Adrian Edqvist (born 20 May 1999) is a Swedish

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who plays as a

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for

Östersunds FK Östersunds Fotbollsklubb, commonly known simply as Östersunds FK, Östersund () or (especially locally) ÖFK, is a Swedish professional Association football, football club located in Östersund, Sweden, that plays in the Swedish second tier, S ...

Club career

Early career

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

Blekinge Blekinge () 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-smallest provin ...

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

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.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

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shortly before the family returned to Sweden. After returning to Sweden, he joined Karlskrona AIF and in 2015 he joined

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...

, 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, Sweden. The club is affiliated to Smålands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Guldfågeln Arena. Formed on 15 June 1 ...

and the Danish club

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

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Senior career

In 2017, Edqvist joined

from

where he played at his youth years. He was promoted to the first team squad of Kalmar FF in September 2017. On 11 March 2019, Kalmar FF signed a cooperation agreement

Oskarshamns AIK 'Oskarshamns Allmänna Idrottsklubb, commonly known as Oskarshamns AIK or OAIK is a Swedish football club located in Oskarshamn, Kalmar County. Background Oskarshamns Allmänna Idrottsklubb were formed on 1 September 1922. Since their foundatio ...

and Edqvist alongside his teammate

Alexander Ahl Holmström Alexander Ahl Holmström (born 4 April 1999) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for German club 1. FC Magdeburg. Career Alexander Ahl-Holmström began his career in FC Gute and he had a season with the club's senior t ...

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

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club

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

Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, 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 o ...

. In December 2022, Edqvist joined

Gefle IF Gefle Idrottsförening, also known simply as Gefle IF, Gefle (, as if spelled ''Gävle''), or locally Gif (), also known as Gefle IF FF by the Swedish Football Association, are a Swedish professional association football, football club based in G ...

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

Career statistics

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Edqvist, Adrian 1999 births Living people Footballers from Karlskrona Swedish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Allsvenskan players Superettan players Ettan Fotboll players Eerste Divisie players Kalmar FF players Oskarshamns AIK players Go Ahead Eagles players Jönköpings Södra IF players Gefle IF players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands 21st-century Swedish sportsmen