Andreas Augustsson

Hailing from Häljarp, Augustsson played for Häljarps IF before he joined Malmö FF's youth squad. He transferred to rivaling club Helsingborg IF in 1992, where he was included in the first-team squad without playing any matches. He moved to Twente in 1995, where he failed to make a break-through in the first team, and played only three league-matches during his time in the Netherlands. Augustsson moved back to Scandinavia in 1998 and joined Norwegian First Division side Raufoss. He was brought to the Tippeligaen side Vålerenga ahead of the 2000 season, as one of Tom Nordlie's first signings. After Vålerenga's relegation from Tippeligaen, he was playing regularly when the team won promotion back to Tippeligaen in 2001. Because of injuries, he only made one appearance in the 2002 season. The defender returned to the second tier in 2003, when he signed a contract with Sandefjord. The club narrowly missed out on promotion to the Tippeligaen several times during Augustsson spell at the club. In a match against one of Sandefjord's challengers for promotion in 2004, Aalesund, Augustsson got a red card, towards the end of the first half, for biting the opponent goalkeeper Kim Deinoff in the arm. Augustsson said after the match that he was stuck underneath a few players and was struck by panic, but the next day he apologized to Deinoff. Despite playing half the match with ten players, Sandefjord won 2–0. Sandefjord won promotion to Tippeligaen for the first time in history in 2005,…

Augustsson comes from a family of footballers, and his father, former footballer Bo Augustsson was assistant coach and player developer in Sandefjord during Andreas' spell at the club. In 2005, his brother Jakob also joined the club. Their third brother, Johan is also a footballer. Bo's brother Jörgen was a part of the Sweden national team for the 1974 World Cup. Andreas' cousins Jimmie and Christian are also footballers.