Anna Sandberg

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Anna Sandberg
Personal information
Full name Anna Linnea Sandberg
Date of birth (2003-05-23) 23 May 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Sweden
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Manchester United
Number 2
Youth career
IFK Lindesberg
Adolfsbergs IK
Örebro SK Söder
KIF Örebro
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2020 Örebro SK Söder 15 (1)
2020–2022 KIF Örebro 32 (0)
2022–2024 BK Häcken 46 (5)
2024– Manchester United 3 (0)
International career‡
2021–2022 Sweden U19 8 (0)
2022– Sweden U23 4 (0)
2023– Sweden 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 July 2024

Anna Linnea Sandberg (born 23 May 2003) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a left-back for English Women's Super League club Manchester United and the Sweden national team.

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Club career

Örebro

Sandberg started playing football at IFK Lindesberg and then she went on to play for Adolfsbergs IK. Her first senior club was Örebro SK Söder. [1] She made her senior debut with the team in 2019, making four appearances in Division 1, the third highest league in Sweden.[ citation needed ] In December 2020, Sandberg signed for Damallsvenskan team KIF Örebro, [2] initially joining the club's under-19 side but made her debut with the first team on 13 March 2020, starting and playing 63 minutes in a 3–0 defeat to Hammarby in the Svenska Cupen. She made a total of 38 appearances for the club in all competitions.

BK Häcken

In July 2022, BK Häcken paid a Damallsvenskan record transfer fee to KIF Örebro for Sandberg. [3] She made her Champions League debut on 21 September 2022, 2022–23 Champions League qualifying, playing the full 90 minutes of both legs against Paris Saint-Germain as Häcken lost 4–1 on aggregate. [4] [5]

Manchester United

On 2 August 2024, English Women's Super League club Manchester United announced the signing of Sandberg on a three-year contract with an additional option year. [6] The transfer fee was reported as a new record for a female Swedish player, surpassing the £150,000 Everton paid to Rosengard for Hanna Bennison in August 2021. [7]

International career

Sandberg took part in the first qualifying round for the European Championship in October 2021 with the U19 team and was able to qualify with the team for the second round.[ citation needed ] They qualified for the finals at a tournament in Croatia in April 2022, where they lost 1–0 to Spain in the semifinals.[ citation needed ] From September 2022 she was used in the U23 team.[ citation needed ]

On 16 February 2023, she made her senior debut in the 4–1 win over China, playing all 90 minutes. [8] On 13 June 2023, she was named to the squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, [9] the youngest player in the squad.[ citation needed ] She made her World Cup debut on 2 August 2023, starting in the final group stage game, a 2–0 win over Argentina.

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 December 2024 [10] [11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cupContinental [b] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Örebro SK 2019 Division 1 4000——40
202011121——132
Total151210000172
KIF Örebro 2021 Damallsvenskan 17020——190
2022 15040——190
Total320600000380
BK Häcken 2022 Damallsvenskan 11150—20181
2023 21010—71291
2024 14400——144
Total465600091615
Manchester United 2024–25 Women's Super League 3000200050
Career total96614120911218

International

As of match played 12 July 2024 [10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 202340
202410
Total50

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  2. ↑ "Anna Sandberg väljer KIF Örebro F19". KIF Örebro DFF F19 (in Swedish).
  3. ↑ "Kif Örebro bekräftar storaffären: "Pratar absolut om rekord"". Nerikes Allehanda (in Swedish). 19 July 2022. Archived from the original on 6 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE / MATCHDAY 1". www.eurosport.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE / MATCHDAY 2". www.eurosport.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "United Women sign defender Anna Sandberg". www.manutd.com. 2 August 2024. Archived from the original on 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  7. ↑ Lindop, Beth (2 August 2024). "Manchester United sign Sweden defender in record-breaking transfer". Manchester Evening News.
  8. ↑ "Dubbla debutanter mot Kina". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). 16 February 2023. Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "Den svenska VM-truppen 2023". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). 13 June 2023. Archived from the original on 13 June 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  10. 1 2 "Anna Sandberg Spelarstatistik". www.svenskfotboll.se. Archived from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "Anna Sandberg – Soccerway profile". int.soccerway.com.
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