Robert Zander

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Robert Zander

| image = Swefootball rzander1919netherlands24aug.jpg

| caption = Zander with Sweden in August 1919, ahead of a game against the Netherlands at the Stockholm Stadium.

| fullname = Adolf Robert Zander

| birth_date = {{birth date|1895|9|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Luleå, Sweden

| death_date = {{death date and age|1966|6|27|1895|9|18|df=yes}}

| death_place = Gothenburg, Sweden

| nationalteam1 = Sweden

| nationalyears1 = 1918–1926

| nationalcaps1 = 20

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| position = Goalkeeper

| clubs1 = IFK Göteborg

| years1 = 1919

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| clubs2 = Örgryte IS

| years2 = 1920–1927

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| clubs3 = Redbergslids IK

| years3 =

}}

Adolf Robert Zander (18 September 1895 – 27 June 1966) was a Swedish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27303 |title=Robert Zander |work=Olympedia |access-date=15 August 2021}}

Club career

Zander is best remembered for representing Örgryte IS, which he helped win the 1925–26 Allsvenskan.{{Cite web|title=ÖIS Allsvenska seriemästare – 1926 *) - Balders Hage|url=http://webnews.textalk.com/balders-hage/ois-allsvenska-seriemastare-1926|access-date=3 November 2020|website=webnews.textalk.com}} He played in 57 games for the team between 1924 and 1927. He also represented IFK Göteborg and Redbergslids IK during his career.{{Cite web|title=Robert Zander|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/robert-zander/|access-date=3 November 2020|website=worldfootball.net|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Robert Zander - ifkdb.com|url=https://ifkdb.com/player/Robert-Zander_734|access-date=3 November 2020|website=ifkdb.com}}

International career

A Swedish international between 1918 and 1926, Zander represented the Sweden national team at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/robert-zander-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205912/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/robert-zander-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Robert Zander Olympic Results |access-date=3 October 2018}} He won a total of 20 caps for the Sweden national team and was named Stor Grabb in 1926.{{Cite web|title=Stora Grabbars Märke - Svensk fotboll|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/landslag/herr/historik-herr/stora-grabbar/|access-date=3 November 2020|website=www.svenskfotboll.se|language=sv}}{{Cite web |title=Robert Zander - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/robert-zander/651f304f-42ca-4417-9b2d-4a862a48d701 |access-date=3 November 2020 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se. |language=sv}}

Personal life

Zander is the great-grandfather of the current professional footballer Gustav Ludwigson who played for Örgryte IS in 2018 and 2019.{{Cite web|title=Välkommen till Örgryte IS, Gustav Ludwigson!|url=http://fotboll.ois.se/valkommen-till-orgryte-gustav-ludwigson/|access-date=3 November 2020|website=fotboll.ois.se|language=sv-SE}}

Career statistics

= International =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+Appearances and goals by national team and year !National team !Year !Apps !Goals
rowspan="9" \|Sweden \|1918 \|1 \|0
1919 \|4 \|0
1920 \|6 \|0
1921 \|1 \|0
1922 \|0 \|0
1923 \|2 \|0
1924 \|3 \|0
1925 \|1 \|0
1926 \|2 \|0
colspan="2" \|Total !20 !0

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+Appearances and goals by national team and year

!National team

!Year

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="9" |Sweden

|1918

1919

1920

1921

1922