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Edson Braafheid
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Dutch association football player (born 1983)
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Edson René Braafheid is a Dutch association football player born in Paramaribo on April 8, 1983. He plays as a full-back or defender, specifically occupying the left-back position, and wears the number 3 shirt. His professional career began in 2003, and he has represented the Netherlands in international competition, including the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Braafheid has played for several clubs, including Celtic F.C., FC Twente, FC Bayern Munich, and FC Utrecht. His career has included participation in the Bundesliga and the USL Championship. He holds citizenship in the Kingdom of the Netherlands and speaks Dutch as his native language.
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Key facts
- 2010
- → Celtic (loan)
- Full name
- Edson René Braafheid
- Date of birth
- ( 1983-04-08 ) 8 April 1983 (age 43)
- Place of birth
- Paramaribo , Suriname
- Height
- 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
- Position
- Left-back
- 0000 2003
- Utrecht
- Years
- Team
- 2003 2007
- FC Utrecht
- 2007 2009
- FC Twente
- 2009 2011
- Bayern Munich
- 2011 2014
- 1899 Hoffenheim
- 2012 2013
- → FC Twente (loan)
- 2014 2016
- Lazio
- 2016 2018
- FC Utrecht
- 2017 2018
- Jong FC Utrecht
- 2019 2020
- Austin Bold
- 2020 2021
- Palm Beach Stars
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Left-Back
- Nationality
- The Netherlands
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- René
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Paramaribo
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Native language
- Dutch
- Participant in
- 2010 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Austin Bold FC
- Position played
- defender
- League
- USL Championship
- Country for sport
- Netherlands
- Mass
- 76
- Image
- Edson-braafheid.jpg
- Height
- 180
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- Commons category
- Edson Braafheid
- date of birth
- 1983-04-08
- sport number
- 3
- start of work period
- 2003-00-00
- birth name
- Edson René Braafheid
- name in native language
- Edson Braafheid
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 October 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 November 2011
Edson René Braafheid (born 8 April 1983) is a Dutch former professional footballer who currently works as a player representative at the Tevreden Group.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Edson Braafheid” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.