Ernst Roland Sandberg (born 16 December 1946) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a striker. Starting off his career with

Kalmar FF Kalmar Fotbollförening, more commonly known as Kalmar FF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Kalmar, Sweden. The club is affiliated to Smålands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Guldfågeln Arena. Formed on 15 June 1 ...

in 1966, he went on to represent

Åtvidabergs FF Åtvidabergs Fotbollförening, also known simply as Åtvidabergs FF, Åtvidaberg, Åtvid or (especially locally) ÅFF, is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Åtvidaberg. The club is affiliated with Östergötlands ...

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, and

BK Häcken Bollklubben Häcken, more commonly known as BK Häcken or simply Häcken (), is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Gothenburg (Hisingen). It currently plays in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. Forme ...

before his retirement in 1981. A full international between 1969 and 1976, he won 37

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and scored 15 goals for the Sweden national team. He was a part of the Sweden team that finished fifth at the

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Club career

Born in

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, Sandberg began his footballing career with Jämjö GoIF and Lyckeby GoIF before signing with

in 1955. In 1970, he signed with

with which he won two

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titles, two

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titles, and was the Allsvenskan top scorer in both

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and

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. In 1973, he signed with German

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outfit

, where he spent four years and contributed with 60 goals in 118 league games. After a career-threatening knee injury in 1976, he retired from professional football the following year. In 1979, after a new surgery, Sandberg made his footballing comeback and spent the last couple of seasons of his career with his former club Kalmar FF as well as a brief stint with

in 1981 before he once again was forced to retire because of his knee problems.

International career

Youth

Sandberg represented the Sweden U21 team a total of six times between 1969 and 1972, scoring 3 goals.

Senior

Sandberg made his full international debut for

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on 6 August 1969, replacing

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at halftime in a friendly 1–0 win against the

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. He scored his first international goal during the

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in a 3–0 win against

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on 8 August 1971. He represented Sweden at the

, where he scored goals against

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and

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as Sweden finished fifth. He won his 37th and final

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in a 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Norway on 16 June 1976, being replaced by Jan Mattsson in the 37th minute after sustaining a serious knee injury.

Career statistics

International

: ''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sandberg goal''.

Honours

Åtvidabergs FF *

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1. FC Kaiserslautern *

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finalist: 1975–76 Individual * Allsvenskan top scorer:

(shared with

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) *

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: 1973

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandberg, Roland 1946 births Living people Footballers from Karlskrona Swedish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Sweden men's international footballers 1974 FIFA World Cup players Allsvenskan players Bundesliga players Åtvidabergs FF players BK Häcken players Kalmar FF players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in West Germany Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany 20th-century Swedish sportsmen