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Anders Gunnar Svensson ((:ˈandɛʂ ˈsvɛnsɔn); born 17 July 1976 in Gothenburg) is a former Swedish footballer. He is a playmaker and a central midfielder, well known for his passing and set piece abilities. He was capped 148 times for the Swedish national football team and has been the captain of the Swedish national football team, before he retired from international football in 2013. He is the most capped male player for Sweden after passing Thomas Ravelli's previous record of 143 caps. Svensson is a dead ball expert and is known for free-kick skills, as he has scored some incredible goals through free kicks. He has always been a leader on the pitch and thus was also given the captain's badge for the Swedish National Team, Southampton as well as Elfsborg. He has played very important roles in the 2002 World Cup and the 2006 World Cup in which he proved his leadership skills thus being promoted as the captain of the Swedish National Team in 2009. He has always been known for his loyalty towards his Clubs, thus in-spite of having offers from several big clubs Svensson never left his Clubs and his stats prove the same. After Svensson left the club in 2005 in the mid-season, the Club was relegated from the Premier League. He is the 5th most capped player in Europe after Iker Casillas, Lothar Matthäus, Vitālijs Astafjevs, Martin Reim and Gianluigi Buffon. Anders has also represented the Swedish national football team for consecutive 3 Euro Cups in the UEFA Euro 2004, UEFA Euro 2008 and UEFA Euro 2012. ==Early years== Svensson was born on 17 July 1976, in Gothenburg to parents Bertil and Gun Svensson. Svensson has three brothers, the oldest one Thomas, Kristoffer and the youngest one Marcus. His father Bertil was his coach at Guldhedens IK.〔(Vännerna berättar sagan om Anders Svenssons väg mot toppen )〕 He grew up watching English football on television and when he finally played the game, he was compared with one of best talents of English football David Beckham. In 1980, Svensson played for Guldhedens IK where he played for ten years.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anders Svensson (footballer, born 1976)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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