Martin Smedberg-Dalence
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name |
Martin Ramiro Guillermo Smedberg-Dalence | ||
| Date of birth | 10 May 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Norrköping, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right midfielder / Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | IFK Göteborg | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2000 | Gunnilse IS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2003 | Gunnilse IS | 50 | (13) |
| 2004–2006 | IFK Göteborg | 6 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Västra Frölunda IF (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2006 | → Ljungskile SK (loan) | 30 | (10) |
| 2007–2010 | Ljungskile SK | 113 | (17) |
| 2011–2013 | IFK Norrköping | 89 | (6) |
| 2014– | IFK Göteborg | 51 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1999–2001 | Sweden U16 | 12 | (0) |
| 2001 | Sweden U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Sweden U19 | 13 | (0) |
| 2014– | Bolivia | 12 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 July 2016. | |||
Martin Smedberg-Dalence (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmartin (e)ˈsmeðβerɣ daˈlense], Swedish: [ˈmaʈɪn ²smeːdbærj daˈlɛnsɛ]; born 10 May 1984 in Norrköping) is a Swedish-born Bolivia footballer who plays for IFK Göteborg as a midfielder.[1]
International career
Dalence has represented Sweden at youth levels. In 2013, he said his dream is to play for the Bolivian senior team.[2]
On 3 October 2014 he officially received his first call to the Bolivia national football team.
Dalence was included in the Bolivian squad for the 2015 Copa América in Chile by manager Mauricio Soria. On 15 June, he scored his first international goal in the team's second group match – a 3–2 defeat of Ecuador – to give El Verde its first win at the Copa América since the 1997 tournament.[3]
Personal life
Although born in Norrköping, his family moved to Gothenburg when he was very young and he was subsequently raised there.[4] His father, Ramiro Dalence, is from Oruro, Bolivia and arrived in Sweden in 1980. He declared in an interview in 2013 that he was a Real Madrid fan and as his father, was a The Strongest fan.[5] [6]´
Career statistics
Club
- As of 13 September 2015[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Gunnilse IS | 2001 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 2 | ||
| 2003 | 22 | 11 | — | — | 22 | 11 | |||
| Total | 50 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 13 | |
| IFK Göteborg | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
| Västra Frölunda IF | 2005 | 15 | 1 | — | — | 15 | 1 | ||
| Total | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| Ljungskile SK | 2006 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 10 | |
| 2007 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 2 | ||
| 2008 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 29 | 2 | ||
| 2009 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | 32 | 10 | ||
| 2010 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | 31 | 6 | ||
| Total | 143 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 30 | |
| IFK Norrköping | 2011 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 32 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 2 | ||
| 2013 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | 34 | 4 | ||
| Total | 89 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 8 | |
| IFK Göteborg | 2014 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| 2015 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
| Total | 37 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 55 | 3 | |
| Career total | 340 | 49 | 31 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 381 | 56 | |
International
- As of 7 June 2016[8]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolivia | 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 1 | |
International goals
Scores and results list Bolivia's goal tally first
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15 June 2015 | Estadio Elías Figueroa, Valparaíso, Chile |  Ecuador | | 2015 Copa América |
Honours
Club
- IFK Göteborg
References
- ↑ "Smedberg-Dalence klar för fyra år" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ↑ "Martín Smedberg Dalence y arbitro boliviana. Gotenburgo Suecia." (in Spanish). Bolivianos en el Mundo's YouTube channel. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ↑ "Bolivia withstand heavy pressure to edge Ecuador at Copa América". The Guardian. 16 June 2015.
- ↑ "Smedberg tillbaka i Norrköping" (in Swedish). Bohusläningen. 21 December 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
- ↑ "Martín Smedberg Dalence y arbitro boliviana. Gotenburgo Suecia." (in Spanish). Bolivianos en el Mundo's YouTube channel. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ↑ "Y nuevamente el futbol" (in Spanish). Wara. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ↑ "Martin Smedberg-Dalence". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
- ↑ "Martin Smedberg-Dalence". National Football Teams. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
External links
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