Anna Sandberg

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Anna Sandberg
Sandberg in 2025
Personal information
Full name Anna Linnea Sandberg
Date of birth (2003-05-23) 23 May 2003 (age 23)
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 24 (1)
International career‡
2021–2022 Sweden U19 8 (0)
2022– Sweden U23 8 (0)
2023– Sweden 10 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 December 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 December 2025

Anna Linnea Sandberg (Swedish: [ˈânːa lɪˈnêːa ˈsânːdbærj]; born 23 May 2003) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a left-back for English Women's Super League club Manchester United and the Sweden national team.

Club career

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Örebro

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Sandberg 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

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In 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

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On 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 versus Chelsea in the Women's Super League.[8]

International career

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Sandberg 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.[9] On 13 June 2023, she was named to the squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand,[10] 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

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Club

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As of 21 December 2025[11][12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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 10 1 0 0 1 0 10 0 21 1
Total 24 1 5 0 4 0 10 0 43 1
Career total 117 7 19 1 4 0 19 1 159 9
  1. ^ Svenska Cupen and FA Cup
  2. ^ Champions League

International

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As of match played 2 December 2025[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2023 4 0
2024 1 0
2025 5 0
Total 10 0

Honours

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Manchester United

Sweden

References

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