[1] As a player, he played professionally in Sweden, Austria, Greece, Italy, and Denmark during a career that spanned between 1996 and 2018.

A full international between 2004 and 2015, he won 28 caps for the Sweden national team and was a part of their UEFA Euro 2012 squad.

[2] Mikael Antonsson started the season 2010–11 impressively with new teammate, Sölvi Ottesen, which reminded fans of former steady partnership between Michael Gravgaard and Brede Hangeland.

[3] In 2011, Antonsson moved to Bologna in the Italian Serie A on a free transfer before wrapping up his career in Copenhagen between 2014 and his retirement in 2018.

[4] In 2024 Antonsson announced that he will make a comeback by playing for the Swedish tier 4 football club AIK Atlas.