Roland Andersson

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Roland Andersson
Personal information
Full nameÅke-Erik Roland Andersson
Date of birth (1950-03-28) 28 March 1950
Place of birthMalmö, Sweden
Playing positionDefender (retired)
Club information
Current clubNigeria (assistant coach)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1968–1974Malmö FF146(44)
1975–1976Djurgårdens IF45(2)
1977–1983Malmö FF161(6)
National team
1974–1978Sweden[1]19(0)
Teams managed
1983–1985Malmö FF (youth teams)
1985–1987Al-Ittihad
1988–1990Lunds BK
1991–1992Malmö FF (assistant coach)
1993Al-Ittihad
1994Malmö FF (assistant coach)
1995–1997Qatar SC
1997–1998BSC Young Boys
1998–1999Malmö FF
2002–2003Al-Shaab
2004–2009Sweden (assistant coach)
2010Nigeria (assistant coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Åke-Erik Roland Andersson (born 28 March 1950 in Malmö) is a former Swedish football player and coach. His most recent job was that as the assistant coach of the Nigeria National Team under Lars Lagerbäck.

As a player, he played for Malmö FF and Djurgårdens IF and was a part of the Swedish squad in the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina.

As a coach, he has coached at Al-Shaab (United Arab Emirates), BSC Young Boys (Switzerland),[2] Al-Ittihad (Saudi Arabia), Qatar SC (Qatar) and Malmö FF. His latest post was assistant coach for the Sweden national football team, appointed in 2004 by Lars Lagerbäck. In 2010 Andersson was appointed Head of Development and Scouting on a consulting basis at his former club Malmö FF.[3] However this did not last for very long, In February 2010 he was appointed assistant coach at Nigeria under former colleague, Lars Lagerbäck.[4]

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Staffan Tapper
Bo Larsson
Malmö FF
Captain

1980–1983
Succeeded by
Ingemar Erlandsson
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