Stephan Andersen

{{Short description|Danish footballer (born 1981)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Stephan Andersen | image = Stephan Andersen (cropped).JPG | caption = In training with Evian. | fullname = Stephan Maigaard Andersen | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|11|26}} | birth_place = Copenhagen, Denmark | height = 1.88 m<ref>{{Cite web | title = Stephan Andersen | publisher = F.C. København | access-date = 17 August 2018 | url = https://www.fck.dk/en/player/stephan-andersen}}</ref> | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Brøndby | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Hvidovre | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Goalkeeper | years1 = 2000–2002 |clubs1 = Hvidovre |caps1 = 45 |goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2002–2004 |clubs2 = AB |caps2 = 62 |goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2004–2007 |clubs3 = Charlton Athletic |caps3 = 17 |goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2007–2011 |clubs4 = Brøndby |caps4 = 137 |goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2011–2013 |clubs5 = Évian |caps5 = 35 |goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2013–2014 |clubs6 = Betis |caps6 = 7 |goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2014 |clubs7 = → Go Ahead Eagles (loan) |caps7 = 13 |goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2014–2021 |clubs8 = Copenhagen |caps8 = 72 |goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2021–2023 |clubs9 = VB 1968 |caps9 = 0 |goals9 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2002 | nationalteam1 = Denmark U20 | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2001–2003 | nationalteam2 = Denmark U-21 | nationalcaps2 = 21 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2004–2015 | nationalteam3 = Denmark | nationalcaps3 = 30 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | club-update = 15:55, 12 September 2021 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = }}

'''Stephan Maigaard Andersen''' (born 26 November 1981) is a Danish former professional football player, who played as a goalkeeper. He was a full international for the Denmark national team and was chosen to represent his country at UEFA Euro 2004, the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012.

==Club career==

===Early years=== Starting his career at the youth teams of Hvidovre IF, he moved youth setup of multiple Danish champions Brøndby IF. When he was no longer seen as a long-term prospect for the Brøndby goalkeeping position, he left Brøndby in the winter 1999, to rejoin Hvidovre. Andersen made his senior debut for Hvidovre IF in the lower league Danish 1st Division, and was recognized as a big talent.

===AB=== In March 2002, Hvidovre owner, and professional goalkeeper, Peter Schmeichel chose to end his engagement in the club. Hvidovre actively sought to off-load Andersen, one of two professional players in the squad. He was initially wanted by a number of clubs in English football, including Schmeichel's club Aston Villa and Sunderland, the club of Danish international goalkeeper Thomas Sørensen. Sunderland opted to buy Norwegian international goalkeeper Thomas Myhre instead, and no other foreign offers materialized. Andersen moved to Akademisk Boldklub (AB) in the top-flight Danish Superliga championship in August 2002.

===Charlton Athletic=== He moved abroad to join English club Charlton Athletic in a DKK 8 million transfer deal in June 2004.<ref name="brondbyswitch">Charlton Athletic (29 November 2006). [http://www.cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=30022 "Andersen set for Brondby switch"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916023239/http://www.cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=30022 |date=16 September 2009 }} cafc.co.uk (accessed 29 November 2006)</ref> In his first season with the London club, he only made two first team appearances. Due to an injury sustained by first choice goalkeeper Dean Kiely, Andersen started the 2005–06 season in the team. Charlton's poor mid-season form saw him dropped in favour of Kiely at first, then Thomas Myhre, who established himself as first choice as Charlton turned their season around. Andersen was reinstated into the lineup for the last two games of the season, when Myhre suffered an injury. In the 2006 summer transfer window, Andersen looked ready to join Leeds United on a season-long loan deal,<ref name=BBC1>BBC.co.uk (31 August 2006). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leeds_united/5304288.stm "Andersen makes Leeds loan switch"] bbc.co.uk (accessed 1 September 2006)</ref> but as Charlton insisted on a clause to allow the club to recall Andersen at any time during the season, the transfer fell through at the last moment.<ref name=SKYSP1>Sky Sports (1 September 2006). [http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=413557&CPID=10&clid=2&lid=4&title=Leeds+loan+collapses "Leeds loan collapses"]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} SkySports.com (accessed 1 September 2006)</ref> In the first half of the 2006–07 season, he saw the loaned-in Scott Carson become Charlton's starting goalkeeper.

