Eiton Andreas Augustsson (born 26 November 1976) is a

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retired

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who played as a defender. He made his professional debut in

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, before he moved to Norway in 2001 where in played for

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, Vålerenga and

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. Augustsson later returned to his native Sweden, where he won the

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football le ...

with

IF Elfsborg Idrottsföreningen Elfsborg, more commonly known as IF Elfsborg or simply Elfsborg (), is a professional football club based in Borås, Sweden, and is affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund. They play in the Allsvenskan and have spe ...

in 2006. After a spell in Danish club AC Horsens, he returned to Elfsborg in 2011. After winning his second Allsvenskan title with Elfsborg in 2012, he joined

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ahead of the 2013 season.

Career

Hailing from Häljarp, Augustsson played for Häljarp IL before he joined

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'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

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

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. Augustsson moved back to

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in 1998 and joined

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side

. He was brought to the

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side Vålerenga ahead of the 2000 season, as one of

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'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

. 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

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, towards the end of the first half, for biting the opponent

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Kim Deinoff Kim Deinoff (born 2 December 1976) is a retired Norwegian footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Aalesund in Eliteserien, and has also played for Skeid, Abildsø, Raufoss, Hødd, Løv-Ham, Manglerud Star and Kongsvinger. Career Born in Osl ...

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

for the first time in history in 2005, after they won 4–2 against promotion-challengers

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in the decisive match. Augustsson scored one of Sandefjord's goals, while his teammate

Andreas Tegström Andreas Ulrik Tegström (born 18 January 1979) is a Swedish football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is currently the head coach of Eliteserien side Sandefjord together with Hans Erik Ødegaard, who he played with at Sandef ...

scored a hat-trick. Augustsson left the club after the season. Ahead of the 2006 season, Augustsson transferred to Swedish club

where he scored a goal in his first match in the

, against

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on 20 April 2006. He established himself as a regular in the team's defense alongside

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, and Augustsson scored a total of three goals in 26 games when the team won the

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. After playing for the club for three seasons, he left Sweden and transferred to the

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side AC Horsens, where he signed a contract lasting until the summer of 2011. Augustsson was the team's captain while playing for Horsens. In October 2010, he expressed a desire to return to Elfsborg, as he had built a new house in

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. Augustsson returned to Sweden and re-joined Elfsborg in January 2011, six months before his contract with Horsens expired. With Jörgen Lennartsson as head coach, Augustsson made 17 appearances when Elfsborg again won the Allsvenskan in 2012. The club did not want to renew Augustsson's contract, which expired after the 2012-season, and he joined the

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side GAIS along with

Joel Johansson Joel Anell (born 16 January 1986, in Halmstad) is a former Swedish footballer who played as a striker. Career Starting his career for Knäreds IK, he moved at the age of 14 to Halmstads BK, he played for the youth team until 2004 and in 2005 he ...

, Mohammed Abdulrahman, Marcus Jakobssen and Hampus Andersson in January 2013. Augustsson signed a two-year contract with the club.

Personal life

Augustsson comes from a family of footballers, and his father, former footballer

Bo Augustsson Bo Augustsson (born on 28 December 1949) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played for Åtvidabergs FF, Den Haag and BoIS. Augustsson grew up in Mala near Hässleholm. As a child, he played football with his brothers on a piec ...

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

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was a part of the Sweden national team for the

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. Andreas' cousins Jimmie and

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are also footballers.

References

External links

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Elite Prospects profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Augustsson, Andreas 1976 births Living people People from Landskrona Municipality Swedish men's footballers Malmö FF players Helsingborgs IF players FC Twente players Raufoss IL players Vålerenga Fotball players Sandefjord Fotball players IF Elfsborg players AC Horsens players GAIS players Eredivisie players Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players Allsvenskan players Danish Superliga players Superettan players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Men's association football defenders Footballers from Skåne County