Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mikael Antonsson | ||
Date of birth | May 31, 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Sillhövda, Karlskrona, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Bologna | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
1989–1995 | AIK Sillhövda | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1995–1997 | AIK Sillhövda | 28 | (8) |
1997–2004 | IFK Göteborg | 51 | (0) |
2004–2006 | Austria Wien | 28 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Panathinaikos | 7 | (0) |
2007–2011 | Copenhagen | 86 | (2) |
2011– | Bologna | 5 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2002–2004 | Sweden U21 | 20 | (1) |
2004– | Sweden | 4 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
Mikael Antonsson (born 31 May 1981 in Sillhövda, Karlskrona) is a Swedish footballer who currently plays for Bologna in Italian Serie A.
He began his career in a local Swedish team called AIK Sillhövda (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.[1]
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".[2]
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