===Brøndby IF=== In November 2006, Andersen signed a transfer deal to move back to Denmark to play for Superliga side Brøndby IF at the start of the January 2007 transfer window.<ref name="brondbyswitch"/> He made some errors in his first time at the club, dropping against Odense Boldklub<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/fodbold/udenlandsk_fodbold/international_fodbold/article4462612.ece|title=Kaptajnen reddede Stephan Andersen|first=Rådhuspladsen 37 1785 København V. Telefon: 33111313|last=Fax: 33141000|website=ekstrabladet.dk}}</ref> and Viborg FF,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avisen.dk/broendby-vandt-trods-drop_72735.aspx|title=Brøndby vandt trods drop|website=www.avisen.dk}}</ref> but was kept in the starting line-up and eventually upped his game. He helped Brøndby win the 2008 Danish Cup,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haslund.info/danmark/pt/200708/fina.asp |title=www.haslund.info - Pokalturneringen 2007/2008 - Finale |access-date=15 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403052951/http://www.haslund.info/danmark/pt/200708/fina.asp |archive-date=3 April 2009}}</ref> and was named 2008 Danish ''Goalkeeper of the Year''.

===Later career=== thumb|Andersen (right) training at Évian, 2012. In August 2011 he joined former teammate Daniel Wass at Évian in the French Ligue 1 for a fee of DKK 2 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tv3sport.dk/sport/fodbold/nyheder|title=TV3 SPORT »|website=TV3 SPORT}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://brondby.com/nyhed/2011/08/16/broendby-if-saelger-stephan-andersen|title=Brøndby IF sælger Stephan Andersen - Brøndby IF|website=brondby.com}}</ref> In the summer of 2013 he signed a two-year contract with Real Betis of the Spanish La Liga. He was sent on loan to Dutch Eredivisie side Go Ahead Eagles on 30 January 2014 for the remainder of the 2013–14 season. On 19 May 2014, it was announced he would return to Denmark on a permanent deal, signing a three-year contract with Superliga side FC Copenhagen, the main rivals of his previous club Brøndby.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/superliga/officielt-stephan-andersen-til-fc-koebenhavn|title=Officielt: Stephan Andersen til FC København|website=Tipsbladet.dk}}</ref> On 17 June 2021, Copenhagen confirmed that he had left the club.<ref>[https://www.fck.dk/nyhed/stephan-andersen-stopper-i-fc-koebenhavn STEPHAN ANDERSEN STOPPER I F.C. KØBENHAVN], fck.dk, 17 June 2021</ref> {{clear}}

On 12 September 2021, Andersen joined Danish amateur club VB 1968.<ref>[https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/vb-1968-snupper-39-aarige-stephan-andersen/ VB 1968 snupper 39-årige Stephan Andersen], bold.dk, 10 September 2021</ref>

==International career== [[File:NED-DEN Euro 2012 (22).jpg|thumb|left|Andersen with Wesley Sneijder of the Netherlands at Euro 2012. He kept a clean sheet as Denmark won 1-0.]] Andersen was called up for the Denmark under-21 national team in June 2001, where he immediately displaced the two-years older Rune Pedersen. While at AB, he reached 21 games for the Danish under-21 national team, and was the first goalkeeper to win a Danish talent award, when he was named 2003 Danish ''under-21 Talent of the Year''.

Following strong displays for AB, Andersen made his Danish national team debut against Spain in a March 2004 friendly match. It would be four and a half years before he got his second cap. He was selected as a backup goalkeeper for the Denmark national team for the 2004 European Championship, where Thomas Sørensen was preferred as the starting goalkeeper in every game. While playing for Brøndby, Andersen got his second cap in September 2008, and replaced the injured Thomas Sørensen for three games in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. He was included in the Denmark national team for the 2010 FIFA World Cuptournament. After the injured Thomas Sørensen was ruled out of UEFA Euro 2012, Andersen replaced him as the first-choice goalkeeper for the Danish national team. {{clear}}

==Honours== '''Brøndby IF''' * Danish Cup: 2007–08 * Royal League: 2006-07

'''Copenhagen''' * Danish Superliga: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19 * Danish Cup: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17

'''Individual''' * Danish ''under-21 Talent of the Year'': 2003 * Danish ''Goalkeeper of the Year'': 2008 * Danish Cup Fighter: 2017

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{DBU player|4241}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103222/http://www.brondby.com/player.asp?sid=160&id=33 |date=29 September 2007 |title=Brøndby IF profile {{in lang|da}} }} * {{drdkstat|443032|archive=20070314070030}} * {{Soccerbase}} * {{NFT|1886}} * [https://www.vi.nl/spelers/stephan-maigaard-andersen/profiel Stephan Andersen] at ''Voetbal International'' {{in lang|nl}}

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