Andreas Isaksson (Swedish pronunciation: [anˈdreːas ˈɪːsaksɔn]; born 3 October 1981, in Trelleborg) is a Swedish football goalkeeper who currently plays for Dutch club PSV and for the Swedish national team.
Isaksson started his career with his hometown team Trelleborg, where he played two seasons 1998 and 1999. He became known as a great goalkeeping prospect and was thus bought by Italian giants Juventus in 1999, but with the likes of Dutch inter...
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Andreas Isaksson (Swedish pronunciation: [anˈdreːas ˈɪːsaksɔn]; born 3 October 1981, in Trelleborg) is a Swedish football goalkeeper who currently plays for Dutch club PSV and for the Swedish national team.
Isaksson started his career with his hometown team Trelleborg, where he played two seasons 1998 and 1999. He became known as a great goalkeeping prospect and was thus bought by Italian giants Juventus in 1999, but with the likes of Dutch international goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar in the squad, Isaksson never played a first-team game for the Turin club.
In 2001, he signed with Swedish team Djurgården in order to play first-team football. In his first two full seasons, 2002 and 2003, Djurgården won two straight Swedish titles as well as the cup in 2002. He was voted best Swedish goalkeeper for four consecutive years from 2002 to 2005.
In July 2004, French club Rennes signed him, where he became the starting goalkeeper. Fellow former Djurgården player Kim Källström also played at the...
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