Jan Eriksson

January Eriksson ( born August 24, 1967 in Sundsvall ) is a former Swedish football player. The well-known by the nickname " Janne " defense and midfield played several times for the Swedish national team, with whom he took part in each case at a World Cup and European Championship finals.

His younger brother Patrik Eriksson Ohlsson was also a professional footballer.

Career

Career Start and breakthrough in Sweden

Eriksson started playing football in his hometown at GIF Sundsvall. In 1980 he moved to local rivals IFK Sundsvall, who was better known for its youth teams. There he played in the youth teams of Svenska Fotbollförbundet and came to 15 appearances in the Swedish U -21 team.

As before the premiership season 1987 Nils Andersson left the federation to train AIK in Allsvenskan, he undertook Eriksson for his new club. In his first season, the defensive players came to seven inserts. As before the following season Sven Dahlkvist was changed in the direction of league rival Örebro SK, he could inherit these on the position in the defense headquarters. As a regular player who was in the season 1989 in all 22 games of the season in the starting lineup, he recommended himself for the national team. During a Vorbereitungstrainigslagers to the 1990 World Cup, for which the country selection had first qualified in the finals tournament in 1978 since the last participation, in early 1990 in the United Arab Emirates national team coach Olle Nordin nominated him for selection. On February 17 of that year he came in a 2-0 win over the national team of the United Arab Emirates with goals from Stefan Rehn and Klas Ingesson to his international debut. As a result, he was able to establish himself in the team and was part of the squad at the World Cup tournament in Italy, but remained without tournament use.

For AIK Eriksson was on to the permanent employees. On the final day of the season 1990, he scored his first goals in Allsvenskan, as the two goals he scored for AIK in the 2:4 away defeat at IK Brage. After the season he moved from club from Solna, who had regularly placed in the middle of the league, the reigning vice-champion IFK Norrköping. Here he established himself as a regular player and culminated with the team to a sixth place in the regular season, the championship final. Although the team got the most points in the final handed it thanks to the entrainment of the half of the points from the regular season due to the local high residue only to re- runner.

Since Eriksson had become well established in the national team as a regular player, coach Tommy Svensson nominated him for the 1992 European Championship on home soil. There he achieved international attention when he was able to achieve headed goals against France England respectively. With his two goals he contributed to the group victory before the later champions Denmark and reaching the semi-finals. There he was defeated and his team of German national team despite goals from Tomas Brolin and Kennet Andersson at conceded by Thomas Hassler and the two -goal Karl -Heinz Riedle with 2:3. Not least because of its good services, gave him the newspaper Aftonbladet and the Swedish Association of the Guldbollen as a football player of the year.

In Europe and America

Through the participation in the tournament Eriksson had made international attention. The German club 1.FC Kaiserslautern undertook the defensive player after the final round. His debut in the Bundesliga he crowned in the 1-0 victory over FC Cologne 1 on the opening day with the game-winning hit. Despite an injury-related break, he was able to establish himself as a regular player to hit 20 League Appearances for the Palatinate club. After the Czech Pavel Kuka had been committed in the following year, his use of time also decreased due to the limitations of the then applicable legislation governing foreigners. Nevertheless, he was one of the summer of 1994, first in the squad of the national selection for the World Cup finals in the United States, but after re- injury he had to cancel participation.

In spring 1995 Eriksson returned on loan to AIK. For the Swedish club he played until the summer of seven other stakes in the Allsvenskan. He then moved to Switzerland to Servette FC Genève. For the team to players like Oliver Neuville, David Sesa Carlos Varela and he played again only half a year to return to Sweden again. This time he went for Helsingborgs IF. For the club from the southern Swedish Skåne he ran in 23 Erstligapartien and reached with the team in the 1996 third place in the standings behind champion IFK Gothenburg and Malmö FF.

In spring 1997, Eriksson moved abroad again. The Premier League team FC Sunderland undertook him in January for £ 250,000. For the English club, who had also intensified in the relegation battle with Chris Waddle, he came only to a league use. He then moved to the United States to Tampa Bay Mutiny, where he met his compatriot Thomas Ravelli. In 1999 he finished there after 35 stakes with a knee injury his active career.

Since 2000, Eriksson has worked for the Swedish insurance company Skandia.

Achievements

• 35 caps for Sweden / 4 Goals (1990-1994) FIFA World Cup: 1990 (not used )
• European Football Championship: 1992 (4 games / 2 goals)