John Eriksen

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John Eriksen
Full name	John Eriksen
Date of birth	November 20, 1957
Place of birth	Svendborg, Denmark
Date of death	February 12, 2002 (aged 44)
Playing position	Striker
Youth clubs
	Svendborg FB
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1978-1980 1980-1984 1984-1985 1985-1986 1986-1989 1989-1991 1991-1993	Odense BK Roda JC FC Mulhouse Feyenoord Rotterdam Servette FC FC Luzern Svendborg FB	58 (42) 144 (80) 34 (27) 31 (22) 87 (75) 70 (37) 57 (39)
National team
1981-1988	Denmark	17 (6)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

John Eriksen (20 November 1957 in Svendborg – 12 February 2002 in Copenhagen) was a Danish footballer. During his career he played for Svendborg FB, Odense BK, Roda JC Kerkrade, FC Mulhouse, Feyenoord Rotterdam, Servette FC and FC Luzern.

He won 17 caps and scored six goals for Denmark, and played in the 1986 World Cup (where he scored the Danes' second goal in a 2-0 win over West Germany) and Euro 88.

On 12 February 2002, Eriksen died at the age of 44, having been battling against dementia for some time.

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(Danish) Danish national team profile
(Dutch) Feyenoord-Online.com profile

v • d • e Denmark squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup

1 Rasmussen • 2 Sivebæk • 3 Busk • 4 M. Olsen • 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

v • d • e Denmark squad - UEFA Euro 1988

1 Rasmussen • 2 Sivebæk • 3 Busk • 4 M. Olsen • 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