Martin Smedberg-Dalence (, ; 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.
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 La 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 came to Sweden in 1980. He revealed in an interview in 2013 that he is a fan of Real Madrid, and, like his father, The Strongest.
Career statistics
Club
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
! colspan="3" |League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division
!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|-
|rowspan="4"|Gunnilse IS
|2001
|Division 2
|7||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||7||0
|-
|2002
|Division 2
|21||2||0||0||colspan="2"|—||21||2
|-
|2003
|Division 2
|22||11||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||22||11
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!50!!13!!0!!0!!0!!0!!50!!13
|-
|rowspan="3"|IFK Göteborg
|2004
|Allsvenskan
|0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0
|-
|2005
|Allsvenskan
|6||0||3||1||2||0||11||1
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!6!!0!!4!!1!!2!!0!!12!!1
|-
|Västra Frölunda IF
|2005
|Superettan
|15||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||15||1
|-
| rowspan="6" |Ljungskile SK
|2006
|Superettan
|30||10||1||0|| colspan="2" |—||31||10
|-
|2007
|Superettan
|29||2||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||29||2
|-
|2008
|Allsvenskan
|27||2||2||0|| colspan="2" |—||29||2
|-
|2009
|Superettan
|30||9||2||1|| colspan="2" |—||32||10
|-
|2010
|Superettan
|27||4||4||2|| colspan="2" |—||31||6
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!143!!27!!9!!3!!0!!0!!152!!30
|-
| rowspan="4" |IFK Norrköping
|2011
|Allsvenskan
|30||1||2||1|| colspan="2" |—||32||2
|-
|2012
|Allsvenskan
|30||2||1||0|| colspan="2" |—||31||2
|-
|2013
|Allsvenskan
|29||3||5||1|| colspan="2" |—||34||4
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!89!!6!!8!!2!!0!!0!!97!!8
|-
| rowspan="5" |IFK Göteborg
|2014
|Allsvenskan
|22||2||4||0||4||0||30||2
|-
|2015
|Allsvenskan
|15||0||6||1||4||0||25||1
|-
|2016
|Allsvenskan
|26
|3
|5
|0
|
|
|31
|3
|-
|2017
|Allsvenskan
|16
|0
|0
|0
|
|
|16
|0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!79!!5!!10!!1!!8!!0!!97!!6
|-
|Bolivar
|2018
|
|15
|1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|Always Ready
|2019
|
|27
|1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |Utsiktens BK
|2020
|Ettan Södra
|25
|1
|3
|0
|
|
|28
|1
|-
|2021
|Ettan Södra
|10
|0
|1
|0
|
|
|11
|0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!35
!1
!4
!0
!0
!0
!39
!1
|-
! colspan="3" |Career total
!459!!55!!40!!7!!10!!0!!509!!62
|}
International
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
| rowspan="3"|Bolivia
|2014||1||0
|-
|2015||6||1
|-
|2016||6||0
|-
! colspan=2|Total!!13!!1
|}
International goals
Scores and results list Bolivia's goal tally first
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
|1.||15 June 2015||Estadio Elías Figueroa, Valparaíso, Chile |||| ||||2015 Copa América
|}
Honours
<!--Actual awards only; do not include runners-up.-->;IFK Göteborg
- Svenska Cupen: 2014–15
Individual
- Årets Ärkeängel: 2016
References
External links
- Martin Smedberg-Dalence at IFK Göteborg