Cup League Cup Europe Total
2012–13 Kasımpaşa Süper Lig 34 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 37 0
2013–14 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0
2014–15 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
2015–16 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Total Sweden 86 0 8 0 0 0 8 0 102 0
Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
France 62 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 70 0
England 19 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 0
Netherlands 123 0 8 0 0 0 40 0 171 0
Turkey 101 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 104 0
Career total 391 0 24 0 2 0 50 0 467 0

Honours

Club

Djurgården
PSV Eindhoven

Country

Sweden

Individual

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