The world’s best floorball player 2021: Tobias Gustafsson
For the 17th time, the Floorball Magazine awards the world’s best floorball player together with national team coaches and international media. Tobias Gustafsson, back in Storvreta IBK and Sweden’s national team, receives the award in 2021.
This is the first time the Swedish star has won the prize.
– It is fantastic to win this award. I feel enormously honored. I am also very proud of myself, that I have taken myself to the level I am at now, says Gustafsson and continues, I have worked hard and devoted myself to floorball for many years now and worked a lot with the details of my game to constantly get better and better. I have always wanted to master all parts of the game and I think that is what has made me quite all-round, and I think that in today’s floorball you can not only be good at one thing, you have to be good both offensively. and defensively.
– Above all, I want to thank my family for all the support and all the love they have given me over the years. My mom and dad have always been my biggest supporters and have traveled all over the country to see me play. They have always encouraged me to have fun on the pitch. Their support means everything and I know that without them I would never have come this far, he further mentions.
Why Gustafsson?
Tobias Gustafsson is a complete floorball player with a unique combination of physical strength, game intelligence and technique, a star both defensively and offensively. In 2021, he was captain of the Swedish national team that took World Cup gold in Helsinki, where Gustafsson spectacularly scored the decisive goal in the final but was also a leading player throughout the tournament. In the club team Storvreta, Tobias Gustafsson is one of the big key players and maintains a consistently high level.
Facts: Tobias Gustafsson
Born: October 17, 1992.
Position: Defender.
Grip: Left.
Current club: Storvreta IBK.
Original club: Hölö / Mörkö IF.
International matches: 65.
Points in the national team: 57 (32 goals, 25 assists).
Merits: World Champion 2021. Swedish Champion 2017/18, 2018/19. Champions Cup gold 2020. Player of the year in Sweden 2017/18. Defender of the year in SSL 2017/18. The world’s best player 2021.
The world’s best floorball player 2021
1. Tobias Gustafsson, Sweden
2. Sami Johansson, Finland
3. Jonathan Edling, Sweden
4. Marek Beneš, Czech Republic
5. Ville Lastikka, Finland
6. Emil Johansson, Sweden
7. Lukáš Bauer, Czech Republic
8. Justus Kainulainen, Finland
9. Hampus Ahrén, Sweden
10. Jan Zaugg, Switzerland
The world’s best players year after year
2021: Tobias Gustafsson, Sweden
2020: Kim Nilsson, Sweden
2019: Emil Johansson, Sweden
2018: Eero Kosonen, Finland
2017: Alexander Galante Carlström, Sweden
2016: Alexander Galante Carlström, Sweden
2015: Rasmus Enström, Sweden
2014: Kim Nilsson, Sweden
2013: Rasmus Enström, Sweden
2012: Mika Kohonen, Finland
2011: Mika Kohonen, Finland
2010: Mika Kohonen, Finland
2009: Mika Kohonen, Finland
2008: Magnus Svensson, Sweden
2007: Anders Hellgård, Sweden
2006: Anders Hellgård, Sweden
2005: Mika Kohonen, Finland
About the price
The world’s best floorball player has been awarded since 2005, making this the 17th time. The winners are chosen by the Floorball Magazine in collaboration with national team coaches and international media from the most influential floorball countries. Mika Kohonen has been awarded the most (5) times.
Source: Floorball Magazine (Everysport Media Group)