Erik Karl-Fredrik Stenman (; born 2 June 1983) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a defender. Starting off his career in the early 2000s with Västerås SK, he went on to play professionally in Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium before ending his professional career with

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is named ...

in 2015. A full international between 2006 and 2011, he won three caps for the Sweden national team and was a squad member for Sweden at the

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Club career

Stenman was born in

Munktorp Munktorp is a urban areas of Sweden, locality situated in Köping Municipality, Västmanland County, Sweden with 455 inhabitants in 2010. Munktorp is the site of the historic Munktorp Church (''Munktorps kyrka''). The church is associated with Da ...

, and began his professional career with Västerås SK in 1999. He would go on to make his

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

debut for

IF Elfsborg Idrottsföreningen Elfsborg, more commonly known as IF Elfsborg or simply Elfsborg (), is a professional football club based in Borås, Sweden, and is affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund. They play in the Allsvenskan and have spent ...

in 2002, and then signed for

in the summer of 2003. While at Djurgården, he helped the team win the

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and

2005 Allsvenskan Allsvenskan 2005, part of the 2005 Swedish football season, was the 81st Allsvenskan season played. The first match was played 9 April 2005 and the last match was played 23 October 2005. Djurgårdens IF won the league ahead of runners-up IFK Göt ...

, as well as the

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and

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. On 1 January 2006, Stenman joined the

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club Bayer Leverkusen for a transfer fee of 8 million SEK, and played in 28 Bundesliga games before leaving Germany to sign for the

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club

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in the summer of 2007. In the summer of 2011, he signed for

Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062.

in the

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, and played in 20 games until 2014 when he returned to Djurgårdens IF for a second stint. Stenman struggled for playing time at Djurgården and ended his professional career in 2015 to play for the Division 3 Östra Svealand team

IFK Lidingö IFK Lidingö is a Swedish sports club, part of the IFK system, based on the island of Lidingö outside Stockholm. Although the club takes part in numerous sports, it is most famous for its football, athletics and orienteering sections. The footba ...

. In 2019, Stenman made a brief comeback and represented the club in a game in

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International career

Stenman won three caps for the Sweden national team between 2006 and 2011. He was named in the Sweden squad for the

and served as a back-up

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behind

Erik Edman Erik Kenneth Edman (; born 11 November 1978) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Starting off his career with Helsingborgs IF in 1997, he went on to represent clubs in Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, England, ...

Career statistics

International

Honours

Djurgårdens IF *

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* Svenska Cupen:

IFK Lidingö * Division 3 Östra Svealand:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stenman, Fredrik 1983 births Living people People from Köping Municipality Association football defenders Swedish footballers Västerås SK Fotboll players IF Elfsborg players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players FC Groningen players Club Brugge KV players IFK Lidingö players Allsvenskan players Division 3 (Swedish football) players Bundesliga players Eredivisie players Belgian Pro League players Sweden international footballers Sweden youth international footballers Sweden under-21 international footballers 2006 FIFA World Cup players Swedish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Belgium Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Sportspeople from Västmanland County