Martin Smedberg-Dalence

Martin Smedberg-Dalence

Personal information
Full name	Martin Ramiro Guillermo Smedberg-Dalence
Date of birth	(1984-05-10) 10 May 1984
Place of birth	Norrköping, Sweden
Height
Position(s)	Right midfielder / Right back
Team 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	44	(3)
International career‡
1999–2001	Sweden U16	12	(0)
2001	Sweden U17	2	(0)
2002–2003	Sweden U19	13	(0)
2014–	Bolivia	8	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 May 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 March 2016

Martin Smedberg-Dalence (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmartin (e)ˈsmeðβerɣ], Swedish: [ˈsmeːdˈbærj]; born 10 May 1984 in Norrköping) is a Bolivian-Swedish footballer who plays for IFK Göteborg as a midfielder.

International career

Dalence has represented Sweden at youth levels. In 2013, he said his dream is to play for the Bolivian senior team.

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.

Personal life

Although born in Norrköping, his family moved to Gothenburg when he was very young and he was subsequently raised there. 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. ´

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 September 2015

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 30 March 2016

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Bolivia	2014	1	0
	2015	6	1
	2016	1	0
Total		8	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

External links

• IFK Göteborg profile
• SvFF profile