Jakob Let Haugaard (born 1 May 1992) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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. Haugaard began his career with Akademisk BK before moving to

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side

Midtjylland The Central Denmark Region ( da, Region Midtjylland), or more directly translated as the Central Jutland Region and sometimes simply Mid Jutland, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish muni ...

in December 2011. He was used as back-up 'keeper until the 2014–15 season where he helped Midtjylland win the Danish title. In the summer of 2015, Haugaard joined

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side Stoke City. Haugaard spent four seasons at Stoke and was used as third choice keeper making only a handful of appearances. He also had a short loan spell at

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Career

Midtjylland

Haugaard was born in Sundby and played in the youth teams at

Tårnby Boldklub Tårnby Boldklub (or Taarnby Boldklub, ) were a Danish football club based in Tårnby on Amager, which played their home games at Taarnby Stadium. The club was formed on 21 April 1935 as Arbejdernes Idræts Klub Tårnby (AIK Tårnby) and becam ...

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

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season playing 14 matches with the

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club. His performances for AB attracted the interest of

side

. He signed for Midtjylland in December 2011. 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. He went and played seven matches during the

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season. In 2013–14 he was used as back-up to

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and only made one appearance. 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.

Stoke City

On 27 May 2015, Haugaard signed a three-year contract with

side Stoke City. Haugaard replaced compatriot

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at the

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and Haugaard stated that he hopes to have the same impact as Sørensen. He made his debut for Stoke on 9 January 2016 in a 2–1

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victory away at

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. Following a long-term injury to first choice goalkeeper

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, Haugaard was given his

debut on 2 April 2016 in a 2–2 draw with Swansea City. He endured a tough time in his next match, away at

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where he conceded four goals. He shared goalkeeper duties with

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until the end of the 2015–16 season. Haugaard remained third choice goalkeeper at Stoke for the next three seasons and left the club at the end of the 2018–19 campaign.

Wigan Athletic (loan)

On 7 January 2017, Haugaard joined EFL Championship club

on loan for the remainder of the 2016–17 season. He made his debut for Wigan on the same day in an

match against

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and saved a penalty as Wigan won 2–0. Haugaard was heavily criticised by Latics caretaker manager

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following a 2–1 defeat at

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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. He returned to Stoke on 21 April 2017 after suffering a shoulder injury.

Career statistics

Honours

Midtjylland *

: 2014–15

References

External links

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Jakob Haugaard
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