Niklas Sandberg
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| Niklas Sandberg | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Niklas Magnus Sandberg | |
| Date of birth | September 3, 1978 | |
| Place of birth | Stockholm, Sweden | |
| Height | 189 cm | |
| Nickname | Nirre | |
| Playing position | Centre Back, Defensive Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | AIK | |
| Number | 3 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1985–1989 1990-1994 1996 |
Haningepojkarna Västerhaninge IF AIK |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1995 1996–1997 1998-1999 2000 2001-2003 2004-present |
Västerhaninge IF AIK IK Sirius FK Helsingborgs IF FC Café Opera AIK Overall |
13 (0) 2 (0) 48 (3) 5 (0) 83 (5) 50 (1) 201 (9) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Niklas Sandberg is a Swedish centre-back who currently plays for AIK. 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. During the last two years he has taken huge steps during new coach Rikard Norling and is now one of the best central defenders in Allsvenskan.
Sandberg is tall and powerfully built, and thus physically strong and tough to beat in the air. He also reads the game well and is, for a Swedish defender, a decent passer of the ball. Thus, he can also play as a defensive midfielder. His greatest weakness is his lack of pace. Occasionally, he picks up unnecessary cards.
He has also played for the Sweden national football team and could be the next AIK player to move to one of the bigger leagues in Europe if he continue to impress.
| AIK Fotboll - Current Squad |
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1 Örlund | 2 Pat. Karlsson | 3 Sandberg | 4 Per Karlsson | 5 Rønning | 6 Östlundh | 7 Haynes | 8 Tjernström | 9 Burgič | 10 Figueiredo | 11 Hulsker | 13 Arnefjord | 14 Pavey | 16 Bengtsson | 17 Tamandi | 18 Jonsson | 19 Åhman-Persson | 21 Gerndt | 22 Stephenson | 23 Rubarth | 24 Carlsson | 25 Nouri | 26 Mendes | 27 Westberg | 29 Özkan | 30 Johnson | |
