 Sandberg playing for Sweden during the 1974 FIFA World Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ernst Roland Sandberg | ||
| Date of birth | (1946-12-16)16 December 1946 (age 78) | ||
| Place of birth | Karlskrona, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1951–1960 | Jämjö GoIF | ||
| 1961–1964 | Lyckeby GoIF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1969 | Kalmar FF[2] | 78 | (32) |
| 1970–1973 | Åtvidabergs FF[3] | 71 | (52) |
| 1973–1977 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 118 | (60) |
| 1979–1980 | Kalmar FF[3] | 43 | (12) |
| 1981 | BK Häcken[3] | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 311 | (156) | |
| International career | |||
| 1969–1972 | Sweden U21 | 6 | (3) |
| 1969–1976 | Sweden | 37 | (15) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ernst Roland Sandberg (born 16 December 1946) is a Swedish former professionalfootballer who played as astriker. Starting off his career withKalmar FF in 1966, he went on to representÅtvidabergs FF,1. FC Kaiserslautern, andBK Häcken before his retirement in 1981. A full international between 1969 and 1976, he won 37caps and scored 15 goals for theSweden national team. He was a part of the Sweden team that finishedfifth at the1974 FIFA World Cup.
Born inKarlskrona, Sandberg began his footballing career withJämjö GoIF andLyckeby GoIF before signing withKalmar FF in 1955.[4][5][6] In 1970, he signed withÅtvidabergs FF with which he won twoAllsvenskan titles, twoSvenska Cupen titles, and was theAllsvenskan top scorer in both1971 and1972.[7][6] In 1973, he signed with GermanBundesliga outfit1. FC Kaiserslautern, where he spent four years and contributed with 60 goals in 118 league games.[8] After a career-threatening knee injury in 1976, he retired from professional football the following year. In 1979, after a new surgery, Sandberg made his footballing comeback and spent the last couple of seasons of his career with his former club Kalmar FF as well as a brief stint withBK Häcken in 1981 before he once again was forced to retire because of his knee problems.[9][10]
Sandberg represented theSweden U21 team a total of six times between 1969 and 1972, scoring 3 goals.[11]
Sandberg made his full international debut forSweden on 6 August 1969, replacingLeif Eriksson at halftime in afriendly 1–0 win against theSoviet Union.[12] He scored his first international goal during the1968–71 Nordic Football Championship in a 3–0 win againstNorway on 8 August 1971.[13] He represented Sweden at the1974 FIFA World Cup, where he scored goals againstUruguay andWest Germany as Sweden finishedfifth.[14][15] He won his 37th and finalcap in a1978 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Norway on 16 June 1976, being replaced byJan Mattsson in the 37th minute after sustaining a serious knee injury.[16][10]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 1969 | 1 | 0 |
| 1970 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1971 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1972 | 6 | 2 | |
| 1973 | 7 | 6 | |
| 1974 | 11 | 3 | |
| 1975 | 5 | 2 | |
| 1976 | 4 | 1 | |
| Total | 37 | 15 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 August 1971 | Malmö Stadium,Malmö, Sweden |  Norway | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1968–71 Nordic Football Championship | [13] |
| 2 | 29 June 1972 | Malmö Stadium, Malmö, Sweden |  Denmark | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1972–77 Nordic Football Championship | [17] |
| 3 | 15 October 1972 | Ullevi,Gothenburg, Sweden |  Malta | 5–0 | 7–0 | 1974 FIFA World Cup qualifier | [18] |
| 4 | 26 April 1973 | Parken,Copenhagen, Denmark | Denmark | 1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly | [19] |
| 5 | 23 May 1973 | Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden |  Austria | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1974 FIFA World Cup qualifier | [20] |
| 6 | 3–1 | ||||||
| 7 | 13 June 1973 | Nepstadion,Budapest, Hungary |  Hungary | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1974 FIFA World Cup qualifier | [21] |
| 8 | 25 June 1973 | Råsunda Stadium,Solna, Sweden |  Brazil | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | [22] |
| 9 | 27 November 1973 | Parkstadion,Gelsenkirchen,West Germany | Austria | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1974 FIFA World Cup qualifier | [23] |
| 10 | 3 June 1974 | Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark | Denmark | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1972–77 Nordic Football Championship | [24] |
| 11 | 23 June 1974 | Rheinstadion,Düsseldorf, Germany |  Uruguay | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1974 FIFA World Cup | [14] |
| 12 | 30 June 1974 | Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany |  West Germany | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1974 FIFA World Cup | [15] |
| 13 | 19 May 1975 | Örjans Vall, Halmstad, Sweden |  Algeria | 2–0 | 4–0 | Friendly | [25] |
| 14 | 13 August 1975 | Ullevaal Stadium,Oslo, Norway |  Yugoslavia | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 1976 qualifier | [26] |
| 15 | 11 May 1976 | Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden | Denmark | 1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly | [27] |
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