Roland Andersson

For the Swedish wrestler, see Roland Andersson (wrestler).

Roland Andersson
Personal information
Full name Åke-Erik Roland Andersson
Date of birth (1950-03-28) 28 March 1950 (age 74)
Place of birth Malmö, Sweden
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
BK Olympic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1967 Kävlinge GIF
1968–1974 Malmö FF 146 (44)
1975–1976 Djurgårdens IF 45 (2)
1977–1983 Malmö FF 161 (6)
International career
Sweden U18[1] 19 (2)
Sweden U23[1] 14 (1)
1974–1978 Sweden[2] 19 (0)
Managerial career
1983–1985 Malmö FF (youth teams)
1985–1987 Al-Ittihad
1988–1990 Lunds BK
1991–1992 Malmö FF (assistant coach)
1993 Al-Ittihad
1994 Malmö FF (assistant coach)
1995–1997 Qatar SC
1997–1998 BSC Young Boys
1998–1999 Malmö FF
2002–2003 Al-Shaab
2004–2009 Sweden (assistant coach)
2010 Nigeria (assistant coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Playing career

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

Managerial career

As a coach, Andersson has coached at Al-Shaab (United Arab Emirates), BSC Young Boys (Switzerland),[3] Al-Ittihad (Saudi Arabia), Qatar SC (Qatar) and Malmö FF. His was assistant coach for the Sweden national 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.[4] However this did not last for very long; in February 2010, he was appointed assistant coach at Nigeria under former colleague Lars Lagerbäck.[5] Currently Andersson works as an analyst for the Icelandic national football team.

Honours

Malmö FF

References

  1. ^ a b 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 978-91-86184-69-8.
  2. ^ Passegen Hem
  3. ^ "Switzerland - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs".
  4. ^ "Här är MFF:s nya organisation". Sydsvenskan. Archived from the original on 31 January 2010.
  5. ^ "Lagerbäck tar över Nigerias landslag". Sydsvenskan. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012.