Erik Bo Andersen

AaB

Born in Dronningborg near Randers, Erik Bo Andersen started his career at the local amateur team Dronningborg Boldklub. He moved to Aalborg Boldspilklub (AaB) in the top-flight Danish Superliga championship in January 1992 and made his Superliga debut in April 1992. In his first year at AaB, Andersen spent his time in the reserve team improving his technique, before he got his national breakthrough when he scored two goals in a Danish Cup game against BK Frem in March 1993. He soon displayed his goal scoring abilities, which earned him the nickname Red Romario, alluding to Brazilian striker Romario and Andersen's red hair. In the 1994–95 Superliga season, Andersen scored two hat-tricks, and even scored four goals in a 5–0 win against AGF Aarhus. He was league topscorer with 24 goals as AaB won the 1994–95 Superliga championship, the first championship in club history. He played the first half of the 1995–96 Superliga season, scoring 13 goals in 20 games, including another two hat-tricks. In February 1996, Andersen was bought in a transfer deal worth £1.2 million by Rangers in the Scottish Premier Division.

Rangers

At Rangers, Andersen played alongside fellow Dane Brian Laudrup. During his time at Rangers, Andersen's technical shortcomings and awkward playing style earned him the nickname Bambi. His best Rangers moment was when he came on as a substitute and scored twice in the 3–1 victory over arch-rivals Celtic at Ibrox Stadium. It was the goals to…

Andersen was called up for the Denmark national team and made his international debut in an April 1995 match against Macedonia, when he replaced AaB teammate Peter Rasmussen at half time. While at Rangers, he was selected for the Danish squad at the 1996 European Championship. He played in the last third game of the group stage matches, where Denmark won 3–0 against Turkey. In this game Andersen performed very well as he provided two assists to teammate Brian Laudrup. This was his last national team game. Erik Bo Andersen played a total six national team games but did not score any goals. While at Odense BK, Andersen was once more in the periphery of the national team for a short period of time, as he played four games for the Danish league national football team, a selection of the best Danish Superliga players in January 1998.

At his retirement, Andersen moved back to coach his childhood club Dronningborg Boldklub in the lower leagues of Danish football. In the 2005 Danish municipality elections, Andersen was a candidate for the Danish Liberal Party in the Randers municipality. He received 217 personal votes, and was elected for the Randers municipality council by a margin of 13 votes. He started the developing company EBA Invest, and invested in a real estate development project near Dronningborg. In 2004, Andersen staked all his football earnings in buying a field outside Randers, which he developed into a fully working residential area, before selling it off in 65 building plots.

AaB

Danish Superliga: 1995 Rangers

Scottish Premier Division: 1995–96 and 1996–97 Scottish Cup: 1995–96 Odd Grenland

Norwegian Cup: 2000