sport.wikisort.org - Athlete

Simon Christer Sandberg (born 25 March 1994) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a right back for Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan.[2]

Simon Sandberg

Sandberg with Hammarby IF in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Simon Christer Sandberg
Date of birth	(1994-03-25) 25 March 1994 (age 28)
Place of birth	Partille, Sweden
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)	Right back
Club information
Current team	Hammarby IF
Number	2
Youth career
0000–2009	Björndammens BK
2010–2012	BK Häcken
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2016	BK Häcken	61	(1)
2016–2017	Levski Sofia	5	(0)
2018–	Hammarby IF	122	(1)
National team‡
2011	Sweden U17	4	(0)
2012–2013	Sweden U19	15	(0)
2015–2016	Sweden U21	5	(0)
2020	Sweden	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:30, 6 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:18, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Early life

Sandberg grew up in Partille and played both football, with the local club Björndammens BK, and handball during his youth. His father Dennis Sandberg is a professional handball coach.[3] In 2009, at age 15, he was invited to train with Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan, the Swedish top tier, but was not offered a contract.[4] Instead, he signed with BK Häcken the same year and joined their youth academy.[3]

Club career

BK Häcken

Sandberg signed his first professional contract with BK Häcken in 2012, and made his competitive debut in Allsvenskan on 23 May 2013 in a 3–0 win against Syrianska FC.[3] He soon established himself as a starter at Häcken,[5] playing both as a central defender and full back.[6] Sandberg would move on to make a total of 61 league appearances for Häcken, scoring once, between 2013 and 2016.[7]

Most notably, Sandberg scored the decisive penalty when Häcken won the 2015–16 Svenska Cupen, the club's first ever domestic title, beating Malmö FF in the final after a 2–2 draw (5–6 on penalties).[8]

Levski Sofia

On 9 July 2016, Sandberg was sold to Levski Sofia in the Bulgarian First League, signing a three year-deal.[6] A transfer fee of around 2 million Swedish kronor (approximately £0,12 million) was suggested, as he only had six months left on his contract with the Swedish club.[9]

Sandberg saw his playing time limited at Levski Sofia, with his stint at the club being plagued by several serious injuries. He also fell out of favour with manager Elin Topuzakov soon after his arrival.[10] Sandberg left the club in November 2017 by mutual consent, after only making five league appearances for Levski Sofia.[11]

Hammarby IF

2018

On 30 November 2017, ahead of the 2018 Allsvenskan, Sandberg returned to Sweden, signing a two year-contract with Hammarby IF.[7] He made his debut for the club in a 3–1 home win against IK Sirius on 1 April.[12] During the season, Sandberg played 23 league games for Hammarby as the club finished 4th in the table.[2]

2019

On 4 May 2019, Sandberg signed a three and a half-year extension with Hammarby, running until 2022.[13] Throughout the 2019 season, Sandberg played 28 league games and provided seven assists as Hammarby finished 3rd in the table, after eight straight wins at the end of the campaign.[2] After the season, he was nominated as Defender of the Year in Allsvenskan, but eventually lost out on the award.[14]

2020

In 2020, a season postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sandberg was plagued by a hip injury and only featured in 20 games, as the side disappointedly finished 8th in the table.[15][16][2]

2021

On 30 May 2021, Sandberg won the 2020–21 Svenska Cupen with Hammarby through a 5–4 win on penalties (0–0 after full-time) against his former club BK Häcken in the final.[17][18] Sandberg featured in both legs as the club was knocked out in the play-off round of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League by Basel (4–4 on aggregate) on penalties, where he scored his attempt.[19][20]

On 7 November 2021, Sandberg scored his first competitive goal for the club in a 3–2 Allsvenskan home win against Örebro SK.[21]

2022

Sandberg featured in the final of the 2021–22 Svenska Cupen, in which Hammarby lost by 4–5 on penalties to Malmö FF after the game ended in a 0–0 draw.[22][23]

International career

Sandberg was called up to the Swedish senior squad for the training tour in early 2020.[24] He made his debut in a 1–0 friendly win against Kosovo on 12 January.[25]

Career statistics

Club

As of 6 November 2022[26]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
BK Häcken	2013	Allsvenskan	11	0	0	0	—		—		11	0
	2014	Allsvenskan	15	0	4	1	—		—		19	1
	2015	Allsvenskan	23	0	4	0	—		—		27	0
	2016	Allsvenskan	12	1	2	0	—		—		14	1
	Total		61	1	10	1	0	0	0	0	71	2
Levski Sofia	2016–17	First League	5	0	2	0	—		—		7	0
	2017–18	First League	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Total		5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Hammarby IF	2018	Allsvenskan	23	0	2	0	—		—		25	0
	2019	Allsvenskan	28	0	4	0	—		—		32	0
	2020	Allsvenskan	20	0	1	0	0	0	—		21	0
	2021	Allsvenskan	24	1	5	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	0	—		32	1
	2022	Allsvenskan	27	0	6	0	—		—		33	0
	Total		122	1	18	0	3	0	0	0	142	1
Career total			188	2	30	1	3	0	0	0	219	3

Honours

BK Häcken

• Svenska Cupen: 2015–16

Hammarby IF

• Svenska Cupen: 2020–21

References

External links

• Simon Sandberg at SvFF (in Swedish)
• Profile at Levskisofia.info

На других языках

---

- [en] Simon Sandberg

---

[fr] Simon Sandberg

Simon Sandberg, né le 25 mars 1994 à Partille en Suède, est un footballeur international suédois qui évolue au poste d'arrière droit à l'Hammarby IF.

---

[it] Simon Sandberg

Simon Christer Sandberg (Partille, 25 marzo 1994) è un calciatore svedese, difensore dell'Hammarby.

---

[ru] Сандберг, Симон

Симон Кристер Сандберг (швед. Simon Christer Sandberg; 25 марта 1994, Партиль, Швеция) — шведский футболист, защитник клуба «Хаммарбю».

---

---