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Mikael Hansson

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Mikael Hansson
Personal information
Full name James Anders Mikael Hansson Finér
Date of birth (1968-03-15) 15 March 1968 (age 56)[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

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.

Career

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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

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Club

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Sources:[3][4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Söderköpings IK 1988 Swedish Division 3 21 3 21 3
1989 Swedish Division 3 19 4 19 4
Total 40 7 40 7
IFK Norrköping 1990 Allsvenskan 1 0 1 0
1991 Allsvenskan 19 4 19 4
1992 Allsvenskan 18 6 18 6
1993 Allsvenskan 25 1 25 1
1994 Allsvenskan 24 2 24 2
1995 Allsvenskan 26 2 26 2
1996 Allsvenskan 25 0 25 0
1997 Allsvenskan 20 0 20 0
1998 Allsvenskan 25 3 25 3
1999 Allsvenskan 21 1 21 1
Total 204 19 204 19
Stoke City 1999–2000 Second Division 27 0 0 0 0 0 9[a] 1 36 1
2000–01 Second Division 38 2 2 0 4 0 3[b] 0 47 2
Total 65 2 2 0 4 0 12 1 83 3
Career total 309 28 2 0 4 0 12 1 327 29
  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

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[4]

National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 1994 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

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IFK Norrköping

Stoke City

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h 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 21 December 2021.
  3. ^ Mikael Hansson at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  4. ^ a b Mikael Hansson at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. ^ Sidaway, Jon (7 December 2017). "Stoke City FC - Looking Back Down 'Wembley Way'". Stoke City FC. Retrieved 24 March 2024.