Mikael Antonsson

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Mikael Antonsson
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Personal information
Full name Mikael Antonsson
Date of birth (1981-05-31) 31 May 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Karlskrona, Sweden
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Copenhagen (assistant)
Youth career
1989–1995 Sillhövda AIK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–1997 Sillhövda AIK 28 (8)
1998–2004 IFK Göteborg 52 (0)
2004–2006 Austria Wien 28 (0)
2006–2007 Panathinaikos 7 (0)
2007–2011 Copenhagen 86 (2)
2011–2014 Bologna 89 (0)
2014–2018 Copenhagen 45 (0)
2024– AIK Atlas
Total335(10)
International career
1997–1998 Sweden U16 18 (2)
1999 Sweden U18 9 (0)
2002–2004 Sweden U21 20 (1)
2004–2015 Sweden 28 (0)
Managerial career
2017– Copenhagen (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mikael Antonsson (born 31 May 1981) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He currently works for the Danish Superliga side F.C. Copenhagen as assistant manager. [1] As a player, he played professionally in Sweden, Austria, Greece, Italy, and Denmark during a career that spanned between 1996 and 2018. A full international between 2004 and 2015, he won 28 caps for the Sweden national team and was a part of their UEFA Euro 2012 squad.

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Club career

Antonsson was born in Karlskrona. He began his career in a local Swedish team called Sillhövda AIK (1996) and after two years he was transferred to Swedish champions IFK Göteborg. He played there until 2004, when Austria Wien bought him for €450,000. In January 2006 Panathinaikos FC brought him in Athens to play for them on a 2-year contract. In the summer 2007 he moved to the Danish champions F.C. Copenhagen. [2]

Mikael Antonsson started the season 2010–11 impressively with new teammate, Sölvi Ottesen, which reminded fans of former steady partnership between Michael Gravgaard and Brede Hangeland. In the 2–0 win against former club and Greek champions Panathinaikos FC, Antonsson chosen for the Goal.com Champions League "Team of the Round". [3]

In 2011, Antonsson moved to Bologna in the Italian Serie A on a free transfer before wrapping up his career in Copenhagen between 2014 and his retirement in 2018. [4]

In 2024 Antonsson announced that he will make a comeback by playing for the Swedish tier 4 football club AIK Atlas. [5]

International career

Antonsson won 28 caps between 2004 and 2015 and represented Sweden at UEFA Euro 2012. [6]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year [6]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 200410
200500
200620
200700
200800
200900
201000
201110
201220
201390
201480
201550
Total280

Honours

Austria Wien

Copenhagen

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ Solbakken: Antonsson har de rette FCK-gener‚ Bold.dk, 6 September 2017
  2. ↑ "Mikael Antonsson til F.C. København". FC Copenhagen (in Danish). 21 June 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Champions League Team Of The Round: Matchday Two". Goal.com. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Mikael Antonsson slutar spela fotboll". Expressen.se (in Swedish). 17 January 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Meriterad Tidigare Landslagsmittback Klar för Aik Atlas!!".
  6. 1 2 "Mikael Antonsson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". Svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Alla 47 ärkeänglar | ifkdb.se". ifkdb.se. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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