Alexander Sundberg

Alexander Sundberg
Alexander Sundberg (2007)
Date of birth	January 19, 1981
place of birth	Copenhagen , Denmark
size	193 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	Left wing
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
until 1999	IC Gentofte
1999-2000	Rungsted Cobras
2000-2001	Malmö IF
2001-2002	Rungsted Cobras
2002-2003	IF Troy-Ljungby
2003-2005	Odense Bulldogs
2005-2009	Rødovre Mighty Bulls
2009-2011	Hvidovre league hockey

Alexander Sundberg (born January 19, 1981 in Copenhagen ) is a former Danish ice hockey player who played for Malmö IF in the Swedish Elitserien during his active time from 1998 to 2011 .

Career

Alexander Sundberg began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth department of the IC Gentofte , for whose professional team he made his debut in the AL-Bank Ligaen in the 1998/99 season . The following season he moved to league rivals Rungsted Cobras , with whom he immediately won the national cup competition. The winger spent most of the 2000/01 season with the U20 juniors of the Swedish ice hockey club Malmö IF , but also made nine appearances for the club's professional team in the Elitserien , the top Swedish division. After returning to Denmark, he won the Danish championship with the Rungstad Cobras in the 2001/02 season .

In the 2002/03 season Sundberg played again in Sweden, but this time at IF Troja-Ljungby in the second-rate HockeyAllsvenskan . From 2003 to 2005 he was under contract with the Odense Bulldogs in his Danish homeland . He then ran for four years for the Rødovre Mighty Bulls , with whom he won the Danish Cup competition for the second time in his career in 2008. The long-time national player last played for Hvidovre league hockey from 2009 to 2011 before ending his career at the age of 30.

International

For Denmark , Sundberg took part in the junior division of the U18 Junior B World Championship in 1999 , the U20 Junior B World Championship in 1999 and 2000 and the U20 Junior C World Championship in 2001 . In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the B World Championships in 2001 and 2002 as well as at the A World Championships in 2004 , 2007 , 2009 and 2010 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2000 Danish cup winner with the Rungsted Cobras
• 2002 Danish champion with the Rungsted Cobras
• 2008 Danish Cup winner with the Rødovre Mighty Bulls

International

• 2002 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship of Division I.

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Elitserien main round	1	9	0	0	0	0
Elitserien Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-
AL-Bank-Ligaen main round	11	401	129	136	265	347
AL Bank Ligaen Playoffs	7th	52	12	10	22nd	117

Web links

• Alexander Sundberg at hockeydb.com (English)
• Alexander Sundberg at eliteprospects.com (English)