Erik Tobias Sandberg (born 27 February 2000) is a Norwegian football player who plays as a defender for ÍA.

Career

Sandberg came through the youth ranks of

Lillestrøm Lillestrøm is a municipality in Viken county. It is located in the traditional district of Romerike. With a population of 85,757 inhabitants, it is the fourth most populated municipality in Viken. It was founded on 1 January 2020 as a merger ...

, and was a prolific youth international for Norway. Following a loan to

Skeid Skeid is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Nordre Åsen, Oslo. It has sections for association football (one for elite and one for grassroots football), Nordic skiing and bandy. General history The club was founded as ''IK Skeid'' on 5 De ...

, Sandberg missed the entire 2020 season due to injury. He was then on loan with Jerv in 2021 before joining the club permanently in 2022. In his three years at Jerv, he experienced promotion from the

2021 1. divisjon The 2021 Norwegian First Division (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is a Norwegian second-tier football league season. The league started on 15 May 2021, and ended on 27 November 2021. HamKam earned promotion to Eliteseri ...

, and then relegation from the

2022 Eliteserien The 2022 Eliteserien will be the 78th season of top-tier football in Norway. This will be the sixth season of Eliteserien after rebranding from Tippeligaen. The season is scheduled to begin on 2 April 2022 and end on 13 November 2022, not includ ...

and the 2023 1. divisjon. Ahead of the 2024 season, Sandberg moved abroad for the first time, to Icelandic club

Íþróttabandalag Akraness Íþróttabandalag Akraness (abbreviated ÍA), is an Icelandic sports club founded in 1946 and based in the town of Akranes, west Iceland. Among the main sports its members can practice are basketball, football, golf, horsemanship, gymnastics, ...

Personal life

In 2016 the music video for "Kygo Jo" was uploaded to YouTube by Flow Kingz, a group consisting of Sandberg and his Norway U18 teammates

Erik Botheim Erik Botheim (born 10 January 2000) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Allsvenskan club Malmö FF. Career Erik Botheim started his career at Lyn and made his senior debut at 15 years old in June 2015, when he cam ...

and

Erling Haaland Erling Braut Haaland (; born 21 July 2000) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Manchester City and the Norway national team. Considered one of the best players in the world, he is known for his speed, stre ...

. The video had by 2022 surpassed 10 million views and 300,000 likes.

References

2000 births Living people People from Lillestrøm Footballers from Akershus Norwegian men's footballers Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Lillestrøm SK players Skeid Fotball players FK Jerv players Íþróttabandalag Akraness players Men's association football defenders Norway men's youth international footballers Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Iceland {{Norway-footy-defender-stub