Leif Eriksson (footballer)

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Leif Eriksson
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Eriksson at the 1970 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Leif Anders Eriksson
Date of birth (1942-03-20) 20 March 1942 (age 82)
Place of birth Köping, Sweden
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, Striker
Youth career
IK Westmannia
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
0000–1957 IK Westmannia
1958–1960 Köpings IS
1960–1966 Djurgårdens IF 117 (62)
1966–1968 IK Sirius 54 (37)
1969–1970 Örebro 43 (15)
1970–1975 Nice 151 (37)
1975–1976 Cannes 29 (9)
1976–1978 IK Sirius 43 (9)
1979–1981 IFK Dannemora/Österby
International career‡
1959– Sweden U18 [1] 3 (2)
Sweden U23 [2] 2 (0)
Sweden B [3] 10 (10)
1962–1972 Sweden [4] 49 (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 July 2007
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 July 2007

Leif Anders Eriksson (born 20 March 1942) is a Swedish retired footballer and bandy player.

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He started his career in Sweden playing for Djurgårdens IF, IK Sirius and Örebro SK, until he joined French side OGC Nice where he was elected foreign player of the year by France Football magazine in 1972. [5] He ended his international career in another Côte d'Azur club, AS Cannes.

He was part of Sweden national team at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He was capped 49 times and scored 12 goals.

As a bandy player, Eriksson played for Djurgårdens IF Bandy 1961–65. [6] In 1966, he won the Swedish championship final with IK Sirius. [7]

Honours

Djurgårdens IF

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References

  1. ↑ Frantz, Alf; Glanell, Tomas; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2008). Det svenska fotbollslandslaget 1908–2008[The Swedish National Football Team 1908–2008] (in Swedish). Vällingby: CA Strömberg AB. ISBN   978-91-86184-69-8.
  2. ↑ Frantz, Alf; Glanell, Tomas; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2008). Det svenska fotbollslandslaget 1908–2008[The Swedish National Football Team 1908–2008] (in Swedish). Vällingby: CA Strömberg AB. ISBN   978-91-86184-69-8.
  3. ↑ Frantz, Alf; Glanell, Tomas; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2008). Det svenska fotbollslandslaget 1908–2008[The Swedish National Football Team 1908–2008] (in Swedish). Vällingby: CA Strömberg AB. ISBN   978-91-86184-69-8.
  4. ↑ Sweden men's national football team statistics Archived 2012-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ foreign players of the year in France on rsssf Archived 2015-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Leif Eriksson – DIF Historia".
  7. ↑ "Bandy".
  8. ↑ "Förteckning över samtliga SM-guld för Djurgårdens IF på seniornivå genom tiderna" (PDF). difarkivet.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2010.
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