James Anders Mikael "Gädda" Hansson Finér (born 15 March 1968) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a right back. He represented Söderköpings IK, IFK Norrköping, and Stoke City during a career that spanned between 1988 and 2001. He won one cap for the Sweden national team in 1994.
Career Hansson was born in Norrköping and played for Söderköpings IK and his home team IFK Norrköping. He spent nine years at Idrottsparken in which time he won the Allsvenskan title with in 1992 as he made 206 appearances scoring 19 goals in Sweden's top flight. In November 1999 he left for English third-tier club Stoke City where he became a popular player with the club's supporters.
He impressed as a speedy right back and in his first season with the club he helped them to win the Football League Trophy and reach the play-offs, losing out to Gillingham. During the 2000–01 season Hansson again helped Stoke reach the play-off but Walsall proved to be too strong. He scored his only two league goals for Stoke against Bristol Rovers on 31 March 2001. Hanson's Stoke career was ended after he picked up an ankle injury in the summer of 2001 and he was never able to recover and so decided to retire from playing football.
Career statistics Club Sources:
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSöderköpings IK1988Swedish Division 3213 ——2131989Swedish Division 3194 ——194Total407 ——407IFK Norrköping1990Allsvenskan10 ——101991Allsvenskan194 ——1941992Allsvenskan186 ——1861993Allsvenskan251 ——2511994Allsvenskan242 ——2421995Allsvenskan262 ——2621996Allsvenskan250 ——2501997Allsvenskan200 ——2001998Allsvenskan253 ——2531999Allsvenskan211 ——211Total20419 ——20419Stoke City1999–2000Second Division2700000913612000–01Second Division382204030472Total6522040121833Career total30928204012132729
International Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoalsSweden199410Total10
Honours IFK Norrköping Allsvenskan: 1992 Svenska Cupen: 1990–91, 1993–94
Stoke City Football League Trophy: 1999–2000
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