Background
Andersen was born in Kristiansund and played for Clausenengen before he joined Molde ahead of the 1995 season.
Andersen was born in Kristiansund and played for Clausenengen before he joined Molde ahead of the 1995 season.
He played professional for Molde, Wimbledon, AaB and Brøndby. He played for the Tippeligaen side until the summer of 1999, when he was sold to Wimbledon, right before Molde"s Champions League matches against Mallorca. After playing for Wimbledon for four seasons, Andersen moved to Denmark to play for Aalborg in the Danish Superliga in 2003, before being bought by rivals Brøndby in September 2005.
In April 2006, he suffered a knee injury.
As he had not recovered by March 2007, Andersen considered retiring from the game. Andersen played 38 matches for the Norway national football team
He was in roster for Euro 2000. His last international match was an April 2005 friendly match against Estonia.
In 2015 he took over as head coach of Lyn Fotball, after one season as junior coach.