Anders Mikael Palmér (born 24 April 1960) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Anders Palmér
Personal information
Full name Anders Mikael Palmér
Date of birth (1960-04-24) 24 April 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth Sweden
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1970–1979 Malmö FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1981 Malmö FF
1981–1982Vancouver Whitecaps FC (loan)
1982–1989 Malmö FF
1989–? Trelleborgs FF
?–2002 Oxie
2004–2007 MF Pelister
International career
1983–1987 Sweden[1] 12 (0)
Managerial career
2002–2003 Malmö FF (Assistant manager)
2004 Trelleborgs FF (Assistant manager)
2006–2009 MF Pelister
2011 Malmö FF (Assistant manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

During his career he played for Malmö FF and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. He earned 12 caps for the Sweden national football team between 1983 and 1987. Today he is a youth coach at Malmö FF. He also competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[2]

Personal life edit

Palmér is the son of former professional footballer Karl-Erik Palmér who scored three goals for Sweden at the 1950 FIFA World Cup where Sweden finished third.[3]

Honours edit

Malmö FF

References edit

  1. ^ "Sweden national football team stats". passagen.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2001-06-09.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anders Palmér Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  3. ^ "MFF-ikonen Calle Palmér död". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-12-19.

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