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Christian Hemberg

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Christian Hemberg
Personal information
Full name Christian Andres Hemberg
Date of birth (1981-12-06) 6 December 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Cali, Colombia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Torestorp IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2006 Örgryte 96 (14)
2007–2008 Raufoss 25 (3)
2008 KS/Leiftur 9 (0)
Total 130 (17)
International career
1997–1998 Sweden U17 21 (2)
1999 Sweden U19 4 (1)
2001–2002 Sweden U21 3 (0)
2001 Sweden 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christian Andres Hemberg (born 6 December 1981) is Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played for Örgryte, Raufoss, and KS/Leiftur during a career that spanned between 1998 and 2008. He won two caps for the Sweden national team in 2001.

Club career

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Having started off his career with Torestorp IF, he signed with Örgryte IS in 1998 for which he made his Allsvenskan debut at 17 years of age in 1999.[1][2] He scored 14 Allsvenskan goals in 96 appearances for the Örgryte before signing with the Norwegian second division club Raufoss in early 2007.[1] He retired from professional football after a brief stint in Iceland with KS/Leiftur.[3]

International career

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After having appeared for the Sweden U17, U19, and U21 teams, Hemberg made his full international debut for Sweden on 31 January 2001 in a friendly game against the Faroe Islands.[4] He replaced Stefan Ishizaki in the 65th minute as the game ended in a 0–0 draw.[5] He won his second and ultimately last international cap for Sweden in a friendly game on 1 February 2001 as Sweden lost 0–1 to Finland, replacing Sharbel Touma in the 77th minute.[6]

Personal life

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He was adopted from an orphanage in Cali, Colombia to Sweden at an early age.[3] After his footballing career he has worked as a personal trainer.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Christian Hemberg". Mer fotboll (in Swedish). 8 September 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Jättetalangen som försvann". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b c ""Jag hade kanske varit ett gatubarn eller död"". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Christian Hemberg - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Sverige - Färöarna - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Sverige - Finland - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 October 2020.
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