Ulf Eriksson (born 21 February 1958) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a

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and made 34 appearances for the Sweden national team.

Career

Eriksson made his debut for

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on 17 November 1979 in a friendly match against

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, which finished as a 5–0 win. He went on to make 34 appearances, scoring 3 goals, before making his last appearance on 15 January 1988 in the 1–0 win Maspalomas tournament win against

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Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year International goals

Honours

Individual *

Nordic Football Championship The Nordic Football Championship ( da, Nordisk Mesterskab, no, Nordisk Mesterskap, sv, Nordiska Mästerskapet, fi, Pohjoismaiden-mestaruusturnaus, commonly abbreviated NM or PM) was an international football competition contested by the men's ...

top scorer: 1981–85 (shared with

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, and

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