Edafe Egbedi (born 5 August 1993) is a Nigerian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays for

IFK Malmö Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Malmö, more commonly known as IFK Malmö, is a Swedish sports club with several departments, located in Malmö. The club was founded on 23 April 1899. The football department of IFK Malmö is one of the oldest footb ...

. He is notably a right-footed winger.

Career

At national team level, he played for Nigeria at the

2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 18th FIFA U-20 World Cup. Colombia hosted the tournament between 29 July and 20 August 2011, with matches being played in eight cities. The tournament was won by Brazil who claimed their fifth title. At a FIFA ...

, scoring the decisive goal when Nigeria beat England 1-0 in the

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, to reach the Quarter-final stage. He also played seven games for Nigeria at the

2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the thirteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup held in Nigeria from 24 October to 15 November 2009. The tournament was won by Switzerland, beating the host team and holders, Nigeria. The Golden Ball to the Be ...

, helping his team all the way to the Final. On 28 August 2014 Egbedi was loaned out from AGF to

Skive IK Skive Idræts Klub, commonly known as Skive IK, SIK (especially locally) or simply Skive, is a Danish professional football club based in Skive, Central Denmark Region. Founded in 1901, the club is affiliated with the DBU Jutland association ...

for the remaining of 2014. Egbedi chose to terminate its contract with AGF in January 2015 He played for

Landskrona BoIS Landskrona Boll och Idrottsällskap ( en, Landskrona Ball and Sports Society, locally referred to as BoIS) is a Swedish professional football club located in Landskrona, Scania, which currently plays in Superettan, the second league tier of fo ...

in the Swedish Division 1 and

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between 2017 and 2018.

References

External links

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official AGF profile

Official Danish Superliga player statistics
at danskfodbold.com
"Edafe Egbedi klar för Prespa Birlik" at KSP Prespa Birlik
1993 births Living people Nigerian men's footballers Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Aarhus Gymnastikforening players Landskrona BoIS players Skive IK players KSF Prespa Birlik players Norrby IF players IFK Malmö Fotboll players Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Superettan players Ettan Fotboll players Nigeria men's under-20 international footballers Men's association football midfielders {{Nigeria-footy-midfielder-stub