Niklas Sandberg (born 3 September 1978) is a retired Swedish
centre-back who last played for Swedish
Superettan club
Brage.
He started his career in the Swedish top flight in
AIK
AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...
in 1996 but only played two games during two years. After a spell at
Helsingborg
Helsingborg (, , , ) is a city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and ninth-largest in Sweden, with a population of 113,816 (2020). Helsingborg is the cent ...
he returned to
Stockholm in 2001 to play at
FC Café Opera
Athletic Football Club Eskilstuna, also known as AFC Eskilstuna or simply AFC, is a Swedish football club located in Eskilstuna. The club has previously been known under the names FC Café Opera and Väsby United before switching ownership and th ...
. He played there for three years and then returned to AIK in 2004.
In May 2007 he was traded to Romanian first league side
CFR Cluj
Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, which competes in the Liga I. It was founded in 1907 as ''Kolozsvári Vasutas Sport Club'', whe ...
, becoming the first Swedish footballer ever to play in
Liga 1.
Sandberg is tall and powerfully built, and thus physically strong and tough to beat in the air. He reads the game well and is a decent passer. Thus, he can also play as a defensive midfielder.
In December 2009, Niklas Sandberg approached Singapore's S League champions, SAFFC on his own accord and eventually signed for them. SAFFC has qualified for the 2010 AFC Champions League Group Stages and this would make Sandberg a player who has played in both UEFA and AFC Champions League in his entire career thus far.
Career highlights
Sandberg was capped twice by Sweden (2007). He played for Swedish AIK Stockholm from 1996 to 1998, and 2004 to 2007. Played in 1997 Uefa Cup Winners Cup quarter-final against FC Barcelona. Won Romania League title (2007–08) and Norway League title (2008) with CFR 1907 Cluj and Stabaek.
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Niklas Sandberg Interview
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1978 births
Living people
Swedish men's footballers
Sweden men's international footballers
Men's association football defenders
AIK Fotboll players
IK Sirius Fotboll players
Helsingborgs IF players
AFC Eskilstuna players
CFR Cluj players
Stabæk Fotball players
FK Haugesund players
Warriors FC players
IK Brage players
Allsvenskan players
Superettan players
Liga I players
Eliteserien players
Norwegian First Division players
Singapore Premier League players
Swedish expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
Expatriate men's footballers in Singapore
Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Singapore
Footballers from Stockholm