Erik Bo Andersen

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Erik Bo Andersen (born November 14, 1970) is a Danish former professional footballer who most successfully played as a striker for Danish club Aalborg Boldspilklub, with whom he won the 1995 Danish Superliga championship. He played six matches for the Danish national team and represented his country at the 1996 European Championship.

In November 2005, he was elected to represent the Danish Liberal Party in the Randers municipality council.

[edit] Biography

Erik Bo Andersen started his career at the local amateur team in Dronningborg Boldklub. He moved to Aalborg Boldspilklub (AaB) in the topflight Danish Superliga championship in January 1992. In his first year at AaB, Andersen spent his time in the reserve team, before he got his national breakthrough when he scored two goals in a Danish Cup game against BK Frem in March 1993. He soon displayed his goal scoring abilities, which earned him the nickname Red Romario, referencing Brazilian striker Romario and Andersen's red hair. Andersen was league topscorer with 24 goals, as AaB won the 1994-95 Superliga season. He made his debut for the Danish national team in an April 1995 match against Macedonia, when he replaced AaB teammate Peter Rasmussen at half time.

In February 1996, Andersen moved abroad to play for Glasgow Rangers in the Scottish Premier League when he was bought in a transfer deal worth DKK 12 million. While at Rangers, he was selected for the Danish squad at the 1996 European Championship. During his time at Rangers his technical shortcomings earned him the nickname Bambi. Perhaps his most infamous moment at Rangers was when he shot the ball over the bar from four yards in a Premier League match against Dundee United and his best was when he came on as a substitute and scored twice in the 3-1 victory over Glasgow Celtic at Ibrox Stadium whilst suffering from the effects of flu. It was the goals to make it 2-1 and 3-1, which he delivered. He scored 15 goals in 23 league games and helped Rangers to two Scottish championship, before leaving the club in 1997.

He moved back to Denmark to play for Superliga club Odense Boldklub (OB) in a DKK 8 million transfer deal in October 1997. He scored six goals, but could not prevent the club from facing relegation at the end of the season. He moved abroad once more, as OB sold him for DKK 18 million to MSV Duisburg in the German Bundesliga in July 1998. During his first training session with Duisburg, Andersen suffered an injury and had to undergo three months recovery. He never found his goal scoring form in Duisburg. Following two goals in 25 games, he was loaned out to Danish Superliga relegation battlers Vejle Boldklub for six months in January 2000. Despite seven goals in 14 games from Andersen, Vejle were relegated at the end of the season.

Andersen did not want to return to Duisburg, and he moved to Odd Grenland in the Norwegian Premier League in July 2000. After few games for the club, he suffered a knee injury in fall 2000, and did not return to playing football until August 2001. After complications with the injured knee, he underwent another half year of recovery. During his injuries, Grenland did not have the medical staff to care for Andersen, and he was left to tend to the injuries himself. He wanted to leave the club, and eventually paid Odd Grenland to let him go in December 2001. In January 2002, he returned to AaB. He did not become a part of the starting line-up, and when he suffered yet another knee injury in spring 2003, he decided to end his career. He went back to Dronningborg, coaching his childhood amateur club.

[edit] Honours

• Danish Superliga: 1995
• Scottish Premier League: 1996 and 1997
• Norwegian Cup: 2000

[edit] External links

• Danish national team profile
• (Danish) AaB profile
• (Danish) Vejle BK profile
• Sporting Heroes partial statistics
• (German) FussballDaten partial statistics

v • d • e Denmark squad - UEFA Euro 1996 1 Schmeichel • 2 Helveg • 3 Rieper • 4 Olsen • 5 Høgh • 6 Schjønberg • 7 B.S. Nielsen • 8 Thomsen • 9 Beck • 10 M. Laudrup • 11 B. Laudrup • 12 Piechnik • 13 Larsen • 14 Risager • 15 E.B. Andersen • 16 Høgh • 17 A. Nielsen • 18 Vilfort • 19 Tøfting • 20 Laursen • 21 S. Andersen • 22 Krogh • Coach: R.M. Nielsen