 Mikaelsson during his time with Aston Villa | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tobias Lars Mikaelsson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1988-11-17)17 November 1988 (age 37)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Jörlanda, Sweden[2] | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[3] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vallens IF | |||
| 2003–2005 | Ljungskile | ||
| 2005–2007 | Aston Villa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2009 | Aston Villa | 0 | (0) |
| 2007 | →Ljungskile (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2008 | →Port Vale (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Trollhättan | 47 | (6) |
| 2011–2012 | Ljungskile | 47 | (7) |
| 2013–2018 | Oddevold | 98 | (21) |
| 2018–2020 | Stenungsund | ||
| 2020–2022 | Kongahälla | ||
| 2022–2023 | Svenshögen | ||
| 2024– | Vallens IF | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 May 2018 | |||
Tobias Lars Mikaelsson (born 17 November 1988) is a Swedishfootballer.
He started his professional career withAston Villa in England in 2007. Afterloan spells withLjungskile andPort Vale, he signed with Swedish sideTrollhättan in 2009. Two years later, he joined Ljungskile. He joinedOddevold in February 2013 before signing withStenungsund in January 2018. He joinedKongahälla in 2020 and Svenshögen in 2022.
Mikaelsson signed forAston Villa in August 2005 from SwedishSuperettan side,Ljungskile – the team he also supports. He never played a game for the Villa senior team. Still, he made appearances at the youth level and for theReserves, where he had a prolific goalscoring record. Mikaelsson was thought to have a very bright future ahead of him, some pundits had previously tipped him to become a star while he was at youth level, and follow the footsteps of his boyhood idolsZlatan Ibrahimović andHenrik Larsson. Mikaelsson joined his old clubLjungskile onloan on 15 March 2007 to gain first-team experience, and he scored one goal and provided five assists in the stint. On 18 September 2007, he scored his firsthat-trick for Villa Reserves – in a 4–1 victory againstDerby County. In January 2008, Mikaelsson joinedPort Vale on a one-month loan deal, joining up with team-mateChris Herd.[4] He played six games for theLeague One club, Vale lost four and drew two games. After Mikaelsson returned toVilla Park following an ankle injury,[5] Vale wererelegated. In July 2008, Mikaelsson was rewarded with a one-yearcontract extension, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2009. He had a five-day trial withBK Häcken in January 2009.[2] In April 2009, he had an unsuccessful trial at League OneHartlepool United following release from Aston Villa.
Mikaelsson returned home to Sweden and signed forTrollhättan in July 2009. In hisfirst season in theSuperettan, Mikaelsson scored a single goal in 18 appearances for Trollhättan.[6] During the2010 season, Mikaelsson managed to score 5 goals in 29 appearances for the club,[6] but was unable to help them avoid relegation. Mikaelsson opted to remain in theSuperettan andtransferred back toLjungskile in March 2011.[6] LSK finished in eighth place in2011 and then in fifth place in2012.
In February 2013, Mikaelsson signed forDivision 1 Södra clubIK Oddevold.[7] The club finished second in2013, but were beaten byVarbergs BoIS in the qualification play-offs.[8] They finished in fifth place in2014, fourth in2015, and seventh in2016. He scored two goals in 11 appearances during the2017 season as the club finished in ninth place. In January 2018, Mikaelsson dropped down a level to sign a two-year contract withDivision 2 sideStenungsund.[9] The "Red Brothers" ended the2018 season fifth in the Norra Götaland region. He signed withDivision 4 sideKongahälla in 2020.[10] He joined Svenshögen in 2022.[11]
Mikaelsson said: "I like to think I'm an intelligent type of player with decent technique and decent pace."[4] He is noted for his tall, powerful physique and sound technical ability.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Aston Villa | 2006–07[12] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007–08[13] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008–09[14] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ljungskile (loan) | 2007 | Superettan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Port Vale (loan) | 2007–08[13] | League One | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Trollhättan | 2009[15] | Superettan | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 2010[15] | Superettan | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 6 | |
| Total | 47 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 7 | ||
| Ljungskile | 2011[15] | Superettan | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| 2012[15] | Superettan | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | |
| Total | 47 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 8 | ||
| IK Oddevold | 2013[15] | Division 1 Södra | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 27 | 7 |
| 2014[15] | Division 1 Södra | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | |
| 2015[15] | Division 1 Södra | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | |
| 2016[15] | Division 1 Södra | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | |
| 2017[15] | Division 1 Södra | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | |
| Total | 98 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 101 | 21 | ||
| Career total[b] | 203 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 210 | 37 | ||
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