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{{short description|Swedish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Håkan Mild
| image = 
| fullname = Stig Håkan Mild
| height = 1.82m
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|6|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Trollhättan]], Sweden
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| position = [[Central midfielder]]
| currentclub = [[IFK Göteborg]] (club director)
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1989–1993
| years2 = 1993–1995
| years3 = 1995–1996
| years4 = 1996–1998
| years5 = 1998–2001
| years6 = 2001–2002
| years7 = 2002–2005
| clubs1 = [[IFK Göteborg]]
| clubs2 = [[Servette FC|Servette]]
| clubs3 = IFK Göteborg
| clubs4 = [[Real Sociedad]]
| clubs5 = IFK Göteborg
| clubs6 = [[Wimbledon F.C.|Wimbledon]]
| clubs7 = IFK Göteborg
| caps1 = 92
| caps2 = 21
| caps3 = 23
| caps4 = 50
| caps5 = 66
| caps6 = 9
| caps7 = 65
| goals1 = 9
| goals2 = 1
| goals3 = 5
| goals4 = 1
| goals5 = 6
| goals6 = 0
| goals7 = 6
| totalcaps = 326
| totalgoals = 28
| nationalyears1 = 1987
| nationalteam1 = [[Sweden men's national under-17 football team|Sweden U16]]
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1988–1989
| nationalteam2 = [[Sweden men's national under-19 football team|Sweden U18]]
| nationalcaps2 = 9
| nationalgoals2 = 3
| nationalyears3 = 1990–1992
| nationalteam3 = [[Sweden national under-21 football team|Sweden U21]]/[[Sweden Olympic football team|O]]
| nationalcaps3 = 23
| nationalgoals3 = 4
| nationalyears4 = 1991–2001
| nationalteam4 = [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]]
| nationalcaps4 = 74
| nationalgoals4 = 8
| manageryears1 = 
| managerclubs1 = 
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{SWE}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|Football]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994 United States]]|[[Sweden men's national football team|Team]]}}
}}

'''Stig Håkan Mild''' (born 14 June 1971) is a Swedish former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[central midfielder]]. He is best remembered for his time with [[IFK Göteborg]], with which he won four [[Swedish football champions|Swedish Championships]]. A full international between 1991 and 2001, he won a total of 74 [[Cap (sport)|caps]] for the [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden national team]] and was a part of the Sweden team that finished third at the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]]. He also represented his country at the [[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Summer Olympics]] and [[UEFA Euro 2000]]. He was the sporting director of IFK Göteborg between 2006 and 2014, and is the club director of the club since January 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ifkgoteborg.se/nyheter/foreningen/2021/forandringar-i-ifk-goteborg/|title=Förändringar i IFK Göteborg|date=19 January 2021|accessdate=1 March 2025|publisher=IFK Göteborg|language=Swedish}}</ref>

== Club career ==
Born in [[Trollhättan]], [[Västra Götaland]], Mild started his career with the local club [[Trollhättans FK]], and was early on scouted by the then 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 football champions|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 [[UEFA Champions League|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 [[1992–93 UEFA Champions League]], 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 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 FIFA World Cup|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 [[Continental Europe|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 again, this time to play in Spain and [[Real Sociedad]].

He played 49 matches in [[La Liga|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 [[Swedish krona|SEK]] (around US$50,000 at that time) of match bonuses he had not yet been paid.<ref name="matchbonus">''Göransson, p. 108.''</ref> 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 [[Swedish football Division 2|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.<ref name="uefa">''Uefa.com, [https://web.archive.org/web/20051215133205/http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/Kind=2/newsId=379009.html IFK hero Mild gets his due]''</ref> 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.<ref name="uefa" /> He has only represented one Swedish club on higher levels, and statements such as "IFK is my home"<ref name="myhome">''Fagerlin, p. 22''</ref> and "IFK has always meant so much to me that it sometimes has become a problem"<ref name="meant">''Göransson, p. 97.''</ref> has only cemented the view on him amongst supporters as one of the greatest.

== International career ==
He played 74 games for the [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden national team]], scoring eight goals, and besides participation in the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]] and the [[1992 Summer Olympics]], he also played in [[2000 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 2000]].<ref name=":0" />

== Personal life ==
In 2001, he did a running test called the [[Multi-stage fitness test|Pacer test]] and scored a record high of 19.2 which is the best ever recorded.

