Name: Jan Jonas Jakob Eriksson

Nickname: "Janne"



Country: Sweden
Clubs: IFK Norrköping (1991-1992), 1. FC Kaiserslautern (1992-1994)
Position: *CB, DMF
Side: RF/BS
Age: 24-27 years (24/08/1967)

Height: 183 cm
Weight: 82 kg

Attack: 67
Defence: 86
Balance: 84
Stamina: 84
Top Speed: 78
Acceleration: 76
Response: 84
Agility: 75
Dribble Accuracy: 77
Dribble Speed: 75
Short Pass Accuracy: 76
Short Pass Speed: 78
Long Pass Accuracy: 75
Long Pass Speed: 76
Shot Accuracy: 67
Shot Power: 87
Shot Technique: 67
Free Kick Accuracy: 65
Curling: 66
Header: 86
Jump: 85
Technique: 77
Aggression: 70
Mentality: 81
Keeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 82

Injury Tolerance: C
Condition/Fitness: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 5
Weak Foot Frequency: 4
Growth Type: Standard


CARDS:
S07: Man Marking

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Marking

Attack / Defence Awareness Card: Balanced


INFO:

Jan Eriksson is former Swedish player. He was good defender but his career was ruined by numeruos injuries. Janne played mainly as a centre back but also in midfield. He was good marker with good heading and decent technique. He had strong shot and liked to go forward like Ronald Koeman for example. Eriksson started playing football in his hometown in GIF Sundsvall. In 1980 he moved to local rivals IFK Sundsvall, who was better known for its youth teams. There he played in the Junior National Fotbollförbundet of Svenska and came to 15 appearances in the Swedish U-21 team. As before the Premiership season 1987 Nils Andersson left the federation in order to train AIK in Allsvenskan, he undertook Eriksson for his new club. In his first season, the defensive players came to seven stakes. As a change before the next season, Sven Dahlkvist towards league rival Örebro SK was, he was able to inherit 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 warm up on the 1990 World Cup, for which the country had qualified for the first time since the last selection to participate in the tournament finals in 1978, early 1990 in the United Arab Emirates nominated him coach Olle Nordin for the selection. On 17 February of the year he came in the 2-0 win over the national team of the United Arab Emirates with goals from Stefan Rehn and Klas Ingesson his international debut. He subsequently established himself in the team and was part of the squad at the World Cup tournament in Italy remained, but without tournament use. Eriksson was at AIK go to the permanent employees. On the final day of the season 1990 he scored his first goals in the Allsvenskan when he scored in the 2-4 away defeat at IK Brage, the two goals for AIK. After the season he moved from club from Stockholm, who had regularly placed in the middle of the league, the reigning runner-up IFK Norrkoping. Again, he established himself as a player and reached with the team after a sixth place in the regular season, the championship finals. Although the team won the most points in the final round it was enough thanks to the driving half of the points in the regular season because of high residue there only for a new runner. As Eriksson had also become established in the national team as a player, coach Tommy Svensson him nominated for the 1992 European Championship on home soil. There he attracted international attention when he could get headed goals against France, England, respectively. With his two goals, he contributed to the victory in front of the group later champions Denmark and reaching the semi-final at. There he was defeated and his crew of the German national team, despite goals from Tomas Brolin and Kennet Andersson at conceded by Thomas Haessler and the two-time scorer with Karl-Heinz Riedle 2:3. Not least because of its good performance, distinguished him from the newspaper Aftonbladet and the Swedish Association of the Guldbollen as a footballer of the year. Through the participation in the tournament Eriksson had made international attention. The German club 1 FC Kaiserslautern, who hired the defensive players after the final round. His debut in the Bundesliga, he finished in a 1-0 win over the first FC Cologne on the first day with the game-winning hit. Despite an injury break, he established himself as a player to hit 20 league operations for the Palatine club. After it had been committed in the following year, the Czech Pavel Kuka, his use of time also decreased due to the limitations of the then applicable foreign regulations. Nevertheless, he was in the summer of 1994, initially to the cadre of national selection for the World Cup finals in the United States, after re-injury, he had to cancel their participation. In spring 1995, Eriksson came back on loan to AIK. He played for the Swedish club until the summer seven other missions in the Allsvenskan. He then moved to Switzerland to the Geneva Servette FC. For the team around players like Oliver Neuville, David Sesa, and Carlos Varela, in turn, he played only half a year to once again return to Sweden. This time he went to Helsingborg IF. For the club from the southern Swedish Schonen he ran on in 23 Erstligapartien and reached with the team in the 1996 standings after the third champion IFK Göteborg and Malmö FF. In the spring of 1997, Eriksson moved abroad again. The Premier League promoted Sunderland he committed in January for 250,000 pounds. for the English club, who are in a relegation battle also had reinforced with Chris Waddle, he came only to a league. He then moved into the United States Tampa Bay Mutiny, where he met his fellow countryman Thomas Ravelli. In 1999 he finished there after 35 stakes game with a knee injury his playing career. Since 2000, Eriksson has worked for the Swedish insurance company Skandia.