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Jan Eriksson

Jan Eriksson

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Eriksson played his early football with GIF Sundsvall and IFK Sundsvall before signing with AIK in 1987. In 1992, he signed with IFK Norrköping before moving to the German Bundesliga to play for 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He was awarded Guldbollen in 1992 while playing in Kaiserslautern. He briefly returned to AIK in 1994 before going on to represent Servette FC and Helsingborgs IF between 1995 and 1996. Eriksson joined English side Sunderland in January 1997, but went on to make only one appearance for the club in a 1–0 defeat at Aston Villa in February 1997. He left the club in May 1998 having made no further appearances. He spent the last two years of his professional career with the Tampa Bay Mutiny in Major League Soccer alongside his former Sweden teammate Thomas Ravelli.

International career

Eriksson played 35 matches and scored four goals for the Sweden national team. Two of those goals came at the 1992 European Championship in Sweden. He was selected for the 1990 FIFA World Cup squad, but did not play. Eriksson was also selected for the Swedish 1994 FIFA World Cup squad but had to leave the team just before the start of the tournament because of an injury and was replaced by Teddy Lucic.

Career statistics

International

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Eriksson goal.

Club
Servette FC (1995–1996)
Club
Sunderland A.F.C. (1997–1998)
Club
Tampa Bay Mutiny (1998–1999)
Club
IFK Norrköping FK (1991–1992)
Club
IFK Sundsvall (1985–1986)
Club
Helsingborgs IF (1996–1996)
Club
AIK Fotboll (1987–1990)
Club
1. FC Kaiserslautern (1992–1994)
Club
AIK Fotboll (1994–1995)
Club
Sweden men's national football team (1990–1994)
Club
GIF Sundsvall (1985–1986)
Club
AIK Fotboll (1995–1995)
Club
Servette FC (1995–1995)
Club
Sunderland A.F.C. (1997–1997)
Club
Sweden national under-21 football team
League
Bundesliga
League
Premier League
League
Major League Soccer
National team
Sweden

Trophies & Awards

Award
Guldbollen

Personal

Personal life

Eriksson's father Jan-Åke Eriksson and younger brother Patrik Eriksson-Ohlsson are also former footballers.

Clubs

Played together with

Archive

Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Description

Swedish footballer

Position

defender

Extract from Wikipedia

Jan Jonas Jakob "Janne" Eriksson is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Starting off his career with IFK Sundsvall in the mid-1980s, he went on to play professionally in Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, England, and the United States before retiring in 1999. A full international between 1990 and 1994, he won 35 caps for the Sweden national team and participated at the 1990 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1992. He was also selected for the 1994 FIFA World Cup but had to withdraw because of an injury. He was the recipient of the 1992 Guldbollen as Sweden's best footballer of the year.

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