Mattias Asper

Mattias Asper

Personal information
Full name	Nils Mattias Joacim Asper
Date of birth	(1974-03-20) 20 March 1974
Place of birth	Sölvesborg, Sweden
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1997	Mjällby AIF	98	(0)
1998–2000	AIK	60	(0)
2000–2002	Real Sociedad	10	(0)
2002	→ Beşiktaş (loan)	8	(0)
2002–2006	Malmö FF	100	(0)
2006	Viking FK	10	(0)
2007	IF Brommapojkarna	6	(0)
2008–2015	Mjällby AIF	232	(1)
Total		524	(1)
International career
1999–2002	Sweden	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mattias Asper (born March 20, 1974 in Sölvesborg) is a retired Swedish football goalkeeper. He has played 3 international matches for Sweden national football team, and was a squad member in the UEFA Euro 2000.

Club career

Asper was the first choice goalkeeper for Mjällby AIF in four seasons before signing to the Allsvenskan side AIK in 1998. Lee Baxter began the 1998 season as the first choice. But after seven games AIK had only managed to collect seven points, including only one win. On the 8 of June, Asper made his debut against Östers IF putting Lee Baxter on the bench, which would last for the rest of the season. With Asper in the net, AIK did not lose a single game in the 1998 season and they also won Allsvenskan the same year.

In 1999, AIK qualified for Champions League making it all the way to the group stage. This year, Asper held a clean sheet for 797 minutes in Allsvenskan which was a new record.

His performances in AIK attracted interest from Spanish club Real Sociedad, who bought him just before the 2000-01 season. However, he did not had much of a success in Spain and eventually returned to Sweden and Malmö FF in 2002, after being on loan to Beşiktaş J.K.. He won the Swedish championship with Malmö FF in 2004.

Honours

Club

AIK

• Allsvenskan: 1

1998

• Svenska Cupen: 1

1999

Malmö FF

• Allsvenskan: 1

2004

Individual

• Swedish Goalkeeper of the Year: 2

1998, 1999

External links

• Voetbal International profile (Dutch)
• Mjällby AIF profile (Swedish)