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Patrik "Bjärred" Andersson (born August 18 1971
in Borgeby) is Sweden|Swedish Football
(soccer)|footballer. Both his father, Roy
Andersson (footballer)|Roy Andersoon, as well as
his younger brother, Daniel Andersson, have played
professional football.

As of early 2005, Andersson has made a total of 96
appearances in games for the Sweden national
football team|Swedish national team, scoring three
goals. He won a bronze medal in the Wc|1994.
Andersson also played in the team which reached
the semifinal in the 1992 European Football
Championship|1992 European Championship. He also
played in Ec2|2000 and was a squad member at the
Wc|2002.

Starting his career in the local club, Bjärreds
IF, from which he also got Bjärred|his nickname,
he 1989 moved on to Malmö FF, a team playing in
the top national league. In 1992 he went
professional as he moved to Blackburn Rovers
F.C.|Blackburn Rovers, where he stayed until 1993,
and his next step was to go to Germany and play
for Borussia Mönchengladbach. There he won the
German Cup with the team in 1995, but left the
team as its performance deteriorated, in 1999. The
famous FC Bayern München|Bayern Munich became his
next club. His time with Bayern resulted in two
Bundesliga championships (in the last one he
scored the final and decisive goal) as well as a
German Cup and victory in the UEFA Champions
League|Champions League. Andersson moved to
Spanish giants FC Barcelona in 2001 and spent
three injury-plagued seasons there.

For the 2004 season, Andersson came back to Malmö
FF to play in the Swedish league again after 10
years. He has twice been awarded Guldbollen as the
Swedish footballer of the year, in 1995 and 2001.
After suffering yet another knee injury during a
Champions League qualifier against Swiss team FC
Thun on August 10, 2005, Andersson announced his
retirement from top level soccer on August 12.