Bror Roy Andersson (born 2 August 1949) is a Swedish former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugb ...

who played as a defender. He won 20 caps for the Sweden national team, and played three matches at the

1978 FIFA World Cup The 1978 FIFA World Cup was the 11th edition of the FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football world championship tournament among the men's senior national teams. It was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June. The Cup was won by ...

. He was a strong

central defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either ...

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 Associatio ...

and was awarded Guldbollen (''the golden ball'') in 1977. His two sons, Patrik and Daniel, are both Swedish former international footballers.

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* 1949 births Living people Swedish footballers Footballers from Skåne County Sweden international footballers Allsvenskan players Malmö FF players 1978 FIFA World Cup players Association football defenders {{Sweden-footy-bio-stub