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 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Right midfielder / Right back
Youth career
0000–2000 Gunnilse IS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 Gunnilse IS 50 (13)
2004–2006 IFK Göteborg 6 (0)
2005Västra Frölunda IF (loan) 15 (1)
2006Ljungskile SK (loan) 30 (10)
2007–2010 Ljungskile SK 113 (17)
2011–2013 IFK Norrköping 89 (6)
2014–2017 IFK Göteborg 80 (5)
2018 Bolívar 15 (1)
2019 Always Ready 27 (1)
2020–2021 Utsiktens BK 38 (1)
International career
1999–2001 Sweden U17 14 (0)
2002–2003 Sweden U19 13 (0)
2014–2016 Bolivia 13 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martin Smedberg-Dalence (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾtin esˈmeðβeɾɣ ðaˈlense], Swedish: [ˈmǎʈːɪn ˈsmêːdbærj daˈlɛ̌nːsɛ]; born 10 May 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a right midfielder. Born in Sweden, he played for the Bolivia national team between 2014 and 2016, winning 13 caps and scoring one goal.

International career

Dalence has represented Sweden at youth levels. In 2013, he said his dream is to play for the Bolivian senior team.[1]

On 3 October 2014 he officially received his first call-up 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.[2]

Personal life

Although born in Norrköping, his family moved to Gothenburg when he was very young and he was subsequently raised there.[3] His father, Ramiro Dalence, is from Oruro, Bolivia, and came to Sweden in 1980, where he also became a DJ at Folkets Hus in Hammarkullen 424, Angered. He revealed in an interview in 2013 that he is a fan of Real Madrid, and, like his father, The Strongest.[4][5]

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 September 2015[6]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gunnilse IS 2001 Division 2 700070
2002 Division 2 21200212
2003 Division 2 22112211
Total 501300005013
IFK Göteborg 2004 Allsvenskan 001010
2005 Allsvenskan 603120111
Total 604120121
Västra Frölunda IF 2005 Superettan 151151
Ljungskile SK 2006 Superettan 3010103110
2007 Superettan 29200292
2008 Allsvenskan 27220292
2009 Superettan 309213210
2010 Superettan 27442316
Total 14327930015230
IFK Norrköping 2011 Allsvenskan 30121322
2012 Allsvenskan 30210312
2013 Allsvenskan 29351344
Total 8968200978
IFK Göteborg 2014 Allsvenskan 2224040302
2015 Allsvenskan 1506140251
2016 Allsvenskan 26 3 5 0 31 3
2017 Allsvenskan 16 0 0 0 16 0
Total 79510180976
Bolivar 2018 15 1
Always Ready 2019 27 1
Utsiktens BK 2020 Ettan Södra 25 1 3 0 28 1
2021 Ettan Södra 10 0 1 0 11 0
Total 35 1 4 0 0 0 39 1
Career total 4595540710050962

International

As of 7 June 2016[7]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Bolivia 201410
201561
201660
Total131

International goals

Scores and results list Bolivia's goal tally first

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 June 2015Estadio Elías Figueroa, Valparaíso, Chile Ecuador
2–0
3–2
2015 Copa América

Honours

IFK Göteborg

Individual

  • Archangel of the Year: 2016

References

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