Erik Andersson

Biography

Erik Valdemar Andersson was born on January 1, 1898 in Göteborg and made his IFK Göteborg debut in the 1917 season, which was also the debut season of team mate Mauritz Sandberg. Andersson was part of IFK Göteborg's youth program before making his debute with the first team, and is as a result of that regarded by the club as a home-grown player. At 22 years, 10 months and 5 days, on November 7, 1920, he took part his first competetive game against Helsingborgs IF in a Svenska serien, div 1 game that ended 0–1. He spent thirteen seasons with the IFK Göteborgs first team, and during his career he played in 283 first team games and scored 13 goals. Out of these 283 first team games, 125 were Allsvenskan games. Since he has competed in more than 200 games, and through his efforts contributed to, and helped shape IFK Göteborgs's proud history, he is regarded as a legend by the club and as a result has had his name engraved on the Kamratstenen located at Kamratgården Training Centre.

Erik Andersson is one of 93 players to compete in 100 or more games for IFK Göteborg in Allsvenskan, and he is number 63 on the list of those who have competed in most Allsvenskan games for IFK Göteborg. In total, Andersson has represented his country at the highest level on 7 occasions. He currently holds the individual club record of Most games against IK Virgo (3). Andersson passed away in 1974, 76 years old.
It's worth noting that the statistics for players who had their debut ahead of the 1920 season is, or could be, incomplete.

266 games and 4 goals in the database