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Andreas Granqvist
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Andreas Granqvist is a Swedish association football player born in Helsingborg on April 16, 1985. He plays as a centre-back and wears the number 6 shirt. Granqvist has represented Sweden in international competitions, including UEFA Euro 2008, UEFA Euro 2012, UEFA Euro 2016, and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
His club career includes stints with Genoa CFC, FC Groningen, Helsingborgs IF, and Wigan Athletic F.C. He has competed in the Premier League and began his professional work period in 2004. Granqvist received the Guldbollen award. He speaks and writes in Swedish, which is also his native language.
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Key facts
- 2007
- → Wigan Athletic (loan)
- 2008
- → Helsingborgs IF (loan)
- 2026
- Trelleborgs FF
- Full name
- Andreas Granqvist
- Date of birth
- ( 1985-04-16 ) 16 April 1985 (age 41)
- Place of birth
- Påarp , Sweden
- Height
- 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
- Position
- Centre-back
- Current team
- Trelleborgs FF (head coach)
- 0000 1999
- Påarps GIF
- 1999 2003
- Helsingborgs IF
- Years
- Team
- 2004 2007
- Helsingborgs IF
- 2007 2008
- Wigan Athletic
- 2008 2011
- Groningen
- 2011 2013
- Genoa
- 2013 2018
- Krasnodar
- 2018 2021
- Helsingborgs IF
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Helsingborg
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Nationality
- Sweden
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Andreas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Helsingborg
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Native language
- Swedish
- Award
- Guldbollen
- Participant in
- 2018 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Helsingborgs IF
- Position played
- centre-back
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Sweden
- Mass
- 84
- Image
- Krasnodar-CSKA (4).jpg
- Height
- 192
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- Andreas Granqvist
- date of birth
- 1985-04-16
- sport number
- 6
- start of work period
- 2004-00-00
- name in native language
- Andreas Granqvist
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Andreas Granqvist ( Swedish pronunciation: [anˈdrêːas ˈgrɑ̂ːnkvɪst]; born 16 April 1985) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Starting his career with Helsingborgs IF in the mid-2000s, he went on to play for several different clubs in various countries, such as England, the Netherlands, Italy, and Russia before retiring at hometown club Helsingborg in 2021.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Andreas Granqvist” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.