Roland Andersson

{{short description|Swedish football player and coach (born 1950)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Roland Andersson

| fullname = Åke-Erik Roland Andersson

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|3|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Malmö, Sweden

| height =

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = BK Olympic

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1967

| clubs1 = Kävlinge GIF

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1968–1974

| clubs2 = Malmö FF

| caps2 = 146

| goals2 = 44

| years3 = 1975–1976

| clubs3 = Djurgårdens IF

| caps3 = 45

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 1977–1983

| clubs4 = Malmö FF

| caps4 = 161

| goals4 = 6

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 = Sweden U18{{cite book |editor-last=Frantz |editor-first=Alf |editor-last2=Glanell |editor-first2=Tomas |editor-last3=Persson |editor-first3=Gunnar |title=Det svenska fotbollslandslaget 1908–2008 |publisher=CA Strömberg AB |year=2008 |location=Vällingby |language=Swedish |trans-title= The Swedish National Football Team 1908–2008 |isbn=978-91-86184-69-8}}

| nationalcaps1 = 19

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 =

| nationalteam2 = Sweden U23

| nationalcaps2 = 14

| nationalgoals2 = 1

| nationalyears3 = 1974–1978

| nationalteam3 = Sweden{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20010609200325/http://hem.passagen.se/fotbollslandslaget/statistiktest.htm Passegen Hem]}}

| nationalcaps3 = 19

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| pcupdate =

| ntupdate =

| manageryears1 = 1983–1985

| manageryears2 = 1985–1987

| manageryears3 = 1988–1990

| manageryears4 = 1991–1992

| manageryears5 = 1993

| manageryears6 = 1994

| manageryears7 = 1995–1997

| manageryears8 = 1997–1998

| manageryears9 = 1998–1999

| manageryears10 = 2002–2003

| manageryears11 = 2004–2009

| manageryears12 = 2010

| managerclubs1 = Malmö FF (youth teams)

| managerclubs2 = Al-Ittihad

| managerclubs3 = Lunds BK

| managerclubs4 = Malmö FF (assistant coach)

| managerclubs5 = Al-Ittihad

| managerclubs6 = Malmö FF (assistant coach)

| managerclubs7 = Qatar SC

| managerclubs8 = BSC Young Boys

| managerclubs9 = Malmö FF

| managerclubs10 = Al-Shaab

| managerclubs11 = Sweden (assistant coach)

| managerclubs12 = Nigeria (assistant coach)

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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),{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/trainers-zwit-clubs.html|title = Switzerland - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://sydsvenskan.se/sport/fotboll/mff/article625258/Har-ar-MFFs-nya-organisation.html|title=Här är MFF:s nya organisation|work=Sydsvenskan|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131123106/http://sydsvenskan.se/sport/fotboll/mff/article625258/Har-ar-MFFs-nya-organisation.html|archive-date=2010-01-31}} However this did not last for very long; in February 2010, he was appointed assistant coach at Nigeria under former colleague Lars Lagerbäck.{{cite web|url=http://sydsvenskan.se/sport/article634082/Lagerback-tar-over-Nigerias-landslag.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715092447/http://sydsvenskan.se/sport/article634082/Lagerback-tar-over-Nigerias-landslag.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-15|title=Lagerbäck tar över Nigerias landslag|work=Sydsvenskan}} Currently Andersson works as an analyst for the Icelandic national football team.