Personal information | |||
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Full name | Niklas Magnus Sandberg | ||
Date of birth | 3 September 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Stockholm, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre Back | ||
Youth career | |||
1985–1989 | Haningepojkarna | ||
1990–1994 | Västerhaninge IF | ||
1996 | AIK | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995 | Västerhaninge IF | 13 | (0) |
1996–1997 | AIK | 2 | (0) |
1998–1999 | IK Sirius | 48 | (3) |
2000 | Helsingborgs IF | 5 | (0) |
2001–2003 | FC Café Opera | 83 | (5) |
2004–2007 | AIK | 82 | (2) |
2007–2008 | CFR Cluj | 10 | (1) |
2008–2009 | Stabæk | 9 | (0) |
2009 | FK Haugesund | 22 | (1) |
2010 | SAFFC | 12 | (1) |
2011–2013 | IK Brage | 70 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2007 | Sweden | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 November 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 November 2011 |
Niklas Sandberg (born 3 September 1978) is a retired Swedish centre-back who last played for Swedish Superettan club Brage.
He started his career in the Swedish top flight in AIK in 1996 but only played two games during two years. After a spell at Helsingborg he returned to Stockholm in 2001 to play at FC Café Opera. He played there for three years and then returned to AIK in 2004. [1] In May 2007 he was traded to Romanian first league side CFR Cluj, becoming the first Swedish footballer ever to play in Liga 1.
Sandberg is tall and powerfully built, and thus physically strong and tough to beat in the air. He reads the game well and is a decent passer. Thus, he can also play as a defensive midfielder.
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