Gösta Sandberg

Gösta Sandberg

Gösta Sandberg in 1964
Born Gösta Sandberg
6 August 1932
Knivsta, Sweden
Died 27 April 2006 (aged 73)
Stockholm, Sweden
Association football career
Playing positionStriker
Youth career
Knivsta IK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
–1950Knivsta IK
1951–1966Djurgårdens IF322(77)
National team
Sweden B[1]2(1)
1951–1961Sweden[2]52(10)
Teams managed
1959–1961IF Brommapojkarna
1967–1971Djurgårdens IF
1972–1978IF Brommapojkarna
1979Djurgårdens IF
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
Ice hockey career
Senior career
Played forDjurgårdens IF
National team Sweden
Playing career1957–1963
Sandberg (left) with Hans Mild at the 1961 World Ice Hockey Championships.

Gösta "Knivsta" Sandberg, (6 August 6 1932, Knivsta — 27 April 2006), was a Swedish footballer, ice hockey and bandy player in Djurgårdens IF. In 1956 he received Guldbollen and he was voted ”Djurgårdare of the century” in 1991. His nickname derives from the town he was born and grew up in, Knivsta. He has been capped 52 times for the national team in football, 8 times in hockey and 3 times in bandy.

"Knivsta" died on his way home from the derby between the archrivals AIK and Djurgårdens IF April 27, 2006.[3]

Honours

Club

Djurgårdens IF

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Frantz, Alf; Glanell, Tomas; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2008). Det svenska fotbollslandslaget 1908–2008 [The Swedish National Football Team 1908–2008] (in Swedish). Vällingby: CA Strömberg AB. ISBN 91-86184-69-5.
  2. ↑ "Sweden national football team stats". passagen.se (in Swedish).
  3. ↑ http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/article10810066.ab