John Rune "Jompa" Eriksson (12 March 1929 – 24 March 2020) was a Swedish

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and manager who most notably played as a

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for

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is named ...

. A full international between 1951 and 1955, he won ten

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for the Sweden national team and scored nine goals.

Club career

Eriksson made his senior team debut for

Värtans IK Värtans IK is a Swedish football club located in Stockholm. The club was formed in 1924. Background Since their foundation Värtans IK has participated in the upper and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club current ...

in 1948. He moved to Djurgården and made his debut in a 3–1 win against

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on 29 July 1951. With Djurgården, he won the

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

in 1954–55 and 1959.

International career

He made his international debut in the

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match against

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. In total, he made ten appearances and scored nine goals.

Management career

After his Djurgårdens years, Eriksson became playing manager for Vällingby AIK. Later, he was manager for

IF Brommapojkarna Idrottsföreningen Brommapojkarna, more commonly known as Brommapojkarna (meaning ''the Bromma boys'') or simply BP, is a Swedish football club located in the borough of Bromma, in the western parts of Stockholm municipality. Brommapojkarna is t ...

Honours

; Djurgårdens IF *

: 1954–55,

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References

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