Wigan, England –  Wigan announced Wednesday that it has signed Chilean international Jean Beausejour from Birmingham City for an undisclosed fee.

Beausejour, 27, passed a medical at the DW Stadium and has put pen to paper on a two-and-a-half-year deal.

"Jean is a player we have been tracking for a long time since he made a huge impression on us with his role for Chile in the World Cup," said Wigan manager Roberto Martinez. "Now Jean has 18 months of experience in the British game and his dynamism, technical ability and tactical concepts will bring a different dimension into our squad."

The midfielder has earned 43 caps for Chile and was a prominent piece of his country's progression to the knockout round of the 2010 World Cup, scoring the game-winning goal in a 1-0 defeat of Honduras to open its tournament.