Jonas Fredrik Sandqvist (born 6 May 1981) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a

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. He played mainly for

Landskrona BoIS Landskrona Boll och Idrottsällskap ( en, Landskrona Ball and Sports Society, locally referred to as BoIS) is a Sweden, Swedish professional Football club (association football), football club located in Landskrona, Scania, which currently pla ...

and

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with the Scania Football Association ...

during a career that spanned between 1998 and 2016. He won one

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for the Sweden national team in 2005.

Club career

Sandqvist began his career at

where he got a big breakthrough during the 2004 season in Allsvenskan. After the 2005 season, he left the club for the rivals

and he rescued the team in many games, as the defence was leaking. After expressing his intent to leave the club as bosman, Malmö FF bought Johan Dahlin as new first goalkeeper and as Sandqvist failed to find a new club he sat on the bench for the rest of the 2009 season. On December 16, 2009

Atromitos F.C. Atromitos Football Club (, ''PAE APS Atromitos Athinon''), also simply known as Atromitos (literally meaning "Fearless"), is a Greek professional football club based in Peristeri, Athens, that plays in the Super League. It was founded in 1923 ...

agreed terms with Sandqvist for 2.5 years, starting on 1 January 2010. Sandqvist stayed on the bench for 2010, had no chances in Atromitos and on 7 December 2010 he was released from his contract. Sandqvist had a trial with

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side

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and was asked to stay longer but instead accepted a contract from

Aalesunds FK Aalesunds Fotballklubb, commonly known as Aalesund or AaFK, is a Norwegian football club from the town of Ålesund, that competes in the Eliteserien, the first tier of the Norwegian football league system. The club was founded on 25 June 1914. ...

. He had his first European level game for Aalesunds FK against Neath in the first qualifying round of the

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. Aalesunds FK won 4–1. On November 14, 2011 he signed a multiple year-contract with the Swedish club

Örebro SK Örebro Sportklubb, more commonly known as Örebro SK, Örebro or (especially locally) ÖSK, is a Swedish professional football club based in Örebro. The club are affiliated to Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Behrn ...

. He also played for Icelandic

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before returning to

International career

Sandqvist made his only Sweden U21 appearance on 2 June 2004 at the

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in a 3–1

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game against Switzerland. He made his full international debut for Sweden on 26 January 2005, keeping a clean sheet in a

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against

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as Sweden drew the Mexicans 0–0.

External links

Malmö FF Profilefotbolltransfers.com
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References

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