Roland Andersson
Swedish footballer and manager
About Roland Andersson
Born 1950. Roland Andersson is a Swedish association football player and association football coach.
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), 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. However this did not last for very long; in February 2010, he was appointed assistant coach at Nigeria under former colleague Lars Lagerbäck. Currently Andersson works as an analyst for the Icelandic national football team.
Honours
Malmö FF Allsvenskan: 1970, 1971, 1974, 1977 Svenska Cupen: 1973, 1974, 1978, 1980
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Swedish footballer and manager
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Roland Andersson was born on 28 March 1950 in Malmö.
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Roland Andersson is an association football player and association football coach.
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Roland Andersson is Swedish.
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