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Andreas Granqvist
Personal information
Date of birth	April 16, 1985 (age 24)
Place of birth	Påarp, Sweden
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 31⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	FC Groningen
Number	7
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 October 2009.; † Appearances (Goals).; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:21, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Andreas Granqvist (born 16 April 1985 in Påarp) is a Swedish football player, currently playing as a defender for FC Groningen.

He started his career as a small kid in Påarps GIF, the local club of his home village Påarp, near Helsingborg. He later transferred to Helsingborgs IF and he made his senior club debut for HIF at 19, in 2004. Two years later, he was the HIF captain when the club won its third Swedish Cup title, beating Gefle with 2-0. The victorious HIF side also contained former Swedish internationals Henrik Larsson and Andreas Jakobsson as well as former Hibs goalkeeper Daniel Andersson.

In January 2007, he completed a loan move to Wigan Athletic with view to a permanent deal in the summer.^[1].

On 19 June 2007, Granqvist signed a two-year deal with Wigan,^[2] for a fee rumoured to be around £750,000. On 12 March 2008, Granqvist returned to HIF on a loan deal stretching till the end of the English season in June.^[3]

On July 9, 2008 Granqvist signed a four year contract with Dutch club, FC Groningen,^[4] with Wigan receiving a fee of around £600,000.

On September 13, 2008, Granqvist scored after a 65 metre solo [1], a remarkable feat, which he again managed to accomplish in the last match of the regular season on May 10, 2009 [2].

Granqvist has played for the Swedish national team, and, in May 2008, he was included in Sweden's 23-men squad for Euro 2008. However, he was an unused substitute in all three of Sweden's games.

[edit] Statistics

Season	Club	Country	Competition	Games	Goals
2004	Helsingborgs IF	Sweden	Allsvenskan	21	0
2005	Helsingborgs IF	Sweden	Allsvenskan	26	1
2006	Helsingborgs IF	Sweden	Allsvenskan	25	0
2006–07	Wigan Athletic	England	Premier League	0	0
2007–08	Wigan Athletic	England	Premier League	14	0
2008	Helsingborgs IF	Sweden	Allsvenskan	11	1
2008–09	FC Groningen	Netherlands	Eredivisie	32	4
Total				111	4
Updated till	22 June 2009