Adrian Edqvist (born 20 May 1999) is a Swedish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm ...

for

Gefle IF Gefle Idrottsförening, also known simply as Gefle IF, Gefle (, as if spelled ''Gävle''), or locally Gif (), are a Swedish professional football club based in Gävle. The club is affiliated with Gestriklands Fotbollförbund and play their home ...

Youth career

Edqvist was born in Karlskrona and started his career in Nättraby GoIF. At the age of seven, the family moved from

Blekinge Blekinge (, old da, Bleking) is one of the traditional Swedish provinces (), situated in the southern coast of the geographic region of Götaland, in southern Sweden. It borders Småland, Scania and the Baltic Sea. It is the country's second ...

to the Spanish south coast and Edqvist then started playing in Las Lagunas, outside

Málaga Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most pop ...

.PÅ FD: Från Andalusiens stadslag till MFF – men var på väg till spansk storklubb
, fotbolldirekt.se, 13 May 2016 During the years in Spain he entered Andalusia's national team and was close to a move to the

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club

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a association football, football club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, that competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, ...

shortly before the family returned to Sweden. After returning to Sweden, he joined

Karlskrona AIF FK Karlskrona is a Swedish football club located in Karlskrona. Background The club was formed on October 31, 2012, as a result of the merger of Lyckeby GoIF and Karlskrona AIF. Karlskrona AIF was formed in 1968 as a result of the merger of S ...

and in 2015 he joined

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with the Scania Football Association, ...

, who won the battle for his signature over

Kalmar FF Kalmar Fotbollförening, more commonly known as Kalmar FF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Kalmar. The club is affiliated to Smålands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Guldfågeln Arena. Formed on 15 June 1910, the clu ...

and the Danish club

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a professional association football club based in Brøndbyvester, Capital Region of Denmark. The club was founded in 1964 as a merger between two local clubs and was p ...

. In December 2015, he also went on a trial at

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

Career

In 2017, Edqvist joined

from

where he played at his youth years. He was promoted to the first team squad of

in September 2017. On 11 March 2019,

signed a cooperation agreement

Oskarshamns AIK Oskarshamns AIK is a Swedish football club located in Oskarshamn in Kalmar County. Background Oskarshamns Allmänna Idrottsklubb were formed on 1 September 1922. Notable players that have played for the club include Amar Drndo, Viktor Niklasson ...

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

. On 12 July 2019, Edqvist was loaned out to Dutch

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

club

Go Ahead Eagles Go Ahead Eagles () are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in the 2020-21 season. The club's h ...

until June 2020. On 12 February 2021, he signed a three-year contract with

Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland. The city is the seat of Jönköping Municipali ...

. In December 2022, Edqvist joined

.Bekräftat: Han är GIF:s senaste heta nyförvärv
gd.se, 21 December 2022

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* * 1999 births Living people Swedish footballers Swedish expatriate footballers Association football forwards Sportspeople from Blekinge County People from Karlskrona Kalmar FF players Oskarshamns AIK players Go Ahead Eagles players Jönköpings Södra IF players Gefle IF players Allsvenskan players Ettan Fotboll players Eerste Divisie players Superettan players Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands {{Sweden-footy-forward-stub