Christian Andres Hemberg (born 6 December 1981) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a

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. He played for

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, and KS/Leiftur during a career that spanned between 1998 and 2008. He won two

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for the Sweden national team in 2001.

Club career

Having started off his career with Torestorp IF, he signed with

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in 1998 for which he made his

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debut at 17 years of age in

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. He scored 14 Allsvenskan goals in 96 appearances for the Örgryte before signing with the Norwegian second division club

in early 2007. He retired from professional football after a brief stint in Iceland with KS/Leiftur.

International career

After having appeared for the Sweden U17, U19, and U21 teams, Hemberg made his full international debut for

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on 31 January 2001 in a

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against the

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. He replaced

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in the 65th minute as the game ended in a 0–0 draw. He won his second and ultimately last international

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for Sweden in a friendly game on 1 February 2001 as Sweden lost 0–1 to

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, replacing

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in the 77th minute.

Personal life

He was adopted from an orphanage in

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to Sweden at an early age. After his footballing career he has worked as a personal trainer.

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* * * 1981 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers Örgryte IS players Raufoss IL players Allsvenskan players Norwegian First Division players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Men's association football forwards Footballers from Cali 21st-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-footy-forward-stub