Christian Hemberg

Christian Andres Hemberg (born 6 December 1981) is Swedish former footballer who played as a forward. Hemberg played for Örgryte, Raufoss and KS/Leiftur. He won two caps for the Sweden national team.

Christian Hemberg
Personal information
Full name Christian Andres Hemberg
Date of birth (1981-12-06) 6 December 1981
Place of birth Cali, Colombia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Torestorp IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2006 Örgryte 96 (14)
2007–2008 Raufoss 25 (3)
2008 KS/Leiftur 9 (0)
Total 130 (17)
National team
1997–1998 Sweden U17 21 (2)
1999 Sweden U19 4 (1)
2001–2002 Sweden U21 3 (0)
2001 Sweden 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Having started off his career with Torestorp IF, he signed with Örgryte IS in 1998 for which he made his Allsvenskan debut at 17 years of age in 1999.[1][2] He scored 14 Allsvenskan goals in 96 appearances for the Örgryte before signing with the Norwegian second division club Raufoss in early 2007.[1] He retired from professional football after a brief stint in Iceland with KS/Leiftur.[3]

International career

After having appeared for the Sweden U17, U19, and U21 teams, Hemberg made his full international debut for Sweden on 31 January 2001 in a friendly game against the Faroe Islands.[4] He replaced Stefan Ishizaki in the 65th minute as the game ended in a 0–0 draw.[5] He won his second and ultimately last international cap for Sweden in a friendly game on 1 February 2001 as Sweden lost 0–1 to Finland, replacing Sharbel Touma in the 77th minute.[6]

Personal life

He was adopted from an orphanage in Cali, Colombia to Sweden at an early age.[3] After his footballing career he has worked as a personal trainer.[3]

References
  1. "Christian Hemberg". Mer fotboll (in Swedish). 2019-09-08. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  2. "Jättetalangen som försvann". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  3. ""Jag hade kanske varit ett gatubarn eller död"". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  4. "Christian Hemberg - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  5. "Sverige - Färöarna - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  6. "Sverige - Finland - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-10-10.


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