Roland Andersson, the man who prepared Sweden for their World Cup clash with England two years ago, has now joined England's ranks as we build towards Portugal this summer.

"I am delighted to have Roland with us for such a big tournament," Sven told us, breaking the news of the latest addition to his backroom team.

"We will be using both him and David Platt as scouts out in Portugal.

"Roland has a huge amount of experience as both a player and a coach. As a player he played international football for Sweden and as a coach he has won the Swedish League four times and worked abroad in Dubai.

"We don't even have to tell him so much about the England team as he already knows most things, having spied against us for Sweden in Japan!

"He has many good qualities and we know that he is someone we can trust and rely on. Tord [Grip] has always spoken to him about players and teams."

Roland has already begun his scouting work for Sven and travelled to Germany to watch Owen Hargreaves' Bayern Munich in action against Eintracht Frankfurt last weekend.

Here's a look at Roland's highly impressive CV:


Curriculum Vitae

Name:

 

Roland Andersson

DOB: 

  

28 March 1950

 

Player

    

1968-74

 

Malmo FF, Sweden

1975-76

 

Djurgarden, Sweden

1977-83

 

Malmo FF, Sweden

     

Honours

    

4 Swedish Championships

4 Cup wins

570 First team games for Malmo FF, Captain of the team.

19 caps for Sweden (Incl. World Cup squad 1978 in Argentina)

     

Coaching

    

1983-85

 

Malmo FF - Youth Coach

     

1985-87

 

Ittihad Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) - U-19 Coach

   

Saudi Arabian champions 1985-86

1988-90

 

Lunds BK (Sweden Head) – Coach

   

Div.2 Champions

1991-92

 

Malmo FF - First Team Coach

   

Premier League Champions, 91, 92

1993

 

Ittihad, Jeddah - First Team Coach

   

Premier League Runners-Up

1994

 

Malmo FF- First Team Coach

   

Premier League Champions

1995-97

 

Qatar S.C. Doha - Head-Coach

   

Premier League Champions 96, 97

   

Sheikh Jassem Cup Champions

   

Federation Cup Champions

1997-98

 

Young Boys, Bern - Head Coach

   

Second Division Champions

1998-99

 

Malmo FF- Head Coach

   

Premier League Champions 1998,1999

2000-02

 

Swedish FA - Technical Staff

   

(member of the coaching staff during World Cup in Korea/Japan)

2002-03

 

Al Shaab Club (United Arab Emirates) - Head Coach

2004 -

 

England National Team - Scout

  




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