Håkan Sandberg (born 27 June 1958) is a Swedish former international

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player, who played as a striker.

Club career

Sandberg started off his footballing career with Ludvika FF, before signing with the

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club

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in 1976. He signed with

IFK Göteborg Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or Blåvitt, is a Swedish professional Football team, football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it ...

in 1981, and helped the team with the

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as well as the

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, and

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Swedish Championships. In 1984, he left for Greece where he spent three seasons with On 5 July 1984, Sandberg joined

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and immediately stood out, not only for his distinctive appearance, but also for his playing style. Alongside

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and

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, created an amazing offensive triplet in the team. An unforgettable highlight of his career was Mavros' goal against

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in December 1984, when alongside Sandberg he played a "volleyball" with headers in the opponent's area before scoring. During his spell at AEK he scored two hat-tricks against

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at home and Ethnikos Piraeus away from home. He also scored a brace in the away defeat against Panathinaikos with 3–2. He was the scorer for his club in the 1–1 at home against

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. In the summer of 1987, he left AEK and signed with Olympiacos, but essentially his participation and contribution to the "red and whites" was near to nothing, since he was suffering from injuries. He returned to Sweden in 1988 to finish up his career with

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International career

Sandberg won a total of 20 youth

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for the Sweden U19 and U21 teams, scoring 4 goals. He made his full international debut for

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on 13 November 1982 in a UEFA Euro 1984 qualifier against

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which Sweden won 1–0. He scored his first international goal for Sweden on 29 May 1983 in a UEFA 1984 qualifier against

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which Sweden Sweden won 2–0. His last international appearance came on 17 November 1985 in a 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Malta. Sandberg won a total of 13 caps for Sweden and scored three goals, but never appeared in a major international tournament.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sandberg goal''.

Honours

;IFK Göteborg *

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: 1981–82 *

References

External links

Håkan Sandberg Interview
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