== Career statistics ==

=== Club ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Håkan Mild » Club matches|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/hakan-mild/2/|access-date=2021-06-16|website=worldfootball.net|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Håkan Mild - ifkdb.se|url=http://ifkdb.se/spelare/Håkan-Mild_500|access-date=2021-06-16|website=ifkdb.se}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="7"|[[IFK Göteborg]]
|[[1988 Allsvenskan|1988]]
|[[Allsvenskan]]
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||2||0||2||0
|-
|[[1989 Allsvenskan|1989]]
|Allsvenskan
|1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||11||1||12||1
|-
|[[1990 Allsvenskan|1990]]
|Allsvenskan
|19||0||1||1||colspan="2"|–||21||3||41||4
|-
|[[1991 Allsvenskan|1991]]
|Allsvenskan
|28||2||6||0||4<ref name="eurocuponly">[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] matches only.</ref>||0||20||4||58||6
|-
|[[1992 Allsvenskan|1992]]
|Allsvenskan
|27||2||1||0||6<ref name="clonly">[[UEFA Champions League]] matches only.</ref>||1||18||1||52||4
|-
|[[1993 Allsvenskan|1993]]
|Allsvenskan
|21||5||1||0||4<ref name="clonly" />||0||17||4||43||9
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!96!!9!!9!!1!!14!!1!!89!!13!!208!!24
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Servette FC|Servette]]
|[[1993–94 Nationalliga A|1993–94]]
|[[Swiss Super League|Nationalliga A]]
|11||1||||||colspan="2"|–||||||11||1
|-
|[[1994–95 Nationalliga A|1994–95]]
|Nationalliga A
|10||0||||||1||0||11||0||22||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!21!!1!!!!!!1!!0!!11!!0!!33!!1
|-
|rowspan="3"|IFK Göteborg
|[[1995 Allsvenskan|1995]]
|Allsvenskan
|9||2||1||0||0||0||6||1||16||3
|-
|[[1996 Allsvenskan|1996]]
|Allsvenskan
|14||3||3||1||2<ref name="clonly" />||0||8||1||27||5
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!23!!5!!4!!1!!2!!0!!14!!2!!43!!8
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Real Sociedad]]
|[[1996–97 La Liga|1996–97]]
|[[La Liga]]
|25||1||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||26||1
|-
|[[1997–98 La Liga|1997–98]]
|La Liga
|24||0||3||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||27||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!49!!1!!4!!0!!0!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!53!!1
|-
|rowspan="5"|IFK Göteborg
|[[1998 Allsvenskan|1998]]
|Allsvenskan
|10||1||2||1||3<ref name="uefacuponly">[[UEFA Cup]] matches only.</ref>||0||1||0||16||2
|-
|[[1999 Allsvenskan|1999]]
|Allsvenskan
|21||0||6||0||5<ref name="uefacuponly" />||1||6||0||38||1
|-
|[[2000 Allsvenskan|2000]]
|Allsvenskan
|23||2||6||4||0||0||2||1||31||7
|-
|[[2001 Allsvenskan|2001]]
|Allsvenskan
|12||3||2||2||0||0||1||1||15||6
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!66!!6!!16!!7!!8!!1!!10!!2!!100!!16
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Wimbledon F.C.|Wimbledon]]
|[[2001–02 Wimbledon F.C. season|2001–02]]
|[[Football League First Division|First Division]]
|9||0||||||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||9||0
|-
|[[2002–03 Wimbledon F.C. season|2002–03]]
|First Division
|0||0||||||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||0||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!9!!0!!?!!?!!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!9!!0
|-
|rowspan="5"|IFK Göteborg
|[[2002 Allsvenskan|2002]]
|Allsvenskan
|8<ref name="domlg2002">[[Allsvenskan]] (6 matches, 1 goal) and [[Allsvenskan]] qualification play-off (2 matches, 0 goals).</ref>
|1||0||0||0||0||0||0||8||1
|-
|[[2003 Allsvenskan|2003]]
|Allsvenskan
|18||1||3||1||0||0||4||0||25||2
|-
|[[2004 Allsvenskan|2004]]
|Allsvenskan
|23||2||4||0||3<ref name="rlonly">[[Royal League]] matches only.</ref>||0||2||0||32||2
|-
|[[2005 Allsvenskan|2005]]
|Allsvenskan
|18||2||1||0||14<ref name="int2005">[[Royal League]] (10 matches, 2 goals) and [[UEFA Intertoto Cup]] (4 matches, 0 goals).</ref>||2||10||1||43||5
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!67!!6!!8!!1!!17!!2!!27!!2!!108!!10
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!348!!29!!40!!10!!42!!4!!129!!18!!571!!61
|}

=== International ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Håkan Mild - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/hakan-mild/ee135a0a-d046-4405-9929-c4b2fae0fbff|access-date=2021-01-04|website=www.svenskfotboll.se.|language=sv|archive-date=30 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630145741/https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/hakan-mild/ee135a0a-d046-4405-9929-c4b2fae0fbff/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="11"|[[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]]
|1991||6||1
|-
|1992||3||0
|-
|1993||1||1
|-
|1994||11||2
|-
|1995||5||2
|-
|1996||8||0
|-
|1997||9||0
|-
|1998||5||0
|-
|1999||8||0
|-
|2000||9||0
|-
|2001||9||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!74!!8
|}

