Mikael Hansson

James Anders Mikael "Gädda"[2] Hansson Finér (born 15 March 1968) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a right back. He represented Söderköpings IK, IFK Norrköping, and Stoke City during a career that spanned between 1988 and 2001. He won one cap for the Sweden national team in 1994.

Mikael Hansson
Personal information
Full name James Anders Mikael Hansson Finér
Date of birth (1968-03-15) 15 March 1968[1]
Place of birth Norrköping, Sweden
Position(s) Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1989 Söderköpings IK 40 (7)
1990–1999 IFK Norrköping 204 (19)
1999–2001 Stoke City 65 (2)
Total 309 (28)
International career
1995–1996 Sweden B 2 (0)
1994 Sweden 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Hansson was born in Norrköping and played for Söderköpings IK and his home team IFK Norrköping.[1] He spent nine years at Idrottsparken in which time he won the Allsvenskan title with in 1992 as he made 206 appearances scoring 19 goals in Sweden's top flight.[1] In November 1999 he left for English third-tier club Stoke City where he became a popular player with the club's supporters.[1]

He impressed as a speedy right back and in his first season with the club he helped them to win the Football League Trophy and reach the play-offs, losing out to Gillingham.[1] During the 2000–01 season Hansson again helped Stoke reach the play-off but Walsall proved to be too strong.[1] He scored his only two league goals for Stoke against Bristol Rovers on 31 March 2001.[1] Hanson's Stoke career was ended after he picked up an ankle injury in the summer of 2001 and he was never able to recover and so decided to retire from playing football.[1]

Career statistics

Club

Sources:[3][4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Söderköpings IK 1988 Swedish Division 3 213 ——213
1989 Swedish Division 3 194 ——194
Total 407 ——407
IFK Norrköping 1990 Allsvenskan 10 ——10
1991 Allsvenskan 194 ——194
1992 Allsvenskan 186 ——186
1993 Allsvenskan 251 ——251
1994 Allsvenskan 242 ——242
1995 Allsvenskan 262 ——262
1996 Allsvenskan 250 ——250
1997 Allsvenskan 200 ——200
1998 Allsvenskan 253 ——253
1999 Allsvenskan 211 ——211
Total 20419 ——20419
Stoke City 1999–2000 Second Division 27000009[lower-alpha 1]1361
2000–01 Second Division 38220403[lower-alpha 2]0472
Total 6522040121833
Career total 30928204012132729
  1. Seven Appearances and one goal in Football League Trophy and two appearances in Second Division play-offs
  2. Two Appearances in Football League Trophy and one appearance in Second Division play-offs

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[4]

National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 199410
Total10

Honours

IFK Norrköping

Stoke City

References
  1. Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era - A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
  2. "Norrköpingsspelarnas fina gest mot varslade trotjänaren". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  3. Mikael Hansson at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  4. Mikael Hansson at National-Football-Teams.com
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