Christoffer Edlund (born 3 February 1987) is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

player who currently plays for

Villa Lidköping BK Villa Lidköping BK is a bandy club in Lidköping i Sweden. The club was formed on January 18, 1934 as Villa BK on Lockörn outside Lidköping, where the old club cottage still is. The club's name comes from the nearby estate (land), country esta ...

as a midfielder or forward.

Career

Club career

Edlund is a youth product of

Vetlanda BK Vetlanda BK is a bandy club in Vetlanda, Sweden. Vetlanda BK was established in December 1944. While the exact date seems to be unknown, 6 December is usually credited. On 1 January 1945 the club played its first game, 4–4 on away soil against ...

where he remained until 2008–09. 2009–10 to 2013–14 he played for

Sandvikens AIK Sandvikens AIK (commonly known as SAIK) a sports club in Sandviken, Sweden. The bandy section plays its home games in the Göransson Arena in Sandviken. They play in a black outfit. History Sandvikens AIK was founded on 16 March 1901. Originally ...

. In 2014, Edlund joined Russian team

Yenisey The Yenisey (russian: Енисе́й, ''Yeniséy''; mn, Горлог мөрөн, ''Gorlog mörön''; Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, ''Gorlog müren''; Tuvan: Улуг-Хем, ''Uluğ-Hem''; Khakas: Ким суғ, ''Kim suğ''; Ket: Ӄук ...

for one year. With Yenisey, Edlund won the Russian Championship and scored one goal in the final. After one year with

, Edlund returned to

. On 30 December 2022, he scored his 1 000th goal in the Swedish top division, when Villa Lidköping BK defeated

IFK Vänersborg IFK Vänersborg is a Swedish sports club in Vänersborg, Sweden, most famous for its success in bandy. History The club was formed on 9 March 1903. The first years saw the club also compete in sports such as gymnastics and athletics. In bandy, th ...

, 10–2, in an away game.

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

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, and

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

Honours

Country

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Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

: *

Bandy World Championship The Bandy World Championship is a competition between bandy-playing nations' men's teams. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International Bandy. It is distinct from the Bandy World Cup, a club competition, and from the Wome ...

: 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

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Edlund, Christoffer 1987 births Living people Swedish bandy players Vetlanda BK players Sandvikens AIK players Yenisey Krasnoyarsk players Expatriate bandy players in Russia Sweden international bandy players Bandy World Championship-winning players