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.jpg) Strandberg withCSKA Moscow in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sergio Carlos Strandberg | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-04-14)14 April 1996 (age 29) | ||
| Place of birth | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Qingdao Hainiu | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2004 | Backa IF | ||
| 2005–2011 | Hisingsbacka FC | ||
| 2012–2013 | BK Häcken | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011 | Hisingsbacka FC | 5 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | BK Häcken | 30 | (9) |
| 2015–2017 | CSKA Moscow | 19 | (5) |
| 2015 | →Ural (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2016 | →AIK (loan) | 12 | (7) |
| 2017 | Club Brugge | 0 | (0) |
| 2017 | →KVC Westerlo (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2017–2020 | Malmö FF | 29 | (9) |
| 2019 | →Örebro SK (loan) | 19 | (11) |
| 2019–2020 | →Al-Hazem (loan) | 18 | (9) |
| 2020–2022 | Al-Hazem | 23 | (5) |
| 2020–2021 | →Abha (loan) | 28 | (16) |
| 2022–2023 | Al-Sailiya | 30 | (12) |
| 2023–2025 | Hatayspor | 63 | (12) |
| 2026– | Qingdao Hainiu | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Sweden U17 | 7 | (1) |
| 2013–2015 | Sweden U19 | 13 | (4) |
| 2015–2018 | Sweden U21 | 18 | (13) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:20, 14 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 June 2018 (UTC) | |||
Sergio Carlos Strandberg (born 14 April 1996) is a Swedish professionalfootballer who plays as aforward forQingdao Hainiu.
Born to a Swedish father and a mother who is Portuguese withMozambican heritage,[1] Strandberg grew up inBacka, Gothenburg, where he joined the local lower league sideBacka IF as a six-year-old.[2] In 2005 the club merged with Hisingstads IS to form Hisingsbacka FC[3] which is where Strandberg stayed and eventually got to make his first team debut in theseventh tier of Swedish football at age 15.[4]
In 2012, he signed a youth contract withGothenburg basedAllsvenskan clubBK Häcken. There he became the top goalscorer of the U17 league and was moved up to the U19 team at the end of the year. In 2013, he continued scoring goals for the U19 and U21 teams which in the summer resulted in Häcken signing him to a 4.5-year professional contract.[5]
In the summer of 2014, he was subject for a move to German side Borussia Dortmund but the player failed the medical, so the transfer did not materialize.[6] However, in the following transfer window, he joinedRussian Premier League sideCSKA Moscow on a 5-year contract, 2 February 2015.
On 21 August 2015, Strandberg joinedUral on loan till the end of 2015.[7]
On 31 March 2016, Strandberg moved toAIK Fotboll on a loan deal until mid-July.[8] After scoring seven goals in ten games Strandberg caught negative attention by grabbing teammateDaniel Sundgren by the throat after a 3–2 win againstFalkenberg causing a two-game suspension.[9]
On 5 January 2017, he moved to Belgium toClub Brugge, signing a contract that would run until 2021.[10] Twelve days later, he was sent on loan toWesterlo until the end of the 2016–17 season.[11]
On 9 August 2017, Club Brugge agreed a fee in the excess of €1 million with Swedish championsMalmö FF for Strandberg who was set for a medical the same day ahead of a permanent move with a contract until 2021.[12] Later that afternoon Strandberg was unveiled as a Malmö FF player.[13] Strandberg scored a goal in the game againstIFK Norrköping that won Malmö FF the2017 Allsvenskan title.
On 30 August 2019,Al-Hazem signed Strandberg for one season fromMalmö FF.[14]
On 18 October 2020,Abha signed Strandberg for one season fromAl-Hazem.[15]
Strandberg played for Qatari sideAl-Sailiya in the 2022–23 season, where he helped the club win theQatari Stars Cup by scoring a goal in their thrilling 5–4 victory overAl-Wakrah in the final.[16]
On 5 July 2023, he signed withHatayspor.[17] In the2023–24 season, he emerged as the joint-top scorer for his club with eight goals along withFisayo Dele-Bashiru,[18] including a crucial goal on the final matchday in a 2–0 win overRizespor, securing his club's survival in the top tier.[19]
On 3 February 2026, Strandberg transferred toChinese Super League clubQingdao Hainiu.[20]
In September 2013, Strandberg was selected to theSweden men's national under-17 football team that would compete in the2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup. As his mother is Portuguese with Mozambican roots, he could potentially represent one of those countries at international level, should he be selected.[21]
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| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| BK Häcken | 2013 | Allsvenskan | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
| 2014 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | 21 | 6 | |||
| Total | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 10 | ||
| CSKA Moscow | 2014–15 | Russian Premier League | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| 2015–16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 12 | 2 | ||
| Total | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 5 | ||
| Ural Yekaterinburg (loan) | 2015–16 | Russian Premier League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| AIK (loan) | 2016 | Allsvenskan | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3[c] | 2 | 15 | 9 |
| Club Brugge | 2016–17 | Belgian Pro League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Westerlo (loan) | 2016–17 | Belgian Pro League | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | |
| Malmö FF | 2017 | Allsvenskan | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 2018 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6[b] | 3 | 31 | 12 | ||
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 29 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 47 | 14 | ||
| Örebro SK (loan) | 2019 | Allsvenskan | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 8 | |
| Al-Hazem | 2019–20 | Saudi Pro League | 27 | 13 | 1 | 1 | — | 28 | 14 | |
| 2021–22 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
| Total | 41 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 15 | ||
| Abha (loan) | 2020–21 | Saudi Pro League | 28 | 16 | 1 | 0 | — | 29 | 16 | |
| Al-Sailiya | 2021–22 | Qatar Stars League | 9 | 1 | 10 | 9 | — | 19 | 10 | |
| 2022–23 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 16 | ||
| Total | 30 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 26 | ||
| Hatayspor | 2023–24 | Süper Lig | 36 | 8 | 4 | 5 | — | 40 | 13 | |
| 2024–25 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 3 | — | 30 | 7 | |||
| 2025–26 | TFF 1. Lig | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Total | 70 | 12 | 7 | 8 | — | 77 | 20 | |||
| Career total | 288 | 93 | 44 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 348 | 124 | ||
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