Erik Edman is a Swedish international football player who currently features for the English Premier League club Wigan Athletic. He plays as a left or as a right back and has earned more than 50 caps for his nation Sweden.
Erik Edman started his professional club career at Swedish powerhouse Helsingborgs in 1994 and played for them until 1999, making 61 league appearances and scoring 1 goal. He was then signed by Italian side Torino in 1999 but failed to make any league appearance in 1999-2000 and was sige dby Karlsruher SC in 2000. After a short period of time he moved to AIK Fotboll and played 21 league matches in the 2000-2001 season for them.
Erik Edman was then signed by Dutch side SC Heerenveen in 2001 and he featured in 91 league matches for them and scored 1 goal in three seasons. He played with distinction for north London side Tottenham Hotspur in 2004-2005 and scored 1 goal in 31 league matches and moved to French side Stade Rennais and played 56 league matches in three seasons for them.
| Position | Defender |
| Height / weight | 1.79 m / |
| Born | 11 Nov 1978 |
| Nationality |
Sweden
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| Team History | |
Helsingborgs
|
2010 - 2013 |
Wigan Athletic
|
2008 - 2010 |
Stade Rennais
|
2005 - 2008 |
Tottenham
|
2004 - 2005 |
SC Heerenveen
|
2001 - 2004 |
AIK
|
2000 - 2001 |
Torino
|
1999 - 2000 |
Karlsruher
|
2000 |
|
Helsingborgs
|
1997 - 1999 |
In January 2008, Erik Edman was signed by Wigan Athletic for 500,000 million pounds but an anterior crutiate ligament injury made his miss the Euro 2008 finals.
Erik Edman made his international debut for Sweden in 2001 and has played 53 matches for his nation so far and has scored 1 goal. He featured for Sweden at the 2002 World Cup finals, Euro 2004 and 2006 Germany World Cup finals.
