Roland Andersson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Åke-Erik Roland Andersson | ||
| Date of birth | 28 March 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Malmö, Sweden | ||
| Position(s) | 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 in Malmö) is a former Swedish football player and coach. His most recent job was that as the assistant coach of the Nigeria national team under Lars Lagerbäck.
As a player, he played for Malmö FF and Djurgårdens IF and was a part of the Swedish squad in the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina.
As a coach, he has coached at Al-Shaab (United Arab Emirates), BSC Young Boys (Switzerland),[3] Al-Ittihad (Saudi Arabia), Qatar SC (Qatar) and Malmö FF. His latest post was assistant coach for the Sweden national football team, appointed in 2004 by Lars 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 at Nigeria under former colleague Lars Lagerbäck.[5] Currently Anderson works as an analyst for the Icelandic national football team.
Honours
Club
- Allsvenskan (4): 1970, 1971, 1974, 1977
- Svenska Cupen (4): 1973, 1974, 1978, 1980
References
- ^ a b Frantz, Alf; Glanell, Tomas; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2008). Det svenska fotbollslandslaget 1908–2008 [The Swedish National Football Team 1908–2008] (in Swedish). Vällingby: CA Strömberg AB. ISBN 91-86184-69-5.
- ^ Passegen Hem
- ^ http://www.rsssf.com/players/trainers-zwit-clubs.html
- ^ "Här är MFF:s nya organisation". Sydsvenskan. Archived from the original on 2010-01-31.
- ^ "Lagerbäck tar över Nigerias landslag". Sydsvenskan. Archived from the original on 2012-07-15.
External links
- Roland Andersson at WorldFootball.net
- Profile at the Swedish football association
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| National | |
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Swedish footballers
- Footballers from Skåne County
- Sweden youth international footballers
- Sweden international footballers
- 1978 FIFA World Cup players
- Allsvenskan players
- Ittihad FC managers
- Qatar SC managers
- Malmö FF players
- Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players
- Swedish football managers
- Lunds BK managers
- BSC Young Boys managers
- Malmö FF managers
- Swedish expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Qatar
- Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate football managers in Switzerland
- Association football defenders