Carlos Strandberg

Sergio Carlos Strandberg (born 14 April 1996) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a striker for Abha on loan from Al-Hazem.

Carlos Strandberg
Strandberg with CSKA Moscow in 2015
Personal information
Full name Sergio Carlos Strandberg
Date of birth (1996-04-14) 14 April 1996
Place of birth Gothenburg, Sweden
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Abha
(on loan from Al-Hazem)
Number 99
Youth career
2002–2004 Backa IF
2005–2011 Hisingsbacka FC
2012–2013 BK Häcken
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Hisingsbacka FC 5 (0)
2013–2014 BK Häcken 30 (9)
2015–2016 CSKA Moscow 19 (5)
2015 → Ural (loan) 2 (0)
2016 → AIK (loan) 12 (7)
2017 Club Brugge 0 (0)
2017 → KVC Westerlo (loan) 5 (1)
2017–2020 Malmö FF 29 (9)
2019 → Örebro SK (loan) 19 (11)
2019–2020 → Al-Hazem (loan) 18 (9)
2020– Al-Hazem 9 (4)
2020– → Abha (loan) 9 (9)
National team‡
2013 Sweden U17 7 (1)
2013–2015 Sweden U19 13 (4)
2015–2018 Sweden U21 18 (13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:55, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 June 2018

Career
Strandberg playing for Malmö FF in 2018.

Born to a Swedish father and a mother who is Portuguese with Mozambican heritage,[1] Strandberg grew up in Backa, Gothenburg, where he joined the local lower league side Backa IF as a six-year-old.[2] In 2005 the club merged with Hisingstads IS to form Hisingsbacka FC[3] which is where Strandberg stayed and eventually got to make his first team debut in the seventh tier of Swedish football at age 15.[4]

In 2012, he signed a youth contract with Gothenburg based Allsvenskan club BK Häcken. There he became the top goalscorer of the U17 league and was moved up to the U19 team at the end of the year. In 2013, he continued scoring goals for the U19 and U21 teams which in the summer resulted in Häcken signing him to a 4.5-year professional contract.[5]

CSKA Moscow

In the summer of 2014, he was subject for a move to German side Borussia Dortmund but the player failed the medical, so the transfer did not materialize.[6] However, in the following transfer window, he joined Russian Premier League side CSKA Moscow on a 5-year contract, the 2nd of February 2015.

On 21 August 2015, Strandberg joined Ural on loan till the end of 2015.[7]

On 31 March 2016, Strandberg moved to AIK Fotboll on a loan deal until mid-July.[8] After scoring seven goals in ten games Strandberg caught negative attention by grabbing team mate Daniel Sundgren by the throat after a 3–2 win against Falkenberg causing a two-game suspension.[9]

Club Brugge

On 5 January 2017, he moved to Belgium to Club Brugge KV, signing a contract that would run until 2021.[10] Twelve days later, he was sent on loan to Westerlo until the end of the 2016–17 season.[11]

Malmö FF

On 9 August 2017, Club Brugge agreed a fee in the excess of €1 million with Swedish champions Malmö FF for Strandberg who was set for a medical the same day ahead of a permanent move with a contract until 2021.[12] Later that afternoon Strandberg was unveiled as a Malmö FF player.[13] Strandberg scored a goal in the game against IFK Norrköping that won Malmö FF the 2017 Allsvenskan title.

Al-Hazem

On 30 August 2019, Al-Hazem signed Strandberg for one season from Malmö FF.[14]

Abha

On 18 October 2020, Abha signed Strandberg for one season from Al-Hazem.[15]

International career

In September 2013 Strandberg was selected to the Sweden national under-17 football team that would compete in the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup. As his mother is Portuguese with Mozambican roots, he could potentially represent one of those countries at international level, should he be selected.[16]

Career statistics

Club
Strandberg playing for FC Ural Yekaterinburg in 2015.
As of match played 9 September 2020[17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
BK Häcken 2013 Allsvenskan 1131120144
2014 19620—216
Total 30931203510
CSKA Moscow 2014–15 Russian Premier League 1031000113
2015–16 10001020
2016–17 821030122
Total 1952040255
Ural (loan) 2015–16 Russian Premier League 2010—30
Total 20100030
AIK (loan) 2016 Allsvenskan 1270032159
Total 1270032159
Club Brugge 2016–17 Belgian First Division A 00000000
Total 00000000
Westerlo (loan) 2016–17 Belgian First Division A 8100—81
Total 81000081
Malmö FF 2017 Allsvenskan 921000102
2018 Allsvenskan 19762633112
2019 Allsvenskan 10302060
Total 299102834714
Örebro SK (loan) 2019 Allsvenskan 18800—188
Total 1880000188
Al-Hazem 2019–20 Saudi Pro League 271311—2814
Total 271311002814
Career total 1455217417517961

Honours

Club

Malmö FF

International

Sweden U17

Individual
  • Swedish U21 joint-top scorer: 13 goals

References
  1. Björkman, Roger. "Rosengård, Mozambique, Angered – magisk mångfald i U17-laget". Tips Elit. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  2. "Hallå där, Carlos Strandberg". Göteborgsposten. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  3. "Om klubben". Hisingsbackas FC. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  4. "Officiellt: Carlos Strandberg får A-lagskontrakt med Häcken". Hisingsbackas FC. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  5. "Carlos Strandberg gulsvart till 2017". BK Häcken. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  6. "Strandberg tillbaka i Häcken - problem med läkarundersökningen". fotbolltransfers.com. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  7. "Carlos Strandberg joins Ural on loan". CSKA Moscow. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  8. "Strandberg in AIK loan switch". pfc-cska.com. CSKA Moscow. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  9. "Strandbergs stryptag anmält av en privatperson" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  10. "Carlos Strandberg naar Club Brugge" (in Dutch). Club Brugge KV. 5 January 2017.
  11. "CARLOS STRANDBERG GEHUURD TOT EINDE SEIZOEN" (in Dutch). Westerlo. 17 January 2017. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  12. "Avslöjar: Så mycket betalar MFF för Strandberg" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  13. "Välkommen till Malmö FF, Carlos Strandberg!" (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  14. Al-Hazem is officially signed by Carlos Strandberg
  15. Abha is officially signed by Carlos Strandberg
  16. "Carlos uttagen till VM". BK Häcken. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  17. Carlos Strandberg at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
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