Bo Janne Andreas Jakobsson (; born 6 October 1972) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender and defensive midfielder. Starting off his professional career with Landskrona BoIS in 1990, he went on to also represent Helsingborgs IF, Hansa Rostock, Brøndby IF, and

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before retiring at Helsingborg in 2007. He played 36 international matches for the Sweden national team, and was a squad player at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2004.

Club career

Born in Lund and raised in Teckomatorp, Jakobsson started his senior career as a central defender for nearby club Landskrona BoIS in 1990. He helped Landskrona win promotion for the top-flight Swedish Allsvenskan championship in 1993. Landskrona were relegated again following the 1994 Allsvenskan season, and Jakobsson moved on to Allsvenskan club Helsingborgs IF. He instantly commanded a place in Helsingborg's starting line-up, and made his debut in the Sweden national team in February 1996. Together with Ola Nilsson, he formed the strongest central defence in Allsvenskan for several years and in

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, HIF was finally able to win Allsvenskan after 58 years of waiting. Without the solid defence controlled by Jakobsson, many doubt it would have been possible. After winning the 1999 Allsvenskan championship with HIF, he moved abroad to play for Hansa Rostock in the

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in the summer 2000. He played three seasons at Rostock, missing only three of 102 league games for the club. In July 2003, Jakobsson left Rostock to play for Brøndby IF in the

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. He played five games in the 2004–05 Superliga, which Brøndby would go on to win, before moving to English club Southampton F.C. in the

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, scoring twice against Crystal Palace and Middlesbrough. At the end of the season, Southampton were relegated, and Jakobsson returned to play for Helsingborgs IF. After the 2007 season, he retired from professional football.

International career

Jakobsson was called up for the Swedish squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and played full-time in all four games for Sweden, replacing the injured captain Patrik Andersson. He was selected to represent Sweden at the 2004 European Championship, and played full-time in the tournament, as Sweden reached the quarter-finals. He was a designated penalty taker in the penalty shoot out against the Netherlands, but refused to take his penalty. Instead, Olof Mellberg took a penalty which Dutch keeper Edwin van der Sar saved and Sweden were consequently eliminated. Jakobsson announced his retirement from international football after the tournament.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jakobsson goal''.

Honours

Landskrona BoIS * Division 1 Södra: 1993 Helsingborgs IF * Allsvenskan:

* Svenska Cupen: 1997–98, 2006 Brøndby IF *

: 2004–05

References

External links

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Profile
from the Swedish Football Association
Interview
from Sportbladet * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jakobsson, Andreas Living people 1972 births Men's association football defenders 2002 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2004 players Allsvenskan players Landskrona BoIS players Brøndby IF players Danish Superliga players Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Germany FC Hansa Rostock players Bundesliga players Helsingborgs IF players Premier League players Southampton F.C. players Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers Swedish expatriate men's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England Footballers from Lund