Martin Smedberg-Dalence

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
0000–2000	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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 July 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 June 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	2–0	3–2	2015 Copa América

Honours

Club

IFK Göteborg

• Svenska Cupen: 2014–15

References

1. "Smedberg-Dalence klar för fyra år" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
2. "Martín Smedberg Dalence y arbitro boliviana. Gotenburgo Suecia." (in Spanish). Bolivianos en el Mundo's YouTube channel. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
3. "Bolivia withstand heavy pressure to edge Ecuador at Copa América". The Guardian. 16 June 2015.
4. "Smedberg tillbaka i Norrköping" (in Swedish). Bohusläningen. 21 December 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
5. "Martín Smedberg Dalence y arbitro boliviana. Gotenburgo Suecia." (in Spanish). Bolivianos en el Mundo's YouTube channel. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
6. "Y nuevamente el futbol" (in Spanish). Wara. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
7. "Martin Smedberg-Dalence". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
8. "Martin Smedberg-Dalence". National Football Teams. Retrieved 7 June 2015.

External links

• IFK Göteborg profile
• SvFF profile