Roland Grip

{{Short description|Swedish footballer (1941–2024)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Roland Grip

| image = Roland Grip 1974.jpg

| caption = Roland Grip with Team Sweden at the 1974 FIFA FIFA World Cup in West Germany

| full_name = Bruno Roland Grip

| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|1|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Föllinge, Sweden

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|2|9|1941|1|1|df=y}}

| death_place = Valsätra, Uppsala, Sweden

| height = 1.75 m{{WorldFootball.net|roland-grip}}

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = 1955–1961

| youthclubs1 = Bräcke SK

| years1 = 1962–1963

| clubs1 = IFK Östersund

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| years2 = 1964–1970

| clubs2 = AIK

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| years3 = 1971–1975

| clubs3 = IK Sirius

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| years4 = 1976

| clubs4 = SK Iron

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| nationalyears1 = 1968–1974

| nationalteam1 = Sweden{{cite web | url = http://hem.passagen.se/fotbollslandslaget/statistiktest.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20010609200325/http://hem.passagen.se/fotbollslandslaget/statistiktest.htm | url-status = usurped | archive-date = 9 June 2001 | title = Sweden men's national football team stats | language = Swedish | work = passagen.se}}

| nationalcaps1 = 55

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| manageryears1 = 1980–1982

| managerclubs1 = SK Iron

}}

Bruno Roland Grip (1 January 1941 – 9 February 2024) was a Swedish footballer and manager. A defender, he played for AIK making his debut in Allsvenskan in 1964, and remained at the club until 1971 when he moved to IK Sirius. He played there until his retirement in 1975. He was capped 55 times for the Sweden national team, playing in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the 1974 FIFA World Cup. Grip died on 9 February 2024, at the age of 83.[https://unt.se/sport/fotboll/artikel/roland-grip-har-somnat-in-sa-minns-jag-honom/lw45ey8r Roland Grip har somnat in – så minns jag honom] {{in lang|sv}}

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