Bo Andersson (footballer)

Andersson started his youth career in Rö IK. In the 1994 and 1995 Djurgårdens IF seasons, he was the internal top scorer. He played with SC Braga during the 1995–96 season, before returning to Djurgården again for two seasons. At the age of 29, he had to end his active career in 1997 due to a knee injury. ==Post-playing career==

Same time as he quit his playing career, Andersson started working in the Djurgården organisation. On 13 November 2013, he again became involved in Djurgården as director of sports, replacing acting director Anders Grönhagen. In the beginning of December 2013, Henrik Berggren became acting CEO for the club. At the time of their entry, Djurgården was in bad shape financially and had been saved from bankruptcy by a member loan. In the year of 2013, Djurgården made a loss 27 million SEK compared to an equity of 10 million SEK. During Andersson's years with Djurgården the results became better both sportingly and financially. Djurgården won the 2017–18 Svenska Cupen and the 2019 Allsvenskan. Andersson's tenure at as director of sports for Djurgården has been described as being characterised by being reliant on Andersson's circle of contacts, tips from agents and voluntary scouts with high transfer incomes and low personnel costs. From 2013 to 2022, the club made a transfer netto of 189 million SEK. In 2023, he published an autobiography together with Marcus Birro. ==Personal life==

Andersson worked as a policeman during the 1990s. == Honours ==

Player ; Djurgårdens IF: • Division 1 Norra: 1994 Director of football/sports ; Djurgårdens IF: • Allsvenskan: 2002, 2003, 2005, 2019 • Svenska Cupen: 2002, 2004, 2005, 2017–18 • Superettan: 2000 ==References==