Anna Linnea Sandberg (Swedish: [ˈânːa lɪˈnêːa ˈsânːdbærj]; born 23 May 2003) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for English Women's Super League club Manchester United and the Sweden national team.
 Sandberg in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anna Linnea Sandberg | ||
| Date of birth | 23 May 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Manchester United | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| IFK Lindesberg | |||
| Adolfsbergs IK | |||
| Örebro SK Söder | |||
| KIF Örebro | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Örebro SK Söder | 15 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | KIF Örebro | 32 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | BK Häcken | 46 | (5) |
| 2024– | Manchester United | 31 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Sweden U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2022– | Sweden U23 | 8 | (0) |
| 2023– | Sweden | 10 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 December 2025 | |||
Club career
editÖrebro
editSandberg started playing football at IFK Lindesberg and then she went on to play for Adolfsbergs IK. Her first senior club was Örebro SK Söder.[1] She made her senior debut with the team in 2019, making four appearances in Division 1, the third highest league in Sweden.[citation needed] In December 2020, Sandberg signed for Damallsvenskan team KIF Örebro,[2] initially joining the club's under-19 side but made her debut with the first team on 13 March 2020, starting and playing 63 minutes in a 3–0 defeat to Hammarby in the Svenska Cupen. She made a total of 38 appearances for the club in all competitions.
BK Häcken
editIn July 2022, BK Häcken paid a Damallsvenskan record transfer fee to KIF Örebro for Sandberg.[3] She made her Champions League debut on 21 September 2022, 2022–23 Champions League qualifying, playing the full 90 minutes of both legs against Paris Saint-Germain as Häcken lost 4–1 on aggregate.[4][5]
Manchester United
editOn 2 August 2024, English Women's Super League club Manchester United announced the signing of Sandberg on a three-year contract with an additional option year.[6] The transfer fee was reported as a new record for a female Swedish player, surpassing the £150,000 Everton paid to Rosengard for Hanna Bennison in August 2021.[7] On 3 October 2025, she scored her first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw against Chelsea in the Women's Super League.[8] She sustained a knee injury during United's 3–0 Champions League victory over Atlético Madrid in February 2026, which manager Marc Skinner announced would prevent her from playing for approximately 8 weeks.[9]
International career
editSandberg took part in the first qualifying round for the European Championship in October 2021 with the U19 team and was able to qualify with the team for the second round.[citation needed] They qualified for the finals at a tournament in Croatia in April 2022, where they lost 1–0 to Spain in the semifinals.[citation needed] From September 2022 she was used in the U23 team.[citation needed]
On 16 February 2023, she made her senior debut in the 4–1 win over China, playing all 90 minutes.[10] On 13 June 2023, she was named to the squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand,[11] the youngest player in the squad.[citation needed] She made her World Cup debut on 2 August 2023, starting in the final group stage game, a 2–0 win over Argentina.
Career statistics
editClub
edit| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup | Continental[b] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Örebro SK | 2019 | Division 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 13 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
| KIF Örebro | 2021 | Damallsvenskan | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| BK Häcken | 2022 | Damallsvenskan | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | 29 | 1 | |||
| 2024 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 46 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 61 | 5 | ||
| Manchester United | 2024–25 | Women's Super League | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | |
| 2025–26 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
| Total | 31 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 53 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 124 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 169 | 9 | ||
International
editHonours
editManchester United
- Women's FA Cup runner-up: 2024–25[14]
- Women's League Cup runner-up: 2025–26[15]
Sweden
- FIFA Women's World Cup Bronze Medal: 2023
References
edit- ↑ "Officiellt: Anna Sandberg tar klivet till A-laget". KIF Örebro DFF A-lag (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 6 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ↑ "Anna Sandberg väljer KIF Örebro F19". KIF Örebro DFF F19 (in Swedish).
- ↑ "Kif Örebro bekräftar storaffären: "Pratar absolut om rekord"". Nerikes Allehanda (in Swedish). 19 July 2022. Archived from the original on 6 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ↑ "WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE / MATCHDAY 1". www.eurosport.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ↑ "WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE / MATCHDAY 2". www.eurosport.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ↑ "United Women sign defender Anna Sandberg". www.manutd.com. 2 August 2024. Archived from the original on 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ↑ Lindop, Beth (2 August 2024). "Manchester United sign Sweden defender in record-breaking transfer". Manchester Evening News.
- ↑ MacKenzie, Catherine (3 October 2025). "Manchester United 1-1 Chelsea: Sandberg volley seals draw". FromTheSpot. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
- ↑ Stone, Simon (18 February 2026). "Sandberg ruled out for up to eight weeks". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ↑ "Dubbla debutanter mot Kina". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). 16 February 2023. Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ↑ "Den svenska VM-truppen 2023". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). 13 June 2023. Archived from the original on 13 June 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- 1 2 "Anna Sandberg Spelarstatistik". www.svenskfotboll.se. Archived from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ↑ "Anna Sandberg – Soccerway profile". int.soccerway.com.
- ↑ Sanders, Emma (18 May 2025). "Chelsea seal treble with FA Cup win over Man Utd". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 18 May 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ↑ Sanders, Emma (15 March 2026). "Chelsea 2-0 Manchester United: Lauren James and Aggie-Beever Jones score in League Cup final". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 15 March 2026. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
External links
edit- Anna Sandberg Archived 3 August 2024 at the Wayback Machine at BK Häcken (in Swedish)
- Anna Sandberg at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Anna Sandberg at Soccerway