John Eriksson (footballer)

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

Honours

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 "John "Jompa" Eriksson – hjälte över hela stan | Djurgården Fotboll". Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  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.