John Eriksen

John Eriksen
Personal information
Full name John Hartmann Eriksen
Date of birth (1957-11-20)20 November 1957
Place of birth Assens, Denmark
Date of death 12 February 2002(2002-02-12) (aged 44)
Place of death Svendborg, Denmark
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1964–1975 Svendborg fB
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1977 Svendborg fB (23)
1978–1980 Odense Boldklub 60 (42)
1980–1984 Roda 144 (80)
1984–1985 Mulhouse 34 (27)
1985–1986 Feyenoord 31 (22)
1986–1989 Servette 87 (75)
1989–1991 Luzern 70 (37)
1991–1993 Svendborg fB 57 (39)
Total 479 (342)
International career
1975 Denmark U17 1 (1)
1975 Denmark U19 2 (0)
1978–1983 Denmark U21 15 (3)
1981–1988 Denmark 17 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Hartmann Eriksen (20 November 1957 – 12 February 2002) was a Danish footballer who played as a striker. He scored 319 league goals over the course of 15 seasons. He played in four countries, namely his native Denmark, the Netherlands, France and Switzerland. Eriksen was a Danish international in the 1980s, appearing in the 1986 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1988.