Jakob Haugaard

Jakob Haugaard
	Haugaard with Midtjylland in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Jakob Let Haugaard
Date of birth	1 May 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Sundby, Denmark
Height	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Tromsø
Number	1
Youth career
	Tårnby Boldklub
	Brøndby IF
	Akademisk BK
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2011	Akademisk BK
2011–2015	Midtjylland
2015–2019	Stoke City
2017	→ Wigan Athletic (loan)
2020–2022	AIK
2022	→ Tromsø (loan)
2023–	Tromsø
International career
2010	Denmark U-18
2012	Denmark U-20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2024

Jakob Let Haugaard (born 1 May 1992) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper^[2] for Tromsø.

Haugaard began his career with Akademisk BK before moving to Danish Superliga side Midtjylland in December 2011. He was used as back-up goalkeeper until the 2014–15 season where he helped Midtjylland win the Danish title. In the summer of 2015, Haugaard joined Premier League side Stoke City. Haugaard spent four seasons at Stoke and was used as third choice goalkeeper making only a handful of appearances. He also had a short loan spell at Wigan Athletic.

Career

Midtjylland

Haugaard was born in Sundby and played in the youth teams at Tårnby Boldklub and Brøndby IF before he signed with Danish 1st Division side Akademisk BK in 2010. He broke through into the first team towards the end of the 2010–11 season playing 14 matches with the Gladsaxe Stadium club. His performances for AB attracted the interest of Danish Superliga side Midtjylland.^[3]

He signed for Midtjylland in December 2011.^[4] He spent the 2011–12 season with the reserve team. He made his Midtjylland debut on 27 July 2012 in a 2–2 draw away at AC Horsens.^[5] He went and played seven matches during the 2012–13 season.^[2] In 2013–14 he was used as back-up to Jonas Lössl and only made one appearance.^[2] The 2014–15 season was Haugaard's break-through season at Midtjylland as he played 23 times as the Wolves won their first Danish title.^[2]

Stoke City

On 27 May 2015, Haugaard signed a three-year contract with Premier League side Stoke City.^[6]^[7] Haugaard replaced compatriot Thomas Sørensen at the Britannia Stadium and Haugaard stated that he hopes to have the same impact as Sørensen.^[8] He made his debut for Stoke on 9 January 2016 in a 2–1 FA Cup victory away at Doncaster Rovers.^[9] Following a long-term injury to first choice goalkeeper Jack Butland, Haugaard was given his Premier League debut on 2 April 2016 in a 2–2 draw with Swansea City.^[10] He endured a tough time in his next match, away at Liverpool where he conceded four goals.^[11] He shared goalkeeper duties with Shay Given until the end of the 2015–16 season.^[12] Haugaard remained third choice goalkeeper at Stoke for the next three seasons and left the club at the end of the 2018–19 campaign.^[13]

Wigan Athletic (loan)

On 7 January 2017, Haugaard joined EFL Championship club Wigan Athletic on loan for the remainder of the 2016–17 season.^[14]^[15] He made his debut for Wigan on the same day in an FA Cup match against Nottingham Forest and saved a penalty as Wigan won 2–0.^[16] Haugaard was heavily criticised by Latics caretaker manager Graham Barrow following a 2–1 defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion on 17 April, describing the goals he conceded as "Sunday League" and admitting that he is only playing Haugaard because of the terms in the loan deal with Stoke.^[17]^[18] He returned to Stoke on 21 April 2017 after suffering a shoulder injury.^[19]

Career statistics

As of 15 September 2024^[2]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		League Cup^[b]		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
AB	2010–11^[2]	Danish 1st Division	14	0	0	0	—		—		14	0
Midtjylland	2011–12^[2]	Danish Superliga	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	2012–13^[2]	Danish Superliga	6	0	1	0	—		0	0	7	0
	2013–14^[2]	Danish Superliga	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
	2014–15^[2]	Danish Superliga	23	0	0	0	—		2^[c]	0	25	0
	Total		30	0	1	0	—		2	0	33	0
Stoke City	2015–16^[2]	Premier League	5	0	2	0	0	0	—		7	0
	2016–17^[2]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2017–18^[2]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2018–19^[2]	EFL Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		5	0	2	0	0	0	—		7	0
Stoke City U23	2016–17^[2]	—	—		—		—		2^[d]	0	2	0
	2017–18^[2]	—	—		—		—		2^[d]	0	2	0
	2018–19^[2]	—	—		—		—		2^[d]	0	2	0
	Total		—		—		—		6	0	6	0
Wigan Athletic (loan)	2016–17^[2]	Championship	8	0	2	0	0	0	—		10	0
AIK	2020^[2]	Allsvenskan	14	0	2	0	—		—		16	0
	2021^[2]	Allsvenskan	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Total		14	0	2	0	—		—		16	0
Tromsø (loan)	2022^[2]	Eliteserien	29	0	2	0	—		—		31	0
Tromsø	2023^[2]		28	0	0	0	—		—		28	0
	2024^[2]		20	0	1	0	—		3	0	24	0
	Total		77	0	3	0	—		3	0	83	0
Career total			148	0	8	0	0	0	11	0	167	0