Swedish football player and coach (born 1950)For the Swedish wrestler, see Roland Andersson (wrestler).

Åke-Erik Roland Andersson (born 28 March 1950) is a former Swedish football player and coach. His most recent job was that as the *istant coach of the Nigeria national team under Lars Lagerbäck.

As a player, he played for Malmö FF and Djurgårdens IF and was a part of the Swedish squad in the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina.

As a coach, he has coached at Al-Shaab (United Arab Emirates), BSC Young Boys (Switzerland), Al-Ittihad (Saudi Arabia), Qatar SC (Qatar) and Malmö FF. His latest post was *istant coach for the Sweden national football 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. However this did not last for very long; in February 2010, he was appointed *istant coach at Nigeria under former colleague Lars Lagerbäck. Currently Anderson works as an *yst for the Icelandic national football team.

Honours

Malmö FF

• Allsvenskan: 1970, 1971, 1974, 1977
• Svenska Cupen: 1973, 1974, 1978, 1980

References

External links

• Roland Andersson at WorldFootball.net
• Profile at the Swedish football *ociation