Andreas Vindheim

Andreas Aalen Vindheim (born 4 August 1995) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Sparta Prague. He has represented Norway at youth international level.

Andreas Vindheim
Vindheim with Malmö FF in 2018
Personal information
Full name Andreas Aalen Vindheim
Date of birth (1995-08-04) 4 August 1995
Place of birth Bergen, Norway
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
Sparta Prague
Number 32
Youth career
2009–2013 Brann
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Brann 22 (2)
2015–2019 Malmö FF 55 (2)
2019– Sparta Prague 35 (3)
National team
2014 Norway U19 3 (0)
2014–2015 Norway U21 7 (0)
2020– Norway 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2020

Club career

Brann

Vindheim was born in Bergen,[2] He started his career at local club Brann and made cup appearances in 2012 and 2013. Vindheim made his league debut for Brann on 4 May 2014 against Start, the game ended 1–1. In total he played 22 league matches for the 2014 season when Brann was relegated from Tippeligaen.

Malmö FF

On 11 March 2015, Vindheim signed a four-year contract with Swedish champions Malmö FF.[3] He became the third Norwegian player to sign for the club during the 2015 pre-season. In his first three seasons he acted mainly as a back-up for Anton Tinnerholm but when he left after the 2017 season he started to become a regular in the first team. When new manager Uwe Rösler took over Malmö changed to a 3-5-2 formation and Vindheim began playing as a right wing-back.

He played all 10 games in Malmö FF's 2018–19 Europa League campaign and scored the first goal in a 2–0 win against Besiktas in the group stage.

Sparta Prague

On 21 May 2019, Vindheim signed for AC Sparta Prague for a reported fee of €1.2 million.

Personal life

Andreas Vindheim is the son of former Brann, Sogndal and Burnley midfielder Rune Vindheim.[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 January 2021[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brann 2012 Tippeligaen 0010-10
2013 0010-10
2014 22241-263
Total 22261--283
Malmö 2015 Allsvenskan 1000010110
2016 6000-60
2017 19110-201
2018 10140111252
2019 1001020130
Total 55260141753
Sparta Prague 2019–20 Fortuna liga 21240-252
2020–21 1310050181
Total 3434050433
Career total 11171611911469

Honours

Malmö FF

References

  1. "Andreas Vindheim". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  2. "Andreas Vindheim". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  3. "Välkommen, Andreas Vindheim". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 11 March 2015. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  4. "Pappa Vindheim: -Han må være egoistisk" (in Norwegian). Bergensavisen. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  5. "Andreas Vindheim". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
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