SOCCER PLAYER

Jan Eriksson

1967 - Today

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Jan Jonas Jakob "Janne" Eriksson (born 24 August 1967) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Starting off his career with IFK Sundsvall in the mid-1980s, he went on to play professionally in Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, England, and the United States before retiring in 1999. A full international between 1990 and 1994, he won 35 caps for the Sweden national team and participated at the 1990 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Eriksson has received more than 38,254 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Jan Eriksson is the 5,827th most popular soccer player (up from 6,088th in 2019), the 1,176th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 1,126th in 2019) and the 161st most popular Swedish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jan Eriksson ranks 5,827 out of 21,273Before him are Raphael Tracey, Ciprian Marica, Javier Vargas, Serhiy Skachenko, Daniel Jensen, and Walter Smith. After him are Kolbeinn Sigþórsson, Adriano Gerlin da Silva, Engelbert Kraus, Hiroaki Morishima, Ivan Zafirov, and Peter Reid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Jan Eriksson ranks 408Before him are Shuzo Matsuoka, Massimo Ficcadenti, Donovan Bailey, Gosha Kutsenko, Risto Laakkonen, and Nobuyuki Hiyama. After him are Fernando Tejero, James McTeigue, Renhō, Ranko Popović, Magnus Gustafsson, and Heimir Hallgrímsson.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Jan Eriksson ranks 1,176 out of 1,879Before him are Thomas Ahlström (1952), Daniel Ek (1983), Jill Johnson (1973), Carl Kempe (1884), Eva Brunne (1954), and Kenny Bräck (1966). After him are Nicklas Lidström (1970), Oscar Dronjak (1972), Magnus Gustafsson (1967), Niklas Zennström (1966), Roine Stolt (1956), and Robyn (1979).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Sweden

Among soccer players born in Sweden, Jan Eriksson ranks 161Before him are Olle Nordin (1949), Joachim Björklund (1971), Putte Kock (1901), Yngve Brodd (1930), Alexander Isak (1999), and Thomas Ahlström (1952). After him are Albin Ekdal (1989), Bertil Johansson (1935), Lars Eriksson (1965), Göran Hagberg (1947), Rami Shaaban (1975), and Örjan Persson (1942).