Adrian Edqvist

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Adrian Edqvist
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-05-20) 20 May 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Karlskrona, Sweden
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Gefle IF
Number 12
Youth career
Nättraby GoIF
2006–2012 Las Lagunas
2012–2015 Karlskrona AIF
2015–2016 Malmö FF
2017 Kalmar FF
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2021 Kalmar FF 19 (0)
2019 → Oskarshamns AIK (loan) 7 (1)
2019–2020 → Go Ahead Eagles (loan) 20 (2)
2021–2022 Jönköping Södra 51 (6)
2023– Gefle IF 27 (3)
International career
2015–2016 Sweden U17 10 (1)
2016–2018 Sweden U19 13 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2023

Adrian Edqvist (born 20 May 1999) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a forward for Gefle IF. [1]

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Youth career

Edqvist was born in Karlskrona and started his career in Nättraby GoIF. [2] At the age of seven, the family moved from Blekinge to the Spanish south coast and Edqvist then started playing at AD Las Lagunas, outside Málaga. [3] During the years in Spain he entered Andalusia's national team and was close to a move to the La Liga club Málaga CF shortly before the family returned to Sweden. After returning to Sweden, he joined Karlskrona AIF [4] and in 2015 he joined Malmö FF, who won the battle for his signature over Kalmar FF and the Danish club Brøndby IF. [3] In December 2015, he also went on a trial at Stoke City. [5]

Career

In 2017, Edqvist joined Kalmar FF from Malmö FF where he played at his youth years. He was promoted to the first team squad of Kalmar FF in September 2017. [6] On 11 March 2019, Kalmar FF signed a cooperation agreement Oskarshamns AIK and Edqvist alongside his teammate Alexander Ahl Holmström was loaned out to the club on the same day until 30 November 2019. The deal also made it possible to play in both Kalmar's A team and U21 teams while playing for Oskarshamns AIK. [7]

On 12 July 2019, Edqvist was loaned out to Dutch Eerste Divisie club Go Ahead Eagles until June 2020. [8]

On 12 February 2021, he signed a three-year contract with Jönköping. [9] In December 2022, Edqvist joined Gefle IF. [10]

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Alexander Ahl Holmström is a Swedish footballer who plays for GAIS.

References

  1. ↑ Adrian Edqvist at Soccerway
  2. ↑ Edqvist: "Jag börjar närma mig det stora nu", sydostran.se, 25 April 2017
  3. 1 2 PÅ FD: Från Andalusiens stadslag till MFF – men var på väg till spansk storklubb Archived 2017-04-26 at the Wayback Machine , fotbolldirekt.se, 13 May 2016
  4. ↑ Karlskronasonen med i svenskt succé-EM: ”Jättecoolt”, 24blekinge.se, 12 May 2016
  5. ↑ MFF-talangen Adrian Edqvist testar med Stoke City, fotbolltransfers.com, 12 December 2015
  6. ↑ Officiellt: Adrian Edqvist förlänger med Kalmar FF, fotbolltransfers.com, 16 September 2017
  7. ↑ Officiellt: Kalmar FF skriver samarbetsavtal med division 1-lag - lånar samtidigt ut två spelare, fotbollskanalen.se, 13 March 2019
  8. ↑ Adrian Edqvist lånas ut till Go Ahead Eagles, kalmarff.se, 12 July 2019
  9. ↑ "ADRIAN EDQVIST KLAR FÖR J-SÖDRA" (in Swedish). Jönköping. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  10. ↑ Bekräftat: Han är GIF:s senaste heta nyförvärv, gd.se, 21 December 2022
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