Oskar Gösta Leonard "Knivsta" Sandberg (6 August 1932 – 27 April 2006) was a Swedish football, ice hockey, and bandy player who is best remembered for representing Djurgårdens IF. He was capped 52 times for the national team in football, eight times in ice hockey, and three times in bandy.
Gösta Sandberg joined Djurgården before the 1951–52 Allsvenskan season and stayed with the team throughout the rest of his career, until 1966, winning four Swedish titles.[4] During his debut season in Allsvenskan, he played all 22 matches and six goals.[4] Except for a one-year spell in second tier Division 1, Sandberg played all his Djurgården football in Allsvenskan, and there making 298 appearances and scoring 70 goals.[5] As of 2023, he is the player who have scored the most goals in Allsvenskan for Djurgårdens IF.[6]
A full international between 1951 and 1961, Sandberg won 52 caps and scored 10 goals for the Sweden national team and represented his country at the 1952 Summer Olympics where they won the bronze medal.[7][8] He made his international debut in a friendly against Yugoslavia on 2 September 1951[9]
In 1956, he received the Guldbollen as Sweden's best footballer of the year.[3]
Sandberg first represented IK Sirius, then Spånga IS[10].Gösta Sandberg joined Djurgården from Spånga IS in 1957 and played with the team for six seasons in Division 1 until 1963, winning the Swedish title all six seasons.[10][4]
Sandberg's nickname derives from the town he was born and grew up in, Knivsta. Sandberg died on his way home from the derby between the archrivals AIK and Djurgårdens IF on 27 April 2006.[15]
Gösta Sandberg had four children and nine grandchildren.[16] One son, Lars played Allsvenskan football for Djurgården, one daughter, Anna, represented IF Brommapojkarna, and two of his grandchildren, and Anna's children together with Brommapojkarna footballer and Swedish junior international Berndt Magnusson, Gustav Sandberg Magnusson and Anton Sandberg Magnusson, both played Allsvenskan football for IF Brommapojkarna.[13][17][18]
^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. ISBN978-91-86184-69-8.
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Oskar Gosta Leonard Knivsta Sandberg 6 August 1932 27 April 2006 was a Swedish football ice hockey and bandy player who is best remembered for representing Djurgardens IF He was capped 52 times for the national team in football eight times in ice hockey and three times in bandy Gosta SandbergGosta Sandberg in 1964BornOskar Gosta Leonard Sandberg 1932 08 06 6 August 1932Knivsta SwedenDied27 April 2006 2006 04 27 aged 73 Stockholm SwedenAssociation football careerPosition s StrikerYouth careerKnivsta IKSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 0000 1950Knivsta IK1951 1966Djurgardens IF322 77 International careerSweden B 1 2 1 1951 1961Sweden 2 52 10 Managerial career1959 1961IF Brommapojkarna1967 1971Djurgardens IF1968Djurgardens IF women 1972 1978IF Brommapojkarna1979Djurgardens IF Club domestic league appearances and goals Ice hockey careerPlayed forSpanga ISDjurgardens IFNational team SwedenPlaying career1957 1963In 1991 he was voted Djurgardare of the century 3 Contents 1 Football career 2 Ice hockey career 3 Bandy career 4 Managerial career 5 Personal life 6 Honours 6 1 Ice hockey 6 2 Football 7 References 8 External linksFootball career edit nbsp The Sweden national football team in 1961 with Sandberg in the front row and from the left standing Bengt Berndtsson Torbjorn Jonsson Ake Johansson Agne Simonsson Rune Borjesson and Lennart Backman crouched Olle Hellstrom Orvar Bergmark Bengt Nyholm Lennart Wing and Gosta Sandberg Gosta Sandberg joined Djurgarden before the 1951 52 Allsvenskan season and stayed with the team throughout the rest of his career until 1966 winning four Swedish titles 4 During his debut season in Allsvenskan he played all 22 matches and six goals 4 Except for a one year spell in second tier Division 1 Sandberg played all his Djurgarden football in Allsvenskan and there making 298 appearances and scoring 70 goals 5 As of 2023 he is the player who have scored the most goals in Allsvenskan for Djurgardens IF 6 A full