Andreas Granqvist

Andreas Granqvist (Swedish pronunciation: [anˈdrêːas ˈgrɑ̂ːnkvɪst]; born 16 April 1985) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a centre-back for Helsingborgs IF and captains the Sweden national football team.[2]

Andreas Granqvist
Andreas Granqvist with Team Sweden against Team Switzerland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia in July that year
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-04-16) 16 April 1985
Place of birth Påarp, Sweden
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Helsingborgs IF
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Helsingborgs IF 51 (1)
2007 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 0 (0)
2007–2008 Wigan Athletic 14 (0)
2008 → Helsingborgs IF (loan) 11 (1)
2008–2011 Groningen 106 (21)
2011–2013 Genoa 63 (2)
2013–2018 Krasnodar 134 (3)
2018– Helsingborgs IF 38 (2)
National team‡
2004–2006 Sweden U21 26 (0)
2006–2019 Sweden 88 (9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2019

He was awarded Guldbollen (the Golden Ball), given to the Swedish player of the year, in 2017.[3]

Club career

Born in Påarp, Granqvist started his career with his local club, Påarps GIF. He later transferred to Helsingborgs IF and he made his debut in Allsvenskan, 2004. Two years later he was team captain, when the club won its third Swedish Cup title, beating Gefle with 2–0. The victorious Helsingborg side also contained Swedish internationals Henrik Larsson and Andreas Jakobsson as well as former Hibernian goalkeeper Daniel Andersson.

In January 2007, he completed a loan move to Wigan Athletic with a view to a permanent deal in the summer.[4] On 19 June 2007, he signed a two-year deal with Wigan,[5] for a fee reported to be around £750,000. On 12 March 2008, he returned to Helsingborg on a loan deal until the end of the English season in June.[6]

On 9 July 2008, Granqvist signed a four-year contract with Dutch club, Groningen,[7] with Wigan receiving a fee of around £600,000. On 13 September 2008, he scored after a 65-metre solo run,[8] a remarkable feat, which he again managed to accomplish in the last match of the regular season on 10 May 2009.[9]

On 15 June 2011, Groningen sold Granqvist to Genoa for €2 million. The Swedish international has signed a four-year contract with the Italian club.[10][11]

Granqvist lining up for Krasnodar in 2014

On 16 August 2013, Granqvist moved from Genoa to Russian Premier League side Krasnodar.[12]

On 28 January 2018, it was announced that Granqvist would return to Helsingborgs IF after the World Cup. He would join the club on a 3.5-year player contract that would be followed by a three-year term as the director of sports for the club.[2] He officially played his farewell game for Krasnodar on 13 May 2018.[13]

International career

Granqvist has played for the Swedish national team, and, in May 2008, he was included in Sweden's 23-man squad for UEFA Euro 2008. However, he was an unused substitute in all three of Sweden's games. In 2011, played in the finals of Cyprus International Football Tournaments, but Sweden lost to Ukraine.[14] On 6 July 2016 Granqvist was appointed captain of Sweden by the new manager Janne Andersson. Granqvist succeeded Zlatan Ibrahimović after the latter's retirement from the national team following UEFA Euro 2016.

In May 2018 he was named in the 23-man Sweden squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[15] He captained the team for their opening World Cup fixture against South Korea on 18 June 2018. Over the course of the match he provided several long balls over the top which posed a threat to the South Korean defenders. In the 65th minute he scored the only goal of the game, calmly slotting home from the penalty spot. He was given the Player of the match award.[16] Nine days later he scored another penalty, the second goal in a 3–0 win over Mexico which meant Sweden qualified for the next round and topped the group.[17] Overall, Granqvist played a full 90 minutes in all games for Sweden in the tournament as they were eliminated by England in the quarter final.[18]

Personal life

Granqvist goes by the nickname "Granen" (IPA: [ˈɡrɑ̌ːnɛn]; Swedish for '"the spruce"'), originating from his last name which means "spruce twig".

