| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Åke-Erik Roland Andersson | ||
| Date of birth | (1950-03-28)28 March 1950 (age 75) | ||
| Place of birth | Malmö, Sweden | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| BK Olympic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1967 | Kävlinge GIF | ||
| 1968–1974 | Malmö FF | 146 | (44) |
| 1975–1976 | Djurgårdens IF | 45 | (2) |
| 1977–1983 | Malmö FF | 161 | (6) |
| International career | |||
| Sweden U18[1] | 19 | (2) | |
| Sweden U23[1] | 14 | (1) | |
| 1974–1978 | Sweden[2] | 19 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1983–1985 | Malmö FF (youth teams) | ||
| 1985–1987 | Al-Ittihad | ||
| 1988–1990 | Lunds BK | ||
| 1991–1992 | Malmö FF (assistant coach) | ||
| 1993 | Al-Ittihad | ||
| 1994 | Malmö FF (assistant coach) | ||
| 1995–1997 | Qatar SC | ||
| 1997–1998 | BSC Young Boys | ||
| 1998–1999 | Malmö FF | ||
| 2002–2003 | Al-Shaab | ||
| 2004–2009 | Sweden (assistant coach) | ||
| 2010 | Nigeria (assistant coach) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Åke-Erik Roland Andersson (born 28 March 1950) is a Swedish formerfootball player and coach. His most recent job was that as the assistant coach of theNigeria national team underLars Lagerbäck.
As a player, Andersson played forMalmö FF andDjurgårdens IF and was a part of the Swedish squad in the1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina.
As a coach, Andersson has coached atAl-Shaab (United Arab Emirates),BSC Young Boys (Switzerland),[3]Al-Ittihad (Saudi Arabia),Qatar SC (Qatar) and Malmö FF. His was assistant coach for theSweden national team, appointed in 2004 byLars Lagerbäck. In 2010, Andersson was appointed Head of Development and Scouting on a consulting basis at his former club Malmö FF.[4] However this did not last for very long; in February 2010, he was appointed assistant coach atNigeria under former colleague Lars Lagerbäck.[5] Currently Andersson works as an analyst for theIcelandic national football team.