international between 1951 and 1961 Sandberg won 52 caps and scored 10 goals for the Sweden national team and represented his country at the 1952 Summer Olympics where they won the bronze medal 7 8 He made his international debut in a friendly against Yugoslavia on 2 September 1951 9 In 1956 he received the Guldbollen as Sweden s best footballer of the year 3 Ice hockey career edit nbsp Sandberg left with Hans Mild at the 1961 World Ice Hockey Championships Sandberg first represented IK Sirius then Spanga IS 10 Gosta Sandberg joined Djurgarden from Spanga IS in 1957 and played with the team for six seasons in Division 1 until 1963 winning the Swedish title all six seasons 10 4 Sandberg won eight caps for the Sweden national ice hockey team 11 Sandberg debuted for the national team on 23 November 1958 in a 8 2 win over Finland where he was part of line together with fellow Djurgarden player Hans Mild and Uno Ohrlund of Vasteras IK 10 He represented Sweden at the 1961 World Ice Hockey Championships where Sweden finished fourth as well as the 1961 Ice Hockey European Championships where Sweden finished third 3 Bandy career editGosta Sandberg played with Djurgardens IF bandy team in the 1961 66 seasons 4 Sandberg represented the Sweden national bandy team a total of three times during his career 4 12 Managerial career editDuring and after his active career Gosta Sandberg managed IF Brommapojkarna 1959 61 and 1972 78 and Djurgarden 1967 71 and in 1979 13 4 Sandberg managed Djurgarden s women s team in 1968 14 Personal life editSandberg s nickname derives from the town he was born and grew up in Knivsta Sandberg died on his way home from the derby between the archrivals AIK and Djurgardens IF on 27 April 2006 15 Gosta Sandberg had four children and nine grandchildren 16 One son Lars played Allsvenskan football for Djurgarden one daughter Anna represented IF Brommapojkarna and two of his grandchildren and Anna s children together with Brommapojkarna footballer and Swedish junior international Berndt Magnusson Gustav Sandberg Magnusson and Anton Sandberg Magnusson both played Allsvenskan football for IF Brommapojkarna 13 17 18 Honours editIce hockey edit Djurgardens IF 3 Swedish Champion 1957 58 1958 59 1959 60 1960 61 1961 62 1962 63Sweden 3 Ice Hockey European Championship bronze 1961Football edit Djurgardens IF Allsvenskan 1954 55 1959 1964 1966 19 Division 2 Svealand 1961Sweden Summer Olympics bronze medal 1952Individual Guldbollen 1956References edit Frantz Alf Glanell Tomas Persson Gunnar eds 2008 Det svenska fotbollslandslaget 1908 2008 The Swedish National Football Team 1908 2008 in Swedish Vallingby CA Stromberg AB ISBN 978 91 86184 69 8 Sweden national football team stats passagen se in Swedish Archived from the original on 2001 06 09 a b c d e Gosta Knivsta Sandberg DIF Hall of Fame in Swedish Retrieved 2022 11 07 a b c d e f Gosta Knivsta Sandberg DIF Historia in Swedish Retrieved 2022 11 07 Gosta Sandberg Player FAQ Djurgarden Fotboll Nar var hur vem 11 August 2021 Gosta Sandberg Spelarstatistik Svensk fotboll www svenskfotboll se in Swedish Retrieved 2022 11 07 Gosta Sandberg Sveriges Olympiska Kommitte sok se in Swedish Retrieved 2022 11 07 Gosta Sandberg Spelarstatistik Svensk fotboll a b c https www eliteprospects com player 36771 gosta sandberg Knivsta platsade i tre olika landslag in Swedish 2019 04 15 Retrieved 2022 11 07 Gosta Knivsta Sandberg Knivstas historia in Swedish 2016 11 11 Retrieved 2022 11 07 a b Ordforandebloggen 12 BP familjen BP 1968 1969 18 March 2022 Knivsta Sandberg dod 28 April 2006 Knivsta Sandberg dod 28 April 2006 Sweden G Magnusson Profile with news career statistics and history Soccerway Sweden A Sandberg Magnusson Profile with news career statistics and history Soccerway http www difarkivet se dif sm guld seniorer pdf Archived 2019 06 30 at the Wayback Machine bare URL PDF External links editBiographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects com Gosta Sandberg at the Swedish Football Association in Swedish Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gosta Sandberg amp oldid 1164705483, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
