John Eriksson (footballer)

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John Eriksson
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)
Vällingby AIK
International career
1951–1955
Sweden[1]
10 (9)
1955 Sweden B[2] 1 (1)
Managerial career
1961 Ängby SK
Vällingby AIK (playing manager)
1967–1968 IF Brommapojkarna
1969–1971 IF Brommapojkarna (youth coach)
1972 Ängby IF
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Rune "Jompa" Eriksson (12 March 1929 – 24 March 2020

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 Vällingby AIK.[5] Later, he was manager for IF Brommapojkarna.

Honours

Djurgårdens IF

References

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  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 "John "Jompa" Eriksson – hjälte över hela stan | Djurgården Fotboll". Archived from the original on 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  6. ^ "Förteckning över samtliga SM-guld för Djurgårdens IF på seniornivå genom tiderna" (PDF). difarkivet.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2010.