Ekdal turned down offers from other clubs including Chelsea and Inter when he was just 16 and 17 years old because his father, the journalist Lennart Ekdal, said he had to finish high school first.
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He is the son of Lennart Ekdal, an award-winning Swedish journalist, TV personality and newscaster known for his work for the newspaper Dagens Nyheter and the financial magazine Veckans Affärer, as well as hosting TV shows such as Kalla fakta, Halvtid för Reinfeldt, Kvällsöppet med Ekdal & Hakelius and Hetluft.
Albin Ekdal (born 1989), Swedish international midfield footballer
He is the father of international midfield footballer Albin Ekdal (born 1989).
Lennart Ekdal | Jan Albin Goetz | Hanns Albin Rauter | Albin Ekdal | Albin | Scey-sur-Saône-et-Saint-Albin | Rozet-Saint-Albin | Juan Ángel Albín | Albin Vega | Albin Swoboda, Jr. | Albin Polasek | Albin Kurti | Albín Brunovský |