:Leif Eriksson (footballer)

{{Short description|Swedish footballer and bandy player (born 1942)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Leif Eriksson

| fullname = Leif Anders Eriksson

| image = Leif Eriksson México 70.png

| image_size =

| caption = Eriksson at the 1970 FIFA World Cup

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|3|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Köping, Sweden

| height = 1.75 m

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Midfielder, Striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = IK Westmannia

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1957

| clubs1 = IK Westmannia

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1958–1960

| clubs2 = Köpings IS

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 1960–1966

| clubs3 = Djurgårdens IF

| caps3 = 117

| goals3 = 62

| years4 = 1966–1968

| clubs4 = IK Sirius

| caps4 = 54

| goals4 = 37

| years5 = 1969–1970

| clubs5 = Örebro

| caps5 = 43

| goals5 = 15

| years6 = 1970–1975

| clubs6 = Nice

| caps6 = 151

| goals6 = 37

| years7 = 1975–1976

| clubs7 = Cannes

| caps7 = 29

| goals7 = 9

| years8 = 1976–1978

| clubs8 = IK Sirius

| caps8 = 43

| goals8 = 9

| years9 = 1979–1981

| clubs9 = IFK Dannemora/Österby

| caps9 =

| goals9 =

| nationalyears1 = 1959–

| nationalteam1 = Sweden U18{{cite book |editor-last=Frantz |editor-first=Alf |editor-last2=Glanell |editor-first2=Tomas |editor-last3=Persson |editor-first3=Gunnar |title=Det svenska fotbollslandslaget 1908–2008 |publisher=CA Strömberg AB |year=2008 |location=Vällingby |language=Swedish |trans-title= The Swedish National Football Team 1908–2008 |isbn=978-91-86184-69-8}}

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 =

| nationalteam2 = Sweden U23{{cite book |editor-last=Frantz |editor-first=Alf |editor-last2=Glanell |editor-first2=Tomas |editor-last3=Persson |editor-first3=Gunnar |title=Det svenska fotbollslandslaget 1908–2008 |publisher=CA Strömberg AB |year=2008 |location=Vällingby |language=Swedish |trans-title= The Swedish National Football Team 1908–2008 |isbn=978-91-86184-69-8}}

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 =

| nationalteam3 = Sweden B{{cite book |editor-last=Frantz |editor-first=Alf |editor-last2=Glanell |editor-first2=Tomas |editor-last3=Persson |editor-first3=Gunnar |title=Det svenska fotbollslandslaget 1908–2008 |publisher=CA Strömberg AB |year=2008 |location=Vällingby |language=Swedish |trans-title= The Swedish National Football Team 1908–2008 |isbn=978-91-86184-69-8}}

| nationalcaps3 = 10

| nationalgoals3 = 10

| nationalyears4 = 1962–1972

| nationalteam4 = Sweden{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120606000450/http://hem.passagen.se/fotbollslandslaget/statistiktest.htm Sweden men's national football team statistics]}}

| nationalcaps4 = 49

| nationalgoals4 = 12

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 =

| pcupdate = 12 July 2007

| ntupdate = 12 July 2007

}}

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

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.[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/franpoy.html foreign players of the year in France on rsssf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905115225/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/franpoy.html |date=2015-09-05 }} 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.{{cite web | url=https://difhistoria.se/leif-eriksson/ | title=Leif Eriksson – DIF Historia }} In 1966, he won the Swedish championship final with IK Sirius.{{cite web | url=http://www.sporthistoria.se/autograf/bandy.html | title=Bandy }}