Introduction
Martin Sebastian Andersson (born 15 July 1991) is a Swedish footballer who plays for 1. FC Union Berlin as a forward.
Club career
Andersson started out playing youth football for his hometown club Ängelholms FF when he was five. A couple of years later he also simultaneously started playing for Vinslövs IF. This was because his parents had separated and he was living every other week in different locations with each parent so he also had to switch between the two clubs every other week. When he turned 15 he joined the youth team of Helsingborgs IF but only a couple of years later the club discontinued the age group that he was playing for and as he wasn't given a first team contract he had to leave.
He then went back to Ängelholm where he, as a seventeen-year-old, was put straight into the club's U21 team.After making his first-team debut in 2010, Andersson's first highly successful season was the 2011 Superettan, in which he was one of the top ten goalscorers in the second tier of the Swedish football league system. Due to his success he was signed by Allsvenskan club Kalmar FF after the season.
On 1 August 2014, Andersson joined Djurgården. He made 39 competitive appearances and scored 16 goals for the Stockholm team before being sold to IFK Norrköping in 2016.
On 31 August 2017, the last day of the 2017 summer transfer window, Andersson signed a three-year contract with 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
In June 2018, following Kaiserslautern's relegation, 1. FC Union Berlin announced Andersson would join the club on a free transfer for the 2018–19 season having agreed a two-year contract.
International career
Andersson made his only appearance for the national under-21 team on 15 November 2011 in a game against Malta. He made his senior debut in January 2017 in a friendly game against the Ivory Coast. He scored his first two goals for Sweden four days later, in a 6–0 thrashing of Slovakia.
Andersson scored his first competitive international goal in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying game against the Faroe Islands national football team which Sweden won 3-0.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played on 01 March 2020.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ängelholms FF | 2010 | Superettan | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 5 | ||
| 2011 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 31 | 15 | |||
| Total | 50 | 17 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 54 | 20 | |||
| Kalmar FF | 2012 | Allsvenskan | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 32 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 18 | 2 | ||||
| 2014 | 12 | 2 | — | — | — | 12 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 52 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | — | 62 | 8 | |||
| Djurgårdens IF | 2014 | Allsvenskan | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 14 | 7 | ||
| 2015 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 23 | 9 | ||||
| 2016 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 35 | 13 | 5 | 5 | — | — | 40 | 18 | ||||
| IFK Norrköping | 2016 | Allsvenskan | 30 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | 33 | 17 | |
| 2017 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | 31 | 11 | |||
| Total | 51 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | — | 64 | 28 | |||
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2017–18 | 2. Bundesliga | 29 | 12 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 12 | ||
| Total | 29 | 12 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 12 | ||||
| Union Berlin | 2018–19 | 2. Bundesliga | 34 | 12 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 36 | 13 | ||
| 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 24 | 10 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 26 | 11 | |||
| Total | 58 | 22 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 62 | 24 | ||||
| Career total | 275 | 87 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 304 | 108 | ||
International
- As of match played on 18 November 2019.
| Sweden | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 |
| Total | 9 | 3 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 12 January 2017 | Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |  Slovakia |
3–0 | 6–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 4–0 | |||||
| 3. | 18 November 2019 | Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden |  Faroe Islands |
1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |