Sten-Ove Wilhelm "Putte" Ramberg (born 20 November 1955) is a Swedish former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

. He made 250 league appearances for

Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differ ...

and scored 14 goals. He also made 27 appearances for the Swedish national side, scoring three times.

Playing career

Being known as a technically gifted central midfielder, he started his career at

IF Brommapojkarna Idrottsföreningen Brommapojkarna, more commonly known as Brommapojkarna (meaning ''the Bromma boys'') or simply BP, is a Swedish association football, football club based in the borough of Bromma, in the western parts of Stockholm municipality ...

in the lower divisions. Later he went on to play eleven years in

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

for Hammarby. He made 250 league appearances for

and scored 14 goals. Ramberg also made 27 appearances for the Swedish national side, scoring three times.

Post-playing career

After ending his football career, Ramberg went on to work as an assistant manager at Brommapojkarna between 1993 and 1996. Since the beginning of the 2000s he has worked at the state owned gambling company

Svenska Spel Svenska Spel () is a state-owned company operating in the regulated gambling market in Sweden. For many years, the company was the only one permitted to offer online gambling to people in Sweden, whether it be casino games, sports betting, or othe ...

, managing their popular football product called "Stryktipset".

Legacy

In 2004, Ramberg was voted as the seventh best player ever in Hammarby's history. In 2015, he also got inducted to the Hall of Fame at Brommapojkarna.

Bandy career

Ramberg was also a gifted player in the sport of

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The playin ...

, representing

Hammarby IF Bandy Hammarby IF Bandyförening is a Sweden, Swedish bandy club from Södermalm, Stockholm, a section of the sports club Hammarby IF. Hammarby IF was founded under its present name in 1897 and has been playing bandy since 1905. The club currently ...

whilst still being an active footballer. In 1978, he also earned two caps for the Swedish national bandy team.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramberg, Sten-Ove Swedish men's footballers Hammarby Fotboll players IF Brommapojkarna players 1955 births Living people Sweden men's international footballers Swedish bandy players Allsvenskan players Hammarby IF Bandy players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Stockholm 20th-century Swedish sportsmen