Andreas Ravelli is a retired Swedish

Sweden

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 footballer who played as a central defender.

Football career

Born in Vimmerby

Vimmerby

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, Ravelli started playing professionally for Östers IF

Östers IF

Östers IF is a Swedish football club located in Växjö. The club, formed 20 April 1930 , is currently playing in the second Swedish league called Superettan. In 1968, Öster won Allsvenskan as newcomers. The club is affiliated to the Smålands Fotbollförbund...

, lasting ten seasons with the club and winning three Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan

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 titles, before signing for IFK Göteborg

IFK Göteborg

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At age 31, he moved to amateur football, representing Lenhovda IF

Lenhovda IF

Lenhovda IF is a Swedish sports association, located in Lenhovda, Sweden and founded in 1928. The club runs several sports, mostly known for their football club but also for ice hockey, skiing, tennis, gymnastics and badminton. The two most successful sports are football and ice hockey...

 (two stints) and Hovmantorp until his retirement (he also represented Östers in between). Ravelli won 41 caps

Cap (sport)

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 with Sweden

Sweden national football team

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, his debut coming in 1980. He never participated in any international tournament, however.

Post-retirement

After retiring, Ravelli spent two seasons as manager of former club Öster. He also began running football camps for youths.

Personal

Ravelli is the twin

Twin

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 brother of another footballer, goalkeeper Thomas

Thomas Ravelli

Thomas Ravelli is a retired Swedish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.His 21-year professional career was almost exclusively associated with Öster and Göteborg, for whom he amassed Allsvenskan totals of 430 games....

. The sons of an Austria

Austria

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n immigrant of Italian

Italy

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 descent, the siblings played alongside each other at Östers and the national team.

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