Christoffer Edlund

{{short description|Swedish bandy player (born 1987)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}

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| caption = Edlund in 2019

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|2|3|df=yes}}

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| position = Midfielder
Forward

| currentclub = Villa Lidköping BK

| clubnumber = 21

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Vetlanda BK

| years1 = 2008–2009

| clubs1 = Vetlanda BK

| caps1 = 110

| goals1 = 108

| years2 = 2009–2014

| clubs2 = Sandvikens AIK

| caps2 = 153

| goals2 = 380

| years3 = 2014–2015

| clubs3 = Yenisey

| caps3 = 30

| goals3 = 62

| years4 = 2015–2019

| clubs4 = Sandvikens AIK

| caps4 = 35

| goals4 = 74

| years5 = 2019–2020

| clubs5 = Yenisey

| caps5 = 31

| goals5 = 60

| years6 = 2020–

| clubs6 = Villa Lidköping BK

| caps6 = 29

| goals6 = 78

| nationalyears1 = 2003–2004

| nationalteam1 = Sweden U17

| nationalyears2 = 2004–2006

| nationalteam2 = Sweden U19

| nationalyears3 = 2008–

| nationalteam3 = Sweden

| medals-title = Medal record

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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2009 Västerås|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Moscow|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Sandviken|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2025 Lidköping|Team}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Irkutsk|Team}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Khabarovsk|Team}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Khabarovsk|Team}}

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Christoffer Edlund (born 3 February 1987) is a Swedish bandy player who currently plays for Villa Lidköping BK as a midfielder or forward.

Career

=Club career=

Edlund is a youth product of Vetlanda BK where he remained until 2008–09.{{cite web|url=http://www.bandysidan.nu/player.php?SpelareID=493|title=Bandysidan.nu - Christoffer Edlund|website=www.bandysidan.nu}} 2009–10 to 2013–14 he played for Sandvikens AIK.

In 2014, Edlund joined Russian team Yenisey for one year.{{cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/sport/bekraftat-christoffer-edlund-klar-for-jenisej/|title=Bekräftat: Christoffer Edlund klar för Jenisej|publisher=}} With Yenisey, Edlund won the Russian Championship and scored one goal in the final.{{cite web|url=http://www.svenskbandy.se/NYHETER/SENASTENYTT/ChristofferEdlundryskmastaremedJenisej|title=Christoffer Edlund rysk mästare med Jenisej|website=Svenska Bandyförbundet}}

After one year with Yenisey, Edlund returned to Sandvikens AIK.

On 30 December 2022, he scored his 1 000th goal in the Swedish top division, when Villa Lidköping BK defeated IFK Vänersborg, 10–2, in an away game.{{cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/sport/bandy/christoffer-edlund-stod-for-maktig-milstolpe-passerade-1000-elitseriemal|title=Christoffer Edlund passerade 1000 elitseriemål|publisher=SVT Sport|author=Daniel Grefve|language=Swedish|date=30 December 2022|accessdate=4 January 2022}}

=International career=

Edlund has played for the Swedish U19 squad when he played during 2005–06 season.

He was part of Swedish World Champions teams of 2009, 2010, and 2017.{{Cite web |url=http://www.svenskbandy.se/LANDSLAG/HERRLANDSLAGET/Historikochstatistik/Sverigesvarldsmastartrupper/ |title=SVERIGES VÄRLDSMÄSTARTRUPPER - Svenska Bandyförbundet |access-date=30 March 2015 |archive-date=31 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131112857/http://www.svenskbandy.se/LANDSLAG/HERRLANDSLAGET/HISTORIKOCHSTATISTIK/sverigesvarldsmastartrupper/ |url-status=dead }}

Honours

=Country=

; Sweden:

  • Bandy World Championship:{{cite web|url=http://www.svenskbandy.se/LANDSLAG/HERRLANDSLAGET/Historikochstatistik/Sverigesvarldsmastartrupper/|title=Sveriges världsmästartrupper|website=Svenska Bandyförbundet|access-date=30 March 2015|archive-date=31 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131112857/http://www.svenskbandy.se/LANDSLAG/HERRLANDSLAGET/HISTORIKOCHSTATISTIK/sverigesvarldsmastartrupper/|url-status=dead}} 2009, 2010, 2017

Personal life

His father is Kent Edlund, former professional bandy player and coach, world champion (1987) and champion of Sweden (1985/1986, 1990/1991 and 1991/1992) for Vetlanda BK.

References

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