Andreas Vindheim

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 29)
Place of birth	Bergen, Norway
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Right-back
Youth career
2009–2013	Brann
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2014	Brann	22	(2)
2015–2019	Malmö FF	55	(2)
2019–2024	Sparta Prague	44	(3)
2022	→ Schalke 04 (loan)	7	(1)
2022	→ Sparta Prague B	1	(0)
2023	→ Lillestrøm (loan)	1	(0)
2023	→ Teplice (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

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

Club career

Brann

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

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

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

Schalke 04

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

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

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

Personal life

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

Career statistics

Club

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

Malmö FF

• Allsvenskan: 2016, 2017

Sparta Prague

• Czech Cup: 2019–20

Schalke 04

• 2. Bundesliga: 2021–22

References

1. "Andreas Vindheim". Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). 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.

External links

• Malmö FF profile (in Swedish) (archived)
• Andreas Vindheim at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
• Andreas Vindheim at Soccerway
• Andreas Aalen Vindheim at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
• "Andreas Vindheim at the Norwegian Football Federation" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2019.