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Gösta "Knivsta" Sandberg (6 August 1932 – 27 April 2006) was a Swedish football, ice hockey, and bandy player who is best remembered for representing Djurgårdens IF. He was capped 52 times for the national team in football, eight times in hockey, and three times in bandy.

Gösta Sandberg
Gösta Sandberg in 1964
Born	Gösta Sandberg (1932-08-06)6 August 1932 Knivsta, Sweden
Died	27 April 2006(2006-04-27) (aged 73) Stockholm, Sweden
Association football career Position(s) Striker Youth career Knivsta IK Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 0000–1950 Knivsta IK 1951–1966 Djurgårdens IF 322 (77) National team Sweden B[1] 2 (1) 1951–1961 Sweden[2] 52 (10) Teams managed 1959–1961 IF Brommapojkarna 1967–1971 Djurgårdens IF 1972–1978 IF Brommapojkarna 1979 Djurgårdens IF *Club domestic league appearances and goals Ice hockey player Ice hockey career Played for Djurgårdens IF National team  Sweden Playing career 1957–1963

Football career

In 1956 he received the Guldbollen as Sweden's best footballer of the year, and he was voted "Djurgårdare of the century" in 1991.[3]

A full international between 1951 and 1961, Sandberg won 52 caps and scored 10 goals for the Sweden national team and represented his country at the 1952 Summer Olympics where they won the bronze medal.[4][5]

Ice hockey career

Sandberg won eight caps for the Sweden national ice hockey team.[6] He represented Sweden at the 1961 World Ice Hockey Championships where Sweden finished fourth, as well as the 1961 Ice Hockey European Championships where Sweden finished third.[7]

Bandy career

Sandberg represented the Sweden national bandy team a total of three times during his career.[8][9]

Personal life

Sandberg's nickname derives from the town he was born and grew up in, Knivsta."Knivsta" died on his way home from the derby between the archrivals AIK and Djurgårdens IF on 27 April 2006.[10]

Honours

Ice hockey

Djurgårdens IF[7]

• Swedish Champion: 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63

Sweden[7]

• Ice Hockey European Championship bronze: 1961

Football

Djurgårdens IF

• Allsvenskan: 1954–55, 1959, 1964, 1966[11]
• Division 2 Svealand: 1961

Sweden

• Summer Olympics bronze medal: 1952

Individual

• Guldbollen: 1956

References

На других языках

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[de] Gösta Sandberg

Gösta Oskar Leonard „Knivsta“ Sandberg (* 6. August 1932 in Knivsta; † 27. April 2006 in Stockholm) war ein schwedischer Fußball-, Bandy- und Eishockeyspieler.

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- [en] Gösta Sandberg

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[fr] Gösta Sandberg

Gösta Sandberg, né le 6 août 1932 à Knivsta et mort le 27 avril 2006 à Stockholm, est un footballeur international, joueur de hockey sur glace et de bandy suédois. Il évoluait au poste d'attaquant.

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[it] Gösta Sandberg

Gösta Sandberg (Knivsta, 6 agosto 1932 – 27 aprile 2006) è stato un calciatore, hockeista su ghiaccio e allenatore di calcio svedese, di ruolo attaccante.

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[ru] Сандберг, Йёста

Йёста Сандберг (швед. Gösta Sandberg; 6 августа 1932[1], Книвста[d] — 27 апреля 2006[1], Бромма[d], Стокгольм[1]) — шведский футболист, играл на позиции нападающего. По завершении игровой карьеры — тренер. Лучший шведский футболист 1956 года. Также играл на профессиональном уровне в хоккей с шайбой и с мячом.

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