Nils-Åke Sandell

Nils-Åke Sandell

Personal information
Full name	Nils-Åke Sandell
Date of birth	(1927-02-05)5 February 1927
Place of birth	Lund, Sweden
Date of death	29 May 1992(1992-05-29) (aged 65)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1943–1948	Lunds BK	?	(?)
1949–1950	IFK Malmö	60	(73)
1951	Lunds BK	?	(?)
1952–1956	Malmö FF	68	(62)
1956–1958	SPAL 1907	49	(13)
1958	Malmö FF	4	(2)
International career
1952–1956	Sweden	20	(20)
Managerial career
1959–1963	Malmö FF
	Skurup
	Lunds Bois
	Tomelilla
	Ystads IF
	IFK Trelleborg IFK Malmö
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nils-Åke Sandell (5 February 1927 – 29 May 1992) was a Swedish football player and manager.

Club career

Sandell started his playing career in his birth city Lund at local club Lunds BK. After a brief period at IFK Malmö he returned to Lund before moving to Malmö FF in the 1952 season. After spending 4 years in Malmö Sandell had quite a reputation for being a goalscorer and tried his luck in Italy and SPAL 1907. After his period in Italy Sandell returned to Malmö FF and played one last season there in 1958.

Malmö FF players in 1955: from left Charles Gustafsson, Henry Thillberg, Nils-Åke Sandell, Bengt Lindskog and Bertil Nilsson.

International career

He played a crucial role in Sweden's triumph at the 1952–55 Nordic Football Championship, being the top goal scorer of the tournament with 10 goals in 8 caps, and he was also part of Sweden's squad for the football tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.

Managerial career

After returning from Italy and playing for a couple of games during the 1958 season Sandell were asked to become manager of the club. He managed the club from 1959 to 1963 winning no titles. Sandells manager career continued throughout regional clubs in Skåne and finished his career at IFK Malmö, nearly managing to promote them to Allsvenskan in 1980.

Honours

Sweden

• Summer Olympics bronze medal: 1952
• Nordic Football Championship: 1952–1955

Individual

• Nordic Football Championship top scorer: 1952–1955

Sources

• Malmström, Håkan (2010). 100 MFF:ARE. Sydsvenska Dagbladets AB. pp. 100–101. ISBN 978-91-85319-71-8.