Edafe Egbedi (born 5 August 1993) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for IFK Malmö.[3] He is notably a right-footed winger.

Edafe Egbedi
Personal information
Full name Edafe Egbedi[1]
Date of birth (1993-08-05) 5 August 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Nigeria
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Position(s) Right midfielder[2]
Team information
Current team
IFK Malmö
Number 7
Youth career
2009 Gizallo FC
2010–2011 Clique Sports Academy
2011 AGF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 AGF 7 (0)
2014Skive IK (loan) 7 (0)
2015–2016 Prespa Birlik 50 (13)
2017–2018 Landskrona BoIS 39 (4)
2019–2020 Norrby IF 9 (0)
2021 Österlen FF 28 (9)
2022 Ariana FC 24 (4)
2023– IFK Malmö 1 (0)
International career
2009–2010 Nigeria U17 11 (3)
2011–2013 Nigeria U20 12 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:28, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Career

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At national team level, he played for Nigeria at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, scoring the decisive goal when Nigeria beat England 1-0 in the Round of 16, to reach the Quarter-final stage. He also played seven games for Nigeria at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, helping his team all the way to the Final.

On 28 August 2014 Egbedi was loaned out from AGF to Skive IK for the remaining of 2014.

Egbedi chose to terminate its contract with AGF in January 2015 [4]

He played for Landskrona BoIS in the Swedish Division 1 and Superettan between 2017 and 2018.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: Nigeria" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2013. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013.
  2. ^ Profile at WorldFootball, worldfootball.net
  3. ^ Fotbolltransfers
  4. ^ "Egbedi stopper i AGF" (in Danish). agf.dk. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Viktiga kuggar stannar men Alm och Vasquez går". December 2017.
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