John Eriksson (footballer)

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John Eriksson
John Eriksson 1960.jpg
Eriksson in 1960
Personal information
Full name John Rune Eriksson
Date of birth (1929-03-12)12 March 1929
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Date of death 24 March 2020(2020-03-24) (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[]

Djurgårdens IF

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "John "Jompa" Eriksson har gått ur tiden". 24 March 2020.
  4. ^ Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. "John Eriksson - National Football Teams". national-football-teams.com.
  5. ^ a b c "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2014-09-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf
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