Anders Jacobsen (footballer)

Anders Jacobsen
Personal information
Full name	Anders Jacobsen
Date of birth	18 April 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth	Oslo, Norway
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1985–1988	Asker
1989–1990	Vålerenga
1990–1994	Lillestrøm
1995–1996	Skeid
1997–1998	Start
1998–1999	Sheffield United
1999–2000	Stoke City
2000–2001	Notts County
2001	Asker
2001–2003	Skeid
Managerial career
2005	Strømsgodset IF
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anders Jacobsen (born 18 April 1968) is a former Norwegian footballer.^[2]

Career

Jacobsen was born in Oslo and played his club football in Norway with Asker, Vålerenga, Lillestrøm, Skeid and Start before joining English club Sheffield United in December 1998. He played 12 times for the Blades from 1998–99 and joined Stoke City at the end of the campaign.^[1] At Stoke, Jacobsen played 44 times from 1999–2000, helping Stoke to reach the play-offs where they lost out to Gillingham.^[1] He then joined Notts County playing 34 matches from 2000–01 before returning to Norway with Asker and Skeid.

Since retiring, he has moved into management and was in charge of Norwegian Second Division team Skeid and Strømsgodset IF.^[3]

Source:^[4]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[A]		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sheffield United	1998–99	First Division	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
Stoke City	1999–2000	Second Division	33	2	1	0	3	0	7	0	44	2
Notts County	2000–01	Second Division	29	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	34	2
Career Total			74	4	7	0	3	0	7	0	91	4

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League play-offs, and Football League Trophy.

Stoke City

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era - A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
^ Lunde, Vidar (7 September 2001). "Skeids Anders Jacobsen har prøvd det meste Fem klubber - 15 operasjoner" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. p. 36.
^ "Skeid utklasset Raufoss" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 3 June 2007. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
^ Anders Jacobsen at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
^ Sidaway, Jon (7 December 2017). "Stoke City FC - Looking Back Down 'Wembley Way'". Stoke City FC. Retrieved 24 March 2024.