Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jan Jonas Jakob Eriksson | ||
Date of birth | 24 August 1967 | ||
Place of birth | Sundsvall, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1974–1980 | GIF Sundsvall | ||
1980–1986 | IFK Sundsvall | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1985–1986 | IFK Sundsvall | 44 | (2) |
1987–1990 | AIK | 73 | (2) |
1991–1992 | IFK Norrköping | 39 | (3) |
1992–1994 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 37 | (4) |
1994–1995 | AIK | 7 | (0) |
1995–1996 | Servette FC | 6 | (0) |
1996 | Helsingborgs IF | 28 | (3) |
1997–1998 | Sunderland | 1 | (0) |
1998–1999 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | 35 | (2) |
Total | 270 | (16) | |
International career | |||
1985–1986 | Sweden U19 | 7 | (0) |
1988–1990 | Sweden U21 | 15 | (1) |
1990–1994 | Sweden | 35 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jan Jonas Jakob "Janne" Eriksson (born 24 August 1967) 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.