John Eriksen

John Eriksen

Personal information
Full name	John Hartmann Eriksen
Date of birth	20 November 1957(1957-11-20)
Place of birth	Assens, Denmark
Date of death	12 February 2002(2002-02-12) (aged 44)
Place of death	Svendborg, Denmark
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
1975–1977	Svendborg FB
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1978–1980	Odense	57	(44)
1980–1984	Roda	143	(75)
1984–1985	Mulhouse	34	(27)
1985–1986	Feyenoord	31	(22)
1986–1989	Servette	87	(75)
1989–1991	Luzern	70	(37)
1991–1993	Svendborg FB	57	(39)
Total		479	(319)
National team
1978–1983	Denmark U21	15	(5)
1981–1988	Denmark	17	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

John Hartmann Eriksen (20 November 1957 – 12 February 2002) was a Danish footballer who played as a striker.

An extremely prolific goal scorer, he scored 319 league goals over the course of 15 seasons, having played in four different countries, namely Holland and Switzerland. He did not manage to win any team honours, however.

Eriksen was a Danish international in the 80's, appearing with the nation in one World Cup and one European Championship.

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 Death 4 References 5 External links

Club career

Born in Assens, Eriksen started his professional career with Odense BK, scoring 22 goals in each of his two seasons with the club. In January 1980, he moved to Roda JC in the Netherlands, never netting less than 16 goals in each of his four Eredivisie seasons.

In 1984–85, Eriksen joined FC Mulhouse in the French Ligue 2, finishing second in the goal scoring charts as the club narrowly missed on promotion, falling short in the playoffs. In the summer, he returned to Holland and joined Feyenoord, again surpassing the 20-goal mark as the Rotterdam outfit ranked in third position.

Aged almost 29, Eriksen moved to Switzerland where he continued to display solid scoring form, for both Servette FC and FC Luzern. With the former, he led the scorers list in his first two seasons, notably scoring 36 in 34 games in 1987–88 (second position overall, only two points behind champions Neuchâtel Xamax).

Eriksen closed his career at nearly 36 with his first club, hometown's Svendborg FB.

International career

Eriksen won 17 caps and scored six goals for Denmark, his debut coming in 1981. He was selected for the squad that competed in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, appearing as a substitute against West Germany (2–0 win, one goal)^[1] and Spain (1–5 round-of-16 loss).^[2]

Eriksen was also picked for UEFA Euro 1988 in West Germany, playing twice in an eventual group stage exit (two 0–2 losses), starting against Italy.

Death

After ending his career, Eriksen suffered Alzheimer's disease, and lived his last three years in a nursing home in Svendborg. After falling accidentally in his home, he died on 12 February 2002, at only 44 years of age.

References

External links

• Stats at Voetbal International (Dutch)
• Roda JC official profile (Dutch)
• National team data (Danish)
• John Eriksen at National-Football-Teams.com
• John Eriksen – FIFA competition record

Swiss Super League top scorers 1986: Thychosen 1987: Eriksen 1988: Eriksen 1989: Rummenigge 1990: Zamorano 1991: Zuffi 1992: Molnar 1993: Anderson 1994: Élber 1995: Aleksandrov 1996: Aleksandrov / Moldovan 1997: Moldovan 1998: Nonda 1999: Rey 2000: Amoah 2001: Chapuisat/Giménez 2002: Giménez / Núñez 2003: Núñez 2004: Chapuisat 2005: Giménez 2006: Keita 2007: Petrić 2008: Yakin 2009: Doumbia 2010: Doumbia 2011: Frei

Swiss Footballer of the Year Previous winners 1972–73: Karl Odermatt 1973–74: verilmedi 1974–75: Umberto Barberis 1975-76: Köbi Kuhn 1976–77: Hansjörg Pfister 1977-78: Rudolf Elsener 1978–79: Umberto Barberis 1979–80: Umberto Barberis 1980–81: Heinz Lüdi 1981–82: Claudio Sulser 1982–83: Lucien Favre 1983–84: Heinz Hermann 1984–85: Heinz Hermann / Rolf Osterwalder 1985–86: Heinz Hermann 1986–87: Heinz Hermann 1987–88: Heinz Hermann 1988–89: Peter Nadig 1989–90: André Egli 1990–91: Adrian Knup 1991–92: Jean-Paul Brigger 1992–93: Ciriaco Sforza 1993–94: Thomas Bickel 1994–95: Nestor Subiat 1995–96: Kubilay Türkyilmaz 1996–97: Kubilay Türkyilmaz 1997–98: Kubilay Türkyilmaz Foreigner of the Year 1974–75: Ilija Katić 1975-76: Ilija Katić 1976–77: Eigil Nielsen 1977-78: Martin Chivers 1978–79: Jurica Jerković 1979–80: Piet Hamberg 1980–81: Robert Kok 1981–82: Jurica Jerković 1982–83: Jurica Jerković 1983–84: Raúl Nogués 1984–85: Charly Herberth 1985–86: Lars Lunde 1986–87: Robert Prytz 1987–88: John Eriksen 1988–89: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 1989–90: Iván Zamorano 1990–91: Edwin Gorter 1991–92: Igor Dobrovolski 1992–93: Sonny Anderson 1993–94: Élber 1994–95: Petar Aleksandrov 1995–96: Viorel Moldovan 1996–97: Viorel Moldovan 1997–98: Shabani Nonda

Denmark squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Rasmussen 2 Sivebæk 3 Busk 4 M. Olsen (c) 5 I. Nielsen 6 Lerby 7 Mølby 8 J. Olsen 9 Berggreen 10 Elkjær Larsen 11 Laudrup 12 Bertelsen 13 Frimann 14 Simonsen 15 Arnesen 16 Qvist 17 K. Nielsen 18 Christensen 19 Eriksen 20 Bartram 21 Andersen 22 Høgh Coach: Piontek

Denmark squad – UEFA Euro 1988 1 Rasmussen 2 Sivebæk 3 Busk 4 M. Olsen (c) 5 Nielsen 6 Lerby 7 Helt 8 Frimann 9 Heintze 10 Elkjær 11 Laudrup 12 L. Olsen 13 Jensen 14 J. Olsen 15 Povlsen 16 Schmeichel 17 Berggreen 18 Eriksen 19 Kristensen 20 Vilfort Coach: Piontek

Persondata
Name	Eriksen, John
Alternative names
Short description	Danish footballer
Date of birth	20 November 1957
Place of birth	Assens, Denmark
Date of death	12 February 2002
Place of death	Svendborg, Denmark