Editing Stephan Andersen (section)

==Club career==

===Early years===
Starting his career at the youth teams of [[Hvidovre IF]], he moved youth setup of multiple Danish champions [[Brøndby IF]]. When he was no longer seen as a long-term prospect for the Brøndby goalkeeping position, he left Brøndby in the winter 1999, to rejoin Hvidovre. Andersen made his senior debut for [[Hvidovre IF]] in the lower league [[Danish 1st Division]], and was recognized as a big talent.

===AB===
In March 2002, Hvidovre owner, and professional goalkeeper, [[Peter Schmeichel]] chose to end his engagement in the club. Hvidovre actively sought to off-load Andersen, one of two professional players in the squad. He was initially wanted by a number of clubs in [[Football in England|English football]], including Schmeichel's club [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] and [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]], the club of Danish international goalkeeper [[Thomas Sørensen]]. Sunderland opted to buy [[Norway national football team|Norwegian international]] goalkeeper [[Thomas Myhre]] instead, and no other foreign offers materialized. Andersen moved to [[Akademisk Boldklub]] (AB) in the top-flight [[Danish Superliga]] championship in August 2002.

===Charlton Athletic===
He moved abroad to join English club [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]] in a [[Danish krone|DKK]] 8 million [[transfer deal]] in June 2004.<ref name="brondbyswitch">Charlton Athletic (29 November 2006). [http://www.cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=30022 "Andersen set for Brondby switch"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916023239/http://www.cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=30022 |date=16 September 2009 }} cafc.co.uk (accessed 29 November 2006)</ref> In his first season with the London club, he only made two first team appearances. Due to an injury sustained by first choice goalkeeper [[Dean Kiely]], Andersen started the [[FA Premier League 2005-06|2005–06 season]] in the team. Charlton's poor mid-season form saw him dropped in favour of Kiely at first, then Thomas Myhre, who established himself as first choice as Charlton turned their season around. Andersen was reinstated into the lineup for the last two games of the season, when Myhre suffered an injury. In the 2006 summer [[transfer window]], Andersen looked ready to join [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] on a season-long [[loan (football)|loan deal]],<ref name=BBC1>BBC.co.uk (31 August 2006). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leeds_united/5304288.stm "Andersen makes Leeds loan switch"] bbc.co.uk (accessed 1 September 2006)</ref> but as Charlton insisted on a clause to allow the club to recall Andersen at any time during the season, the transfer fell through at the last moment.<ref name=SKYSP1>Sky Sports (1 September 2006). [http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=413557&CPID=10&clid=2&lid=4&title=Leeds+loan+collapses "Leeds loan collapses"]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} SkySports.com (accessed 1 September 2006)</ref> In the first half of the [[FA Premier League 2006-07|2006–07 season]], he saw the loaned-in [[Scott Carson]] become Charlton's starting goalkeeper.

===Brøndby IF===
In November 2006, Andersen signed a transfer deal to move back to Denmark to play for Superliga side [[Brøndby IF]] at the start of the January 2007 [[transfer window]].<ref name="brondbyswitch"/> He made some errors in his first time at the club, dropping against [[Odense Boldklub]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/fodbold/udenlandsk_fodbold/international_fodbold/article4462612.ece|title=Kaptajnen reddede Stephan Andersen|first=Rådhuspladsen 37 1785 København V. Telefon: 33111313|last=Fax: 33141000|website=ekstrabladet.dk}}</ref> and [[Viborg FF]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avisen.dk/broendby-vandt-trods-drop_72735.aspx|title=Brøndby vandt trods drop|website=www.avisen.dk}}</ref> but was kept in the starting line-up and eventually upped his game. He helped Brøndby win the 2008 [[Danish Cup]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haslund.info/danmark/pt/200708/fina.asp |title=www.haslund.info - Pokalturneringen 2007/2008 - Finale |access-date=15 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403052951/http://www.haslund.info/danmark/pt/200708/fina.asp |archive-date=3 April 2009}}</ref> and was named 2008 [[Det Gyldne Bur|Danish ''Goalkeeper of the Year'']].

===Later career===
[[File:Stephan Andersen.JPG|thumb|Andersen (right) training at Évian, 2012.]]
In August 2011 he joined former teammate [[Daniel Wass]] at [[Evian Thonon Gaillard F.C.|Évian]] in the French [[Ligue 1]] for a fee of DKK 2 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tv3sport.dk/sport/fodbold/nyheder|title=TV3 SPORT »|website=TV3 SPORT}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://brondby.com/nyhed/2011/08/16/broendby-if-saelger-stephan-andersen|title=Brøndby IF sælger Stephan Andersen - Brøndby IF|website=brondby.com}}</ref> In the summer of 2013 he signed a two-year contract with [[Real Betis]] of the Spanish [[La Liga]]. He was sent on loan to Dutch [[Eredivisie]] side [[Go Ahead Eagles]] on 30 January 2014 for the remainder of the 2013–14 season. On 19 May 2014, it was announced he would return to Denmark on a permanent deal, signing a three-year contract with [[Danish Superliga|Superliga]] side [[FC Copenhagen]], the main rivals of his previous club Brøndby.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/superliga/officielt-stephan-andersen-til-fc-koebenhavn|title=Officielt: Stephan Andersen til FC København|website=Tipsbladet.dk}}</ref> On 17 June 2021, Copenhagen confirmed that he had left the club.<ref>[https://www.fck.dk/nyhed/stephan-andersen-stopper-i-fc-koebenhavn STEPHAN ANDERSEN STOPPER I F.C. KØBENHAVN], fck.dk, 17 June 2021</ref>
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On 12 September 2021, Andersen joined Danish amateur club [[VB 1968]].<ref>[https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/vb-1968-snupper-39-aarige-stephan-andersen/ VB 1968 snupper 39-årige Stephan Andersen], bold.dk, 10 September 2021</ref>