Andreas Drugge

Andreas Drugge (born 20 January 1983) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Sportsklubben Stag as a forward.

Andreas Drugge
Personal information
Full name Andreas Drugge
Date of birth (1983-01-20) 20 January 1983
Place of birth Borås, Sweden
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Forward
Club information
Current team
 IF Fram
Youth career
Brämhults IK
Mariedals IK
IF Elfsborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2005 IF Elfsborg 61 (6)
2003 → Falkenbergs FF (loan) 7 (0)
2005 → FK Tønsberg (loan) 16 (4)
2006–2007 Degerfors IF 57 (19)
2008–2010 Trelleborgs FF 84 (20)
2011 IFK Göteborg 23 (1)
2012–2013 BK Häcken 14 (1)
2013–2014 GAIS 49 (12)
2015–2017 IF Fram
2017– Sportsklubben Stag
National team
2000 Sweden U18 11 (2)
2001 Sweden U19 4 (1)
2002 Sweden U21 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

Drugge is married to Charlotte Hysén, daughter of the former captain of Liverpool FC Glenn Hysén and sister to Tobias Hysén.

Career

Drugge was recruited by IF Elfsborg 1999. Already at the age of 17 he made his debut in the club's senior team . Andreas was considered out of many to be a Swedish football 's greatest talents . In IF Elfsborg he played with players like Anders Svensson, Samuel Holmén, Johan Wiland and Fredrik Berglund.

In 2006 was he transferred by Degerfors IF, where he was trained out by the United States ladiescoach Tony Gustafsson.[1]

2008 Trelleborg FF signed him and it was here that his career took off. Trelleborg changed his position, let him play like a No. 10 and during those three seasons Andreas were noted for 20 goals and 14 assists.[2]

2011 one of the biggest team in the Swedish history, IFK Göteborg, transferred Andreas and he signed a three years contract with them.[3]

The Gothenburg club BK Häcken decided to buy Andreas for the season 2012. In this club Andreas played along with the striker Waris Majeed and had a brilliant collaboration.[4]

During this period they chose to give Andreas a more defensive responsibility and used him as a playmaker. Nevertheless, he managed to record 12 points in the season 2013.[5][6]

Ahead of the 2015 season, he moved to Norway to work a job outside of sports, and to play for third-tier team IF Fram Larvik. After a few seasons with Fram, Drugge returned to Sweden after suffering with severe homesickness.[7]

References
  1. Emil Karlsson (2005-12-12). "Andreas Drugge till Degerfors". DN.SE. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  2. "Andreas Drugge klar för Trelleborg - Degerfors IF - Superettan". SvenskaFans.com. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  3. "IFK Göteborg". Ifkgoteborg.se. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  4. "Häcken värvar Andreas Drugge från Blåvitt | Häcken | Allsvenskan | Sverige | Fotboll | Sportbladet | Aftonbladet". Aftonbladet.se. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  5. "Officiellt: Andreas Drugge klar för GAIS". Fotbolltransfers. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. Skogheim, Torgrim (19 December 2014). "- Beste signering vi har gjort". Østlands-Posten (in Norwegian).
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