Granqvist became a father for a second time after his wife Sofie gave birth in Helsingborg on 6 July 2018, while he was with the Sweden team at the World Cup in Russia.[19]

Career statistics

Club
As of 8 December 2020[20]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Helsingborgs IF 2005 Allsvenskan 26100—261
2006 Allsvenskan 25000—250
Total 51100—511
Wigan Athletic (loan) 2006–07 Premier League 0010—10
Wigan Athletic 2007–08 Premier League 1402[lower-alpha 1]0—160
Helsingborgs IF (loan) 2008 Allsvenskan 11100—111
Groningen 2008–09 Eredivisie 36411—375
2009–10 Eredivisie 34621—367
2010–11 Eredivisie 361141—4012
Total 1062173—11324
Genoa 2011–12 Serie A 28120—301
2012–13 Serie A 35110—361
Total 63230—662
Krasnodar 2013–14 Russian Premier League 20130—231
2014–15 Russian Premier League 270209[lower-alpha 2]1381
2015–16 Russian Premier League 2913112[lower-alpha 2]1443
2016–17 Russian Premier League 2902012[lower-alpha 2]0430
2017–18 Russian Premier League 291004[lower-alpha 2]1332
Total 13431013731818
Helsingborgs IF 2018 Superettan 15200—152
2019 Allsvenskan 22 0 0 0 — 22 0
2020 Allsvenskan 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Total 38 2 0 0 0 0 38 2
Total 4173023437347337
  1. One appearance in FA Cup, one appearance in EFL Cup
  2. All appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International
As of 15 November 2019[21]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden
200610
200710
200820
200910
201042
201160
2012120
201350
201480
201580
2016121
201793
2018123
201970
Total889

International goals
As of 17 November 2018. Sweden score listed first, score column indicates score after each Granqvist goal.[22]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 7 September 2010Swedbank Stadion, Malmö, Sweden7 San Marino4–06–0UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
2 12 October 2010Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands8 Netherlands1–41–4
3 24 March 2016New Antalya Stadium, Antalya, Turkey49 Turkey1–11–2Friendly
4 3 September 2017Borisov Arena, Barysaw, Belarus65 Belarus4–04–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 7 October 2017Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden66 Luxembourg1–08–0
6 6–0
7 18 June 2018Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia73 South Korea1–01–02018 FIFA World Cup
8 27 June 2018Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg, Russia75 Mexico2–03–0
9 17 November 2018Konya Büyükşehir Stadium, Konya, Turkey80 Turkey1–01–02018–19 UEFA Nations League B

Honours

Club

Helsingborgs IF

Individual

References
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  2. "ANDREAS GRANQVIST RETURNS TO HIF" (in Swedish). Helsingborgs IF. 28 January 2018.
  3. "Guldbollen 2017 till Andreas Granqvist" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  4. "Granqvist signs for Wigan on loan". BBC Sport. 28 December 2006. Retrieved 1 April 2007.
  5. "Wigan clinch deal for Granqvist". BBC Sport. 19 June 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2007.
  6. "Granqvist makes Helsingborg move". BBC Sport. 12 March 2008. Retrieved 12 March 2008.
  7. "Granqvist joins Groningen". Sky Sports. 9 July 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
  8. "Andreas Granqvist FC Groningen vs Fc Utrecht 14-08-08". Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  9. "SUPER GOAL Andreas Granqvist (fc groningen-nac)". Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  10. "Granqvist signs for Genoa". ESPN FC. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  11. McKnight, Gareth (15 June 2011). "Genoa confirm signing of Groningen's Andreas Granqvist". Goal. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  12. «Краснодар» согласовал трансфер Андреаса Гранквиста (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 16 August 2013. Archived from the original on 23 September 2013.
  13. ""КРАСНОДАР" ТОРЖЕСТВЕННО ПРОВОДИЛ ГРАНКВИСТА И ЖОАОЗИНЬО" (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 13 May 2018.
  14. https://www.flashscore.co.uk/match/UyNqDoUI/#lineups;1
  15. Revealed:Every World Cup squad
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