Åke-Erik Roland Andersson (born 28 March 1950) 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 Lars Edvin "Lasse" Lagerbäck (; born 16 July 1948) is a Swedish football manager and former player, who is the technical director of the Iceland national football team. Lagerbäck has managed a number of national teams prior to his current pos ...

. As a player, he played for

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 ...

and Djurgårdens IF and was a part of the Swedish squad in the 1978 FIFA World Cup in

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

. As a coach, he has coached at Al-Shaab (United Arab Emirates), BSC Young Boys (Switzerland), Al-Ittihad (Saudi Arabia),

Qatar SC Qatar Sports Club ( ar, نادي قطر الرياضي) is a sports club based in Doha, Qatar. It is best known for its football team which competes in the Qatar Stars League. The club was founded in 1961 as a merger of two Qatari football clubs ...

(Qatar) and Malmö FF. His latest post was assistant coach for the Sweden national football team, appointed in 2004 by

. In 2010, Andersson was appointed Head of Development and Scouting on a consulting basis at his former club Malmö FF. However this did not last for very long; in February 2010, he was appointed assistant coach at

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

under former colleague Lars Lagerbäck. Currently Anderson works as an analyst for the Icelandic national football team.

Honours

; Malmö FF: * Allsvenskan: 1970, 1971, 1974, 1977 *

Svenska Cupen Svenska Cupen (, ''The Swedish Cup'') is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. Svenska Cupen usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also held. Each year 96 teams compe ...

: 1973, 1974, 1978, 1980

References

External links

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Profile at the Swedish football association
{{DEFAULTSORT:Andersson, Roland 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 Al-Shaab CSC managers Swedish expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Qatar Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate football managers in Switzerland Association football defenders Swiss Super League managers