Håkan Mild

Håkan Mild
Personal information
Date of birth(1971-06-14) 14 June 1971 (age 43)
Place of birthTrollhättan, Sweden
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionCentral midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1989–1993IFK Göteborg92(9)
1993–1995Servette FC21(1)
1995–1996IFK Göteborg23(5)
1996–1998Real Sociedad50(1)
1998–2001IFK Göteborg66(6)
2001–2002Wimbledon FC9(0)
2002–2005IFK Göteborg65(6)
Total326(28)
National team
1992Sweden U234(1)
1991–2001Sweden74(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Stig Håkan Mild (born 14 June 1971 in Trollhättan, Västra Götaland) is a former Swedish football midfielder and current director of sports of IFK Göteborg, his main club as player, with which he won four Swedish Championships. He was also part of the Swedish national team that finished third in the 1994 World Cup.

Career

Mild started his career with the local club Trollhättans FK, and was early on scouted by the at that time leading Swedish club IFK Göteborg which he joined in 1988. He made his debut in the first team of IFK Göteborg the same year, in a friendly match against IF Elfsborg, 29 September. He played his first league game the following season, when he came on as a substitute against Halmstads BK, 26 July. He then scored his first goal in a competitive match in 1990, and became Swedish champion for the first time that same year, playing in a majority of the club's matches during the season.

He became a regular in the team and won another championship title the next season, as well as winning Svenska Cupen. He also scored his first goal in Allsvenskan in 1991, and played four matches in the European Cup. He was at the time a member of the Swedish Olympic team that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where he played all four matches. He returned to European football and played all ten matches in the UEFA Champions League 1992-93, against amongst others A.C. Milan and FC Porto. Mild also scored a goal against Lech Poznań in the qualifying round of the tournament. He became Swedish champion with IFK once again in 1993.

Håkan Mild then moved abroad to Swiss club Servette FC where he won the Swiss Super League title the first season. He then played in the 1994 World Cup, where he was substituted on in two games, and played the last three games—quarter-final, semi-final and third place match—from start scoring one goal and assisting one. He returned to Servette FC to play another season but his first visit on the continent was not very successful and he returned to IFK Göteborg for the second half of the 1995 season. He led the club to another Swedish Championship the following season, but left the club once again, this time to play in Spain and Real Sociedad.

He played 49 matches in Primera Division over two seasons, and was a member of the squad that finished third in 1997–98, the club's best result during the 1990s. He returned home to Gothenburg and IFK a second time, but had to tamper with injury problems the second half of 1998. He played another three seasons before trying his luck in another club abroad, this time Wimbledon F.C. in England. This proved to be his least successful stay abroad, playing only nine matches over a little more than one season. The low, but undisclosed, fee for his transfer to Wimbledon gave Mild a bad conscience, so he chose to not accept the almost 500,000 SEK (around US$50,000 at that time) of match bonuses he had not yet been paid.[1] This, amongst other things, has given Håkan Mild a special status amongst the IFK fans.

He returned in time to help IFK stay in Allsvenskan during the worst season of the club since 1976—when the club played in Division 2—as they barely avoided relegation by winning a play-off after the season's end. Mild then played another three seasons, partially interrupted by injury problems. He played his last match 11 December 2005 home against FC Lyn Oslo in the Royal League tournament, and his name was sung during all 90 minutes of the match, as a final farewell.[2] He then assumed the position of director of sports in the club.

He played a total of 459 matches over 18 years for IFK Göteborg, and is regarded as one of the club's greatest players ever not only due to his work on the field, but also for his club spirit, leader qualities and work ethics.[2] He has only represented one Swedish club on higher levels, and statements such as "IFK is my home"[3] and "IFK has always meant so much to me that it sometimes has become a problem"[4] has only cemented the view on him amongst supporters as one of the greatest.

He played 74 games for the Swedish national team, scoring eight goals, and besides participation in the 1994 FIFA World Cup and the 1992 Summer Olympics, he also played in Euro 2000.

In 2001 he did a running test called the Pacer test and scored a record high of 19.2 which is the best ever recorded.

Career table

ClubSeasonDom. leagueDom. cupInt. cupOtherTotal
AppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoals
Trollhättans FK−1986Youth football
Total–1986Youth football
Trollhättans FK1987171??00??≥17≥1
Total1987171??00??≥17≥1
IFK Göteborg1988Youth football
Total1988Youth football
IFK Göteborg19880000002020
1989100000111121
19901901100213414
1991282604[5]0204586
1992272106[6]1181524
1993215104[6]0174439
Total1988–9396991141891320824
Servette FC1993–94111??????≥11≥1
1994–95100??????≥10≥0
Total1993–95211??????≥21≥1
IFK Göteborg199592100061163
1996143312[6]081275
Total1995–962354120142438
Real Sociedad1996–97251??00??≥25≥1
1997–98240??00??≥24≥0
Total1996–98491??00??≥49≥1
IFK Göteborg1998101213[7]010162
1999210605[7]160381
2000232640021317
2001123220011156
Total1998–20016661678110210016
Wimbledon F.C.2001–0290??00??≥9≥0
2002–0300??00??≥0≥0
Total2001–0390??00??≥9≥0
IFK Göteborg20028[8]100000081
2003181310040252
2004232403[9]020322
20051821014[10]2101435
Total2002–056768117216110810
IFK Göteborg totals1988–20052522637104141291845958
Career totals1987–200534829≥37≥10≥41≥4≥129≥18≥555≥61

Achievements

  • Winner of Allsvenskan (Swedish Champion): 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996
  • Winner of Svenska Cupen: 1991
  • Runner-up in Royal League: 2004–05
  • Third-place in Football World Cup: 1994

References

  • Göransson, Mattias (2005). Blåvit gryning. Göteborg: Offside Fanatik. ISBN 91-85279-03-X
  • UEFA.com (2005). IFK hero Mild gets his due. Retrieved 27 June 2006.
  • Fagerlin, Hans (July 2006). Överkörd på mitten av Mild. Blått&Vitt, 6.
  • Profile

Notes

  1. Jump up ^ Göransson, p. 108.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Uefa.com, IFK hero Mild gets his due
  3. Jump up ^ Fagerlin, p. 22
  4. Jump up ^ Göransson, p. 97.
  5. Jump up ^ European Cup matches only.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c UEFA Champions League matches only.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b UEFA Cup matches only.
  8. Jump up ^ Allsvenskan (6 matches, 1 goal) and Allsvenskan qualification play-off (2 matches, 0 goals).
  9. Jump up ^ Royal League matches only.
  10. Jump up ^ Royal League (10 matches, 2 goals) and UEFA Intertoto Cup (4 matches, 0 goals).

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Magnus Erlingmark		IFK Göteborg
Captain
2004–2005		Succeeded by
Niclas Alexandersson
 
Sweden squads
Sweden squad – UEFA Euro 1992 semi-finalists
Sweden squad – 1992 Summer Olympics
  • 1 Ekholm
  • 2 Johansson
  • 3 Björklund
  • 4 Apelstav
  • 5 Alexandersson
  • 6 Mild
  • 7 P. Andersson
  • 8 Landberg
  • 9 Fursth
  • 10 Rödlund
  • 11 Brolin
  • 12 Svensson
  • 13 Jansson
  • 14 Moberg
  • 15 Lilius
  • 16 Nilsson
  • 17 A. Andersson
  • 18 Simpson
  • 19 Gudmundsson
  • 20 Axeldal
  • Coach: N. Andersson
Sweden squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup Third Place
Sweden squad – UEFA Euro 2000

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