Robert Carlsson (born July 2, 1974 in Uppsala,

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) is a retired ice hockey

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who played eleven seasons for the

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, the last eight of them in the Swedish

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league.

Playing career

As a junior player, Carlsson began playing for his hometown club

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during the 1992-93 season. The team, later known as Almtuna IS, was struggling in the third/second-level league Division 1 and rarely qualified for play in the second-level

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(which still was the spring part of the league at the time). He stayed with the club for six seasons. After having failed at the NHL drafts, in 1997 Robert moved to the slightly more promising

of a neighbouring division in the same league. The struggle continued at first, but at the end of his third season with the team Carlsson helped Timrå win promotion to

in 2000. On December 6, 2005 Robert Carlsson set the new club record of total games played with 452 in a game against Färjestads BK. The following season he also became the first player to reach 500 games with Timrå IK, which happened on January 27, 2007 while facing Skellefteå AIK. Aged 33, Robert announced his retirement on March 7, 2008 at the end of his eleventh season with Timrå IK.

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