Gösta Sandberg

Gösta "Knivsta" Sandberg (6 August 1932 – 27 April 2006) was a Swedish football, ice hockey, and bandy player in Djurgårdens IF. In 1956 he received the 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 was capped 52 times for the national team in football, eight times in hockey, and three times in bandy.

Gösta Sandberg
Gösta Sandberg in 1964
Born
Gösta Sandberg

(1932-08-06)6 August 1932
Died27 April 2006(2006-04-27) (aged 73)
Association football career
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Knivsta IK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1950 Knivsta IK
1951–1966 Djurgårdens IF 322 (77)
National team
Sweden B[1] 2 (1)
1951–1961 Sweden[2] 52 (10)
Teams managed
1959–1961 IF Brommapojkarna
1967–1971 Djurgårdens IF
1972–1978 IF Brommapojkarna
1979 Djurgårdens IF
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
Ice hockey career
Played for Djurgårdens IF
National team  Sweden
Playing career 19571963
Sandberg (left) with Hans Mild at the 1961 World Ice Hockey Championships.

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

Honours

Ice Hockey

Football

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). Archived from the original on 2001-06-09.
  3. http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/article10810066.ab
  4. http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf
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