Andreas Aalen Vindheim (born 4 August 1995) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Sparta Prague.

Andreas Vindheim
Vindheim with Malmö FF in 2018
Personal information
Full name Andreas Aalen Vindheim
Date of birth (1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Bergen, Norway
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
Sparta Prague
Youth career
2009–2013 Brann
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Brann 22 (2)
2015–2019 Malmö FF 55 (2)
2019– Sparta Prague 44 (3)
2022Schalke 04 (loan) 7 (1)
2022Sparta Prague B 1 (0)
2023Lillestrøm (loan) 1 (0)
2023Teplice (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2014 Norway U19 3 (0)
2014–2015 Norway U21 7 (0)
2020 Norway 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 February 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2020

Club career edit

Brann edit

Vindheim was born in Bergen,[2] He started his career at local club Brann and made cup appearances in 2012 and 2013. Vindheim made his league debut for Brann on 4 May 2014 against Start, the game ended 1–1. In total he played 22 league matches for the 2014 season when Brann was relegated from Tippeligaen.

Malmö FF edit

On 11 March 2015, Vindheim signed a four-year contract with Swedish champions Malmö FF.[3] He became the third Norwegian player to sign for the club during the 2015 pre-season. In his first three seasons he acted mainly as a back-up for Anton Tinnerholm but when he left after the 2017 season he started to become a regular in the first team. When new manager Uwe Rösler took over Malmö changed to a 3-5-2 formation and Vindheim began playing as a right wing-back.

He played all ten games in Malmö FF's 2018–19 Europa League campaign and scored the first goal in a 2–0 win against Besiktas in the group stage.

Sparta Prague edit

On 21 May 2019, Vindheim signed for AC Sparta Prague for a reported fee of €1.2 million.

Schalke 04 edit

On 10 January 2022, Vindheim agreed to join Schalke 04 on loan until the end of the 2021–22 season with an option to make the move permanent.[4]

Lillestrøm edit

On 21 February 2023, Vindheim agreed to join Lillestrøm on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season with an option to make the move permanent.[5]

Teplice edit

On 7 September 2023, Vindheim joined Teplice on loan until the end of the 2023–24 season.[6]

Personal life edit

Andreas Vindheim is the son of former Brann, Sogndal and Burnley midfielder Rune Vindheim.[7]

Career statistics edit

Club edit

As of 17 May 2022[8][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other[a] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brann 2012 Tippeligaen 0 0 1 0 1 0
2013 Tippeligaen 0 0 1 0 1 0
2014 Tippeligaen 22 2 4 1 1 0 27 3
Total 22 2 6 1 1 0 29 3
Malmö 2015 Allsvenskan 10 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
2016 Allsvenskan 6 0 0 0 6 0
2017 Allsvenskan 19 1 0 0 19 1
2018 Allsvenskan 10 1 4 0 11 1 25 2
2019 Allsvenskan 10 0 1 0 2 0 13 0
Total 55 2 5 0 14 1 74 3
Sparta Prague 2019–20 Czech First League 21 2 4 0 25 2
2020–21 Czech First League 17 1 0 0 5 0 22 1
2021–22 Czech First League 6 0 2 0 5 0 13 0
Total 44 3 6 0 10 0 60 3
Schalke 04 (loan) 2021–22 2. Bundesliga 7 1 7 1
Career total 128 8 17 1 24 1 1 0 170 10
  1. ^ Includes Tippeligaen playoffs

Honours edit

Malmö FF

Sparta Prague

Schalke 04

References edit

  1. ^ "Andreas Vindheim". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Andreas Vindheim". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Välkommen, Andreas Vindheim". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 11 March 2015. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Andreas Vindheim signs for the Royal Blues". FC Schalke 04. 10 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Vindheim odchází do Lillestrømu". AC Sparta Prague (in Czech). 21 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Vindheim na hostování do Teplic". AC Sparta Prague (in Czech). 7 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Pappa Vindheim: -Han må være egoistisk" (in Norwegian). Bergensavisen. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Andreas Vindheim". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Andreas Vindheim - Club matches". worldfootball.net.

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