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

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and UEFA Euro 1992. He was also selected for the

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but had to withdraw because of an injury. He was the recipient of the 1992 Guldbollen as Sweden's best footballer of the year.

Club career

Eriksson played his early football with

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and IFK Sundsvall before signing with AIK in 1987. In 1992, he signed with IFK Norrköping before moving to the German Bundesliga to play for 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He was awarded Guldbollen in 1992 while playing in Kaiserslautern. He briefly returned to AIK in 1994 before going on to represent

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and Helsingborgs IF between 1995 and 1996. Eriksson joined English side

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in January 1997, but went on to make only one appearance for the club in a 1–0 defeat at

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in February 1997. He left the club in May 1998 having made no further appearances. He spent the last two years of his professional career with the Tampa Bay Mutiny in

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alongside his former Sweden teammate Thomas Ravelli.

International career

He played 35 matches and scored four goals for the Sweden national team. Two of those goals came at the 1992 European Championship in Sweden. He was selected for the

squad, but did not play. Eriksson was also selected for the Swedish

squad but had to leave the team just before the start of the tournament because of an injury and was replaced by Teddy Lucic.

Personal life

Eriksson's father Jan-Åke Eriksson and younger brother Patrik Eriksson-Ohlsson are also former footballers.

Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Eriksson goal''.

Honours

Individual * Guldbollen: 1992 *

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: 1992

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eriksson, Jan Living people 1967 births Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Expatriate soccer players in the United States Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the United States AIK Fotboll players IFK Norrköping players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players Servette FC players Sunderland A.F.C. players Helsingborgs IF players Tampa Bay Mutiny players 1990 FIFA World Cup players Allsvenskan players Premier League players Bundesliga players Sweden men's international footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Swedish expatriate footballers Swedish footballers UEFA Euro 1992 players Sportspeople from Sundsvall Major League Soccer players Major League Soccer All-Stars Men's association football defenders Footballers from Västernorrland County