Edson Braafheid
Edson Braafheid
Edson Braafheid ( born April 8, 1983 in Paramaribo, Suriname) is a Dutch football player with Surinamese roots, which is January 2011 at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim under contract.
- 2.1 national team
- 2.2 associations
Career
Clubs
About the youth clubs JOS Amsterdam, FC Amstel country and FC Abcoude came Braafheid in the youth academy of FC Utrecht - but he pulled the attention of various scouts themselves. Prior to the second team of FC Utrecht active, he gave in the 2003/04 season his debut for the senior team, for which he 13 times, came in his first season in the highest Dutch league, the Eredivisie used. In the following seasons, he always got more match practice and consequently developed into a regular player. After nearly four years, 80 games and two goals scored, FC Twente Enschede secured in January 2007 - before the end of the season - the services of the defender. With a contract equipped by 2010 he managed to prevail at his new employer and to mature to the service provider of the association. By the end of the season 2008/ 09 he played 76 times in the Eredivisie and scored a goal. In addition, he played seven times in national and in international cup competitions.
On 9 June 2009, FC Twente confirmed on its website the upcoming transfer of Braafheid to Bayern Munich. His Bundesliga debut Braafheid 8 August 2009 (1st Round ) in a 1-1 away draw against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim when he came on in the 84th minute for Bastian Schweinsteiger. On 1 February 2010, shortly before closing the transfer list, a lending transaction was with the Scottish first division club Celtic Glasgow agreed to allow Braafheid to 30 June 2010 game practice as it was in the first half of the 2009/10 season only sporadically in the Bundesliga was used. His league debut he gave on 10 February 2010 (24th Round ) 2-0 home victory over Heart of Midlothian. Previously, on February 7, he played 90 minutes in the second round of the club cup competition, the Scottish FA Cup, in a 4-2 away win at Dunfermline Athletic. For the 2010/11 season he returns to Bayern Munich. He cited a positive conversation with Bayern chief coach Louis van Gaal, who assured him that he get another chance. However, this opportunity could not use Braafheid. After to have come during the game against Borussia Mönchengladbach on November 6, 2010 a dispute between van Gaal and Braafheid in the cabin, Braafheid was suspended and subsequently no longer used.
On 27 January 2011 the Dutch signed a three and a half year contract with TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, who had already committed his national team -mates and former school friend Ryan Babel two days earlier. His debut 5 February 2011 ( 21 Round ) - on as a substitute in the 74th minute for Vedad Ibišević - ended after an assault against Christian Tiffert already five minutes later; he was expelled with a red card of the game field.
In the context of a consensual lending agreement at the request of FC Twente Braafheid changed on 31 August 2012 for a season, until 30 June 2013, in the Eredivisie, where he came 25 times used.
National
Braafheid played four times for the Dutch U-21 national team and made his debut on 17 May 2006 in Doetinchem in a 2-2 draw against the selection of Germany.
He took part in the June 4, 2006 until discharged on May 23 in Portugal European Championship and came in the first group game in the 1-2 defeat against the selection of the Ukraine - in the first half - his first tournament use. In the third group game, a 1-0 victory against the selection of Italy, he came on in the 60th minute for Urby Emanuelson. He also contested the 3-2 after extra time gained semi-final match against France's selection, but in the final, which was 3-0 against the kick-off opponents, Ukraine, won and led to the title, however, he did not play.
For the senior team, he played for the first time ( and over 90 minutes) on February 11, 2009, when in a test - international match in Tunis a 1-1 draw was achieved against Tunisia. In May 2010 he was appointed to the preliminary squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. He had his single tournament use in lost 0-1 after extra time the final against Spain, when he came on in the 105th minute for captain Giovanni van Bronckhorst.
Achievements
National
- Second in the World Cup 2010
- U- 21 European Champion 2006
Clubs
- German Champion 2010
- DFB Cup winners 2010 *
- KNVB Cup winners 2004