Erik Tobias Sandberg (born 27 February 2000) is a Norwegian football player who plays as a defender for ÍA.
 Sandberg in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Erik Tobias Tangen Sandberg | ||
| Date of birth | 27 February 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Norway | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | ÍA | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | Lillestrøm | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2022 | Lillestrøm | 5 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Skeid (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Jerv (loan) | 29 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | Jerv | 52 | (0) |
| 2024– | ÍA | 26 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Norway U15 | 4 | (0) |
| 2016 | Norway U16 | 15 | (2) |
| 2017 | Norway U17 | 12 | (0) |
| 2018 | Norway U18 | 13 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Norway U19 | 10 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 April 2024 | |||
Career
editSandberg came through the youth ranks of Lillestrøm, and was a prolific youth international for Norway. Following a loan to Skeid, Sandberg missed the entire 2020 season due to injury. He was then on loan with Jerv in 2021 before joining the club permanently in 2022. In his three years at Jerv, he experienced promotion from the 2021 1. divisjon, and then relegation from the 2022 Eliteserien and the 2023 1. divisjon.[1][2][3] Ahead of the 2024 season, Sandberg moved abroad for the first time, to Icelandic club Íþróttabandalag Akraness.[4]
Personal life
editIn 2016 the music video for "Kygo Jo" was uploaded to YouTube by Flow Kingz, a group consisting of Sandberg and his Norway U18 teammates Erik Botheim and Erling Haaland. The video had by 2022 surpassed 10 million views and 300,000 likes. [5]
References
edit- ^ Erik Tobias Sandberg at Soccerway
- ^ Erik Tobias Sandberg at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ^ "Lånes ut: – Jeg må opp på 'hesten' igjen og trenger mer spilletid". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). 7 May 2021. p. 29.
- ^ "Jerv-spiller klar for utenlandsk eventyr". Agderposten (in Norwegian). 22 February 2024. p. 19.
- ^ Falk, Jonathan. "Millioner har sett Haaland-hiten: – På sin plass". VG Nett (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 December 2020.
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