:''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mild goal''.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+List of international goals scored by Håkan Mild
! scope="col"|No.
! scope="col"|Date
! scope="col"|Venue
! scope="col"|Opponent
! scope="col"|Score
! scope="col"|Result
! scope="col"|Competition
! scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
|align="center"|1
|17 April 1991
|[[Neas Philadelphias]], [[Nea Filadelfeia]], Greece
|{{fb|GRE}}
|align="center"|2–1
|align="center"|2–2
|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Grekland - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/grekland-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1569114|access-date=2021-01-04|website=www.svenskfotboll.se|language=sv|archive-date=22 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122011716/https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/grekland-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1569114/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|2
|10 November 1993
|[[Ernst-Happel-Stadion]], [[Leopoldstadt]], Austria
|{{fb|AUT}}
|align="center"|1–0
|align="center"|1–1
|[[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Österrike - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/osterrike-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1569317|access-date=2021-01-04|website=www.svenskfotboll.se|language=sv|archive-date=12 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212234529/https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/osterrike-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1569317/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|3
|24 February 1994
|[[Valley Children's Stadium|Bulldog Stadium]], [[Fresno, California]], United States
|{{fb|MEX}}
|align="center"|1–2
| style="text-align:center"|1–2
|Friendly
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mexiko - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/mexiko-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1569327|access-date=2021-01-04|website=www.svenskfotboll.se|language=sv|archive-date=1 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801003042/https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/mexiko-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1569327/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|4
|16 July 1994
|[[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]], [[Pasadena, California]], United States
|{{fb|BUL}}
|align="center"|2–0
|align="center"|4–0
|[[1994 FIFA World Cup]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sverige - Bulgarien - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-bulgarien-landskamper-herr-senior/1569370|access-date=2021-01-04|website=www.svenskfotboll.se|language=sv|archive-date=1 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801172037/https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-bulgarien-landskamper-herr-senior/1569370/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|5
|rowspan="2"|8 June 1995
|rowspan="2"|[[Elland Road]], [[Leeds]], England
|rowspan="2"|{{fb|ENG}}
|align="center"|1–0
|rowspan="2" align="center"|3–3
|rowspan="2"|[[Umbro Cup]]
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=England - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/england-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1569461|access-date=2021-01-04|website=www.svenskfotboll.se|language=sv|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030013447/https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/england-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1569461/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|2–0
|-
|align="center"|7
|28 February 2001
|[[National Stadium, Ta' Qali|National Stadium Ta' Qali]], [[Ta' Qali]], Malta
|{{fb|MLT}}
|align="center"|3–0
|align="center"|3–0
|Friendly
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Malta - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/malta-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1570034|access-date=2021-01-04|website=www.svenskfotboll.se|language=sv|archive-date=19 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719130046/https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/malta-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1570034/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|8
|10 November 2001
|[[Old Trafford]], [[Manchester]], England
|{{fb|ENG}}
|align="center"|1–1
|align="center"|1–1
|Friendly
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=England - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/england-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1570120|access-date=2021-01-04|website=www.svenskfotboll.se|language=sv|archive-date=12 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712110406/https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/england-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1570120/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|}

== Honours ==
'''IFK Göteborg'''
* [[Allsvenskan]]: [[1990 Allsvenskan|1990]], [[1991 Allsvenskan|1991]], [[1993 Allsvenskan|1993]], [[1996 Allsvenskan|1996]]
* [[Svenska Cupen]]: [[1991 Svenska Cupen|1991]]
* [[Royal League]] runner-up: [[2004–05 Royal League|2004–05]]
'''Sweden'''
* [[FIFA World Cup]] third-place: [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]
'''Individual'''
* [[Årets Ärkeängel]]: 1999<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alla 47 ärkeänglar {{!}} ifkdb.se|url=https://ifkdb.se/listor/arkeanglar|website=ifkdb.se|access-date=2020-05-06}}</ref>

== References ==
* Göransson, Mattias (2005). ''Blåvit gryning.'' Göteborg: Offside Fanatik. {{ISBN|91-85279-03-X}}
* [[UEFA]].com (2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20051215133205/http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/Kind=2/newsId=379009.html IFK hero Mild gets his due]. Retrieved 27 June 2006.
* Fagerlin, Hans (July 2006). Överkörd på mitten av Mild. ''Blått&Vitt, 6.''
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/hakan-mild-1.html |title=Håkan Mild |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519134339/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/hakan-mild-1.html |archive-date=19 May 2011 |url-status=dead}}

== Notes ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{WorldFootball.net|hakan-mild}}
* {{SvFF player |id= ee135a0a-d046-4405-9929-c4b2fae0fbff |pid= 6831 }}
* {{IMDb name|1394359}}
* {{ifkdb|namn=#7 Håkan Mild}}

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