Daniel Andersson

Early career

Andersson played for Bjärreds as a youngster, but joined Malmö in 1994. He gradually became a star in the Swedish league, and was bought by Italian Serie A outfit Bari.

Bari

Andersson enjoyed big personal success at Bari, being named captain as a foreigner at only 23 years, in his third year. This attracted the interest of Juventus and Fiorentina amongst other clubs, with both clubs putting bids on the table. Andersson was also on his way to Fiorentina, but due to their financial problems the transfer was cancelled in the last minute.

Venezia and loans to Chievo and Ancona

Instead he transferred to Venezia for a fee of 6 million euro, where he had an average season. After that he had short loan stints with Chievo and Ancona. In 2004, he returned to Malmö together with former teammate Yksel Osmanovski.

Return to Malmö

Daniel Andersson returned to Malmö the same year as his brother, Patrik Andersson, who was captain of the team at the time. The return of both Andersson brothers was a contributing factor to the club winning the league the same year. When Patrik retired due to injury problems in 2005, Daniel took over the captaincy and held it until his retirement. After having played as centre midfielder for the majority of his career, he took the position as centre back from the start of the 2010 season, where he enjoyed great success, consistently being one of the best players in Malmö that year. With this change, he became…

Youth

Andersson represented the Sweden U17, U19, and U21 teams between 1993 and 1998 and was part of the Sweden squad that reached the quarter-finals at the 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Senior

Andersson was capped 74 times for Sweden between 1997 and 2009. He was a squad member for Euro 2000, Euro 2008, and the 2002 and 2006 World Cup finals. At Euro 2000, he was a regular starter in Sweden's line-up. As a result of Tobias Linderoth getting injured, he was once again a regular starter at Euro 2008, although the team did not make it into the knockout stages of the competition. Andersson retired from the national team after the unsuccessful campaign to qualify for the 2010 World Cup, in order to devote his energies to Malmö FF.

Andersson was appointed as one of three new assistant managers at Malmö, along with Jörgen Pettersson and Simon Hollyhead, on 29 October 2011. His focus was primarily on the defensive side of training at first and helping former manager Rikard Norling pick the starting eleven. On 14 May 2018, Andersson took over as the caretaker manager at Malmö, following the sacking of Magnus Pehrsson; the club was in tenth place in the league after nine rounds.

On 9 January 2014, Andersson assumed the role of sporting director at Malmö, taking over the position from Per Ågren, who stepped down.