John Eriksen

John Hartmann Eriksen ( born November 20, 1957 in Assen, Denmark, † 12 February 2002 in Svendborg, Denmark) was a Danish football player who played in the position of striker.

Career

Youth

Eriksen was born in Assen, in 1964, his family moved from Assen to Svendborg, where he and his brother began to Svendborg FB playing football. His first title he won in 1968. At the age of 17 years ( June 1975), he made his debut for the Svendborg FB

Clubs

After two seasons at Svendborg Eriksen moved to Odense BK where he scored 22 goals in two seasons for the club. In January 1980 he moved to the Netherlands in the Eredivisie Roda JC.

In the 1984/85 season he moved to FC Mulhouse in the French Ligue 2 In the summer he returned to the Netherlands back to Feyenoord Rotterdam, he scored 22 goals this season and Feyernood the end of the season placed in third place.

At the age of almost 29 years Eriksen moved to Switzerland where he continued to put his scorers mentality when traditional club Servette FC Genève proof and top scorer in the Swiss league was twice. After three years at Servette FC, he moved to FC Luzern where he also still scored many goals.

With 36 years, he ended his career as a football player in his youth club Svendborg FB.

National

Eriksen played 17 games for the Danish national football team where he scored six goals. He participated in the 1986 World Cup and the 1988 European Championship.

Death

After his career end Eriksen ill with Alzheimer's and lived for three years in a nursing home in Svendborg. On 12 February 2002 he died in Svendborg. He was buried in the St. Nicolai church in Svendborg on 20 February 2002.

National League / National League A

Super League

National football team (Denmark)
Dane
Born in 1957
Died in 2002
Man

Odense Boldklub France 1933–34 Nationalliga Leopold Kielholz 1934–35 Nationalliga 1935–36 Nationalliga 1936–37 Nationalliga Alessandro Frigerio 1937–38 Nationalliga 1938–39 Nationalliga 1939–40 Nationalliga Georges Aeby 1940–41 Nationalliga 1941–42 Nationalliga 1942–43 Nationalliga 1943–44 Nationalliga 1944–45 Nationalliga A 1945–46 Nationalliga A 1946–47 Nationalliga A 1947–48 Nationalliga A 1949–50 Nationalliga A 1950–51 Nationalliga A 1951–52 Nationalliga A 1952–53 Nationalliga A Eugen Meier 1953–54 Nationalliga A 1954–55 Nationalliga A Marcel Mauron 1955–56 Nationalliga A 1956–57 Nationalliga A 1957–58 Nationalliga A 1958–59 Nationalliga A 1959–60 Nationalliga A 1960–61 Nationalliga A 1961–62 Nationalliga A 1962–63 Nationalliga A 1963–64 Nationalliga A 1964–65 Nationalliga A Pierre Kerkhoffs 1965–66 Nationalliga A 1966–67 Nationalliga A 1967–68 Nationalliga A 1968–69 Nationalliga A 1969–70 Nationalliga A 1970–71 Nationalliga A 1971–72 Nationalliga A 1972–73 Nationalliga A Ottmar Hitzfeld Ove Grahn Daniel Jeandupeux 1974–75 Nationalliga A 1975–76 Nationalliga A Peter Risi 1976–77 Nationalliga A 1977–78 Nationalliga A 1978–79 Nationalliga A 1979–80 Nationalliga A Claudio Sulser 1981–82 Nationalliga A 1982–83 Nationalliga A 1983–84 Nationalliga A Georges Bregy 1984–85 Nationalliga A 1985–86 Nationalliga A Steen Thychosen 1987–88 Nationalliga A 1988–89 Nationalliga A Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 1989–90 Nationalliga A 1990–91 Nationalliga A Dario Zuffi 1991–92 Nationalliga A 1992–93 Nationalliga A Sonny Anderson 1993–94 Nationalliga A 1994–95 Nationalliga A 1995–96 Nationalliga A 1996–97 Nationalliga A 1997–98 Nationalliga A 1998–99 Nationalliga A Alexandre Rey Charles Amoah 2000–01 Swiss Football League 2001–02 Nationalliga A 2002–03 Nationalliga A 2003–04 Swiss Super League 2004–05 Swiss Super League 2005–06 Swiss Super League Alhassane Keita 2006–07 Swiss Super League 2007–08 Swiss Super League Hakan Yakin 2008–09 Swiss Super League Seydou Doumbia 2010–11 Swiss Super League Alexander Frei 2012–13 Swiss Super League

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