Christoffer Edlund

Christoffer Edlund

Edlund in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1987-02-03) 3 February 1987 (age 37)
Playing position	Midfielder Forward
Club information
Current team	Villa Lidköping BK
Number	21
Youth career
	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)
National team
2003–2004	Sweden U17
2004–2006	Sweden U19
2008–	Sweden
Medal record Men's bandy Representing  Sweden World Championships 2009 Västerås Team 2010 Moscow Team 2017 Sandviken Team 2014 Irkutsk Team 2015 Khabarovsk Team 2018 Khabarovsk Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

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.[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, and 2017.[5]

Honours

Country

Sweden

• Bandy World Championship:[6] 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

1. "Bandysidan.nu - Christoffer Edlund". www.bandysidan.nu.
2. "Bekräftat: Christoffer Edlund klar för Jenisej".
3. "Christoffer Edlund rysk mästare med Jenisej". Svenska Bandyförbundet.
4. Daniel Grefve (30 December 2022). "Christoffer Edlund passerade 1000 elitseriemål" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
5. "SVERIGES VÄRLDSMÄSTARTRUPPER - Svenska Bandyförbundet". Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
6. "Sveriges världsmästartrupper". Svenska Bandyförbundet. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2015.

External links

• Christoffer Edlund at Bandysidan.nu (in Swedish)
• Christoffer Edlund at the Russian Bandy Federation (in Russian)