Christoffer Edlund
Swedish bandy player (born 1987)
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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.
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| Born | 3 February 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position |
Midfielder Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Villa Lidköping BK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Vetlanda BK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Vetlanda BK | 110 | (108) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2014 | Sandvikens AIK | 153 | (380) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Yenisey | 30 | (62) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Sandvikens AIK | 35 | (74) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Yenisey | 31 | (60) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Villa Lidköping BK | 29 | (78) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2003–2004 | Sweden U17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Sweden U19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008– | Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Club career
Edlund is a youth product of Vetlanda BK where he remained until 2008–09.[1] 2009–10 to 2013–14 he played for Sandvikens AIK.[1]
In 2014, Edlund joined Russian team Yenisey for one year.[2] With Yenisey, Edlund won the Russian Championship and scored one goal in the final.[3]
After one year with Yenisey, Edlund returned to Sandvikens AIK.[1]
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.[4]
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, 2017, 2023, and 2025.[5] At the 2023 Bandy World Championship, Edlund led all Division A scorers with 12 goals as Sweden went on to win their 13th World Championship.[6]
Honours
Country
- Bandy World Championship:[7] 2009, 2010, 2017, 2023, 2025
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.
