Magnus Carl Hedman is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
17 Facts About Magnus Hedman
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Magnus Hedman played 58 matches for the Sweden national team, and represented his country at the 1994 and 2002 FIFA World Cups, as well as UEFA Euro 2000 and 2004.
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Magnus Hedman was awarded Guldbollen in 2000 as Sweden's best footballer of the year.
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Magnus Hedman signed with AIK in 1987 and made his Allsvenskan debut for the club during the 1990 Allsvenskan season at only 17 years of age.
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Magnus Hedman won the 1992 Allsvenskan championship with AIK and eventually moved abroad to play for English club Coventry City in July 1997.
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Steve Ogrizovic however was on top form on his return and kept the number 1 shirt almost to the end of the season, Magnus Hedman returned for the final three league matches.
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Magnus Hedman made 17 appearances in his first season at Coventry City.
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Now 41, Ogrizovic was restricted to just two games and Magnus Hedman made 42 appearances in all competitions.
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Magnus Hedman made 36 appearances for Celtic in three years, but due to injuries he failed to make a major impact on the number 1 spot, where Rab Douglas and later David Marshall were favoured by manager Martin O'Neill.
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Ancona in Serie A Hedman only played in three games, and it was a time in which he later claimed to have witnessed bribery on part of his Ancona teammates.
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On 9 November 2006, it was announced that Magnus Hedman would join reigning Premier League champions Chelsea on a week's trial, due to Chelsea's current lack of fully fit goalkeepers except for Henrique Hilario and youth team keeper Yves Ma-Kalambay.
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Magnus Hedman was the goalkeeping coach for then third-tier club IK Frej.
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Magnus Hedman was chosen as a backup for first-choice keeper Thomas Ravelli in Sweden's squad at the 1994 World Cup alongside Lasse Eriksson.
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Magnus Hedman debuted for the Swedish national team in February 1997, and was chosen for the Swedish squad at the Euro 2000 where he played all Sweden's matches and conceded goals from Bart Goor and Emile Mpenza against Belgium and from Luigi Di Biagio and Alessandro Del Piero against Italy.
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Magnus Hedman played full-time for Sweden at the 2002 World Cup.
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Magnus Hedman was chosen to represent Sweden at the Euro 2004, where he served as a back-up for keeper Andreas Isaksson.
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Magnus Hedman is divorced from Magdalena Graaf, a Swedish author, former model and pop singer.