John Eriksson (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Rune Eriksson | ||
Date of birth | 12 March 1929 | ||
Place of birth | Stockholm, Sweden | ||
Date of death | 24 March 2020 | (aged 91)||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Värtans IK | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1948–1950 | Värtans IK | ||
1951–1960 | Djurgårdens IF | 120 | (69) |
National team | |||
1951–1955 | Sweden[1] | 10 | (9) |
1955 | Sweden B[2] | 1 | (1) |
Teams managed | |||
1961 | Ängby SK | ||
(playing manager) | |||
1967–1968 | IF Brommapojkarna | ||
1969–1971 | IF Brommapojkarna (youth coach) | ||
1972 | Ängby IF | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
John Rune "Jompa" Eriksson (12 March 1929 – 24 March 2020[3][4]) was a Swedish footballer and manager who most notably played as a forward for Djurgårdens IF. A full international between 1951 and 1955, he won ten caps for the Sweden national team and scored nine goals.
Club career[]
Eriksson made his senior team debut for Värtans IK in 1948.[5] He moved to Djurgården and made his debut in a 3–1 win against GAIS on 29 July 1951.[5] With Djurgården, he won the Allsvenskan in 1954–55 and 1959.
International career[]
He made his international debut in the 1948–51 Nordic Football Championship match against Finland national football team.[2] In total, he made ten appearances and scored nine goals.[2]
Management career[]
After his Djurgårdens years, Eriksson became playing manager for .[5] Later, he was manager for IF Brommapojkarna.
Honours[]
Club[]
- Allsvenskan (2):[6] 1954–55, 1959
References[]
- ^ Frantz, Alf; Glanell, Tomas; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2008). Det svenska fotbollslandslaget 1908–2008 [The Swedish National Football Team 1908–2008] (in Swedish). Vällingby: CA Strömberg AB. ISBN 978-91-86184-69-8.
- ^ a b c Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken [100 years: Swedish Football Association's centenary 1904-2004, part 2: statistics] (in Swedish). Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 978-91-86184-59-9.
- ^ "John "Jompa" Eriksson har gått ur tiden". 24 March 2020.
- ^ Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. "John Eriksson - National Football Teams". national-football-teams.com.
- ^ a b c "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2014-09-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf
- 1929 births
- 2020 deaths
- Swedish footballers
- Sweden international footballers
- Allsvenskan players
- Värtans IK players
- Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players
- IF Brommapojkarna managers
- Association football forwards
- Swedish football managers