Mauritz Sandberg

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Mauritz "Moje" Sandberg (born November 15, 1895 in Hedekas , Munkedal , † November 4, 1981 in Stenungsund ) was a Swedish football player . The runner took part in the 1920 Olympic Games with the Swedish national team.

Career

Sandberg played in the men's team of IFK Göteborg from the mid-1910s . In the summer of 1918 he stood at the side of Herbert Karlsson , Caleb Schylander , Erik Hjelm , Henry Almén and Valdus Lund in the final of the Svenska Mästerskapet . Against Helsingborgs IF he prevailed with his club with a 5-0 victory, thus IFK Göteborg won the Swedish championship for the third time.

In September 1918, Sandberg made his debut in the national team when they lost to the Norwegian national team in Oslo with a 2-1 defeat . In the following games he was often on the field for the national team. Ultimately, he was also in the contest at the 1920 Olympic football tournament in Antwerp . He was in the starting line-up both in the 9-0 opening win against Greece and in the 4-5 quarter-final defeat after extra time against the Dutch team . In the "tournament for 2nd and 3rd place" he finally failed in the race for the Olympic medals after a 1: 2 defeat against Spain at the side of players like Albin Dahl , Rune Bergström and Bertil Nordenskjöld . This game, his eleventh international match , was also his last appearance in the Swedish national jersey.

Subsequently, Sandberg continued to work for IFK Göteborg. After he had already played in a league competition in the intermittent Svenska series for the club, he was on the pitch for the club in the early years of Allsvenskan .

Sandberg was awarded the Stora Grabbars Märke . Nothing is known about the further life path after his playing career. His younger brother Ragnar Sandberg was a painter, and his brother inspired him to paint football.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ sok.se: "Mauritz" Moje "Sandberg" ( Memento of the original from June 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on January 10, 2012) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sok.se
  2. ↑ svenskfotboll.se: "Stora Grabbar (-2011)" (accessed on January 10, 2012)
  3. ↑ stenungsund.se "Några ord om av Sveriges mest intressanta och som erkända konstnärer bott på Stenungsön." ( Memento of the original on 25 December 2010 at the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on January 10, 2012) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stenungsund.se
personal data
SURNAME Sandberg, Mauritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sandberg, Moje (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Hedekas , Munkedal municipality
DATE OF DEATH 4th November 1981
Place of death Stenungsund