Daniel Lennart Andersson, (born 18 December 1972) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Andersson played for clubs including

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, AIK,

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and Hibernian in Scotland. When playing in Scotland for Hibernian Andersson helped them reach the

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, which they lost 2–0 to Livingston. In the semi-final against

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he saved a

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penalty in normal time and then saved two further penalties in the

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, from

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and

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. After retiring in 2015, Andersson came out of retirement - at the age of 45 - when he signed a short-term contract for the rest of the season with

on 28 September 2018, after first-choice goalkeeper,

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, got injured for the rest of the season.

International career

Andersson was capped once by the Sweden national team, in 2001.

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