| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jan Jonas Jakob Eriksson | ||
| Date of birth | (1967-08-24)24 August 1967 (age 58) | ||
| Place of birth | Sundsvall, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | 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 professionalfootballer who played as adefender. Starting off his career withIFK 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 35caps for theSweden national team and participated at the1990 FIFA World Cup andUEFA Euro 1992. He was also selected for the1994 FIFA World Cup but had to withdraw because of an injury. He was the recipient of the 1992Guldbollen as Sweden's best footballer of the year.
Eriksson played his early football withGIF Sundsvall andIFK Sundsvall before signing withAIK in 1987.[1] In 1992, he signed withIFK Norrköping before moving to theGerman Bundesliga to play for1. FC Kaiserslautern.[1] He was awardedGuldbollen in 1992 while playing in Kaiserslautern.[1] He briefly returned to AIK in 1994 before going on to representServette FC andHelsingborgs IF between 1995 and 1996.[1]
Eriksson joined English sideSunderland in January 1997, but went on to make only one appearance for the club in a 1–0 defeat atAston Villa in February 1997.[2] He left the club in May 1998 having made no further appearances.[1] He spent the last two years of his professional career with theTampa Bay Mutiny inMajor League Soccer alongside his former Sweden teammateThomas Ravelli.[1]
Eriksson played 35 matches and scored four goals for theSweden national team.[3] Two of those goals came at the1992 European Championship in Sweden.[3] He was selected for the1990 FIFA World Cup squad, but did not play.[3] Eriksson was also selected for the Swedish1994 FIFA World Cup squad but had to leave the team just before the start of the tournament because of an injury and was replaced byTeddy Lucic.[1]
Eriksson's fatherJan-Åke Eriksson and younger brotherPatrik Eriksson-Ohlsson are also former footballers.[1]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 11 | 2 | |
| 1993 | 7 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | 4 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 October 1991 | Stadion Allment,Lucerne, Switzerland |  Switzerland | 1–3 | 1–3 | Friendly | [4] |
| 2 | 10 June 1992 | Råsunda Stadium,Solna, Sweden |  France | 1–0 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 1992 | [5] |
| 3 | 17 June 1992 | Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden |  England | 1–1 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 1992 | [6] |
| 4 | 19 May 1993 | Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden |  Austria | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier | [7] |
Individual
Sweden squads | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||
