Ulf Eriksson (footballer)
{{short description|Swedish footballer}}
{{Other people||Ulf Eriksson (disambiguation){{!}}Ulf Eriksson}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ulf Eriksson
| fullname = Ulf Eriksson
| image =
| caption =
| height = 1.83 m
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1958|2|21}}
| birth_place = Uppsala, Sweden
| position = Midfielder
| years1 = 1977
| clubs1 = IF Vesta
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1978
| clubs2 = Enköpings SK
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 1979–1983
| clubs3 = Hammarby IF
| caps3 = 111
| goals3 = 38
| years4 = 1983–1985
| clubs4 = Aris Thessaloniki
| caps4 = 50
| goals4 = 9
| years5 = 1985–1989
| clubs5 = Hammarby IF
| caps5 = 65
| goals5 = 17
| years6 = 1990–1991
| clubs6 = Enköpings SK
| caps6 =
| goals6 =
| years7 = 1992
| clubs7 = Huddinge IF
| caps7 =
| goals7 =
| nationalyears1 = 1979–1988
| nationalteam1 = Sweden
| nationalcaps1 = 34
| nationalgoals1 = 3
}}
Ulf Eriksson (born 21 February 1958) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and made 34 appearances for the Sweden national team.{{WorldFootball.net|ulf-eriksson_2}}
Career
Eriksson made his debut for Sweden on 17 November 1979 in a friendly match against Singapore, which finished as a 5–0 win. He went on to make 34 appearances, scoring 3 goals, before making his last appearance on 15 January 1988 in the 1–0 win Maspalomas tournament win against Finland.{{cite web |url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=5557 |title=Ulf Eriksson |website=EU-Football.info |access-date=29 January 2019}}
Career statistics
=International=
Appearances and goals by national team and year
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National team
!Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|
rowspan="10" |Sweden
|1979 | 1 | 0 |
1980
|0 |0 | ||
1981
|0 |0 | ||
1982 | 1 | 1 |
1983 | 8 | 2 |
1984 | 8 | 0 |
1985 | 3 | 0 |
1986 | 7 | 0 |
1987 | 4 | 0 |
1988 | 2 | 0 |
colspan="2" |Total | 34 | 3 |
International goals{{hatnote|Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.}}
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No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 October 1982 | Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | {{fb|TCH}} | align=center|2–2 | align="center" |2–2 | UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying |
2 | rowspan=2|7 September 1983 | rowspan=2|Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland | rowspan=2|{{fb|FIN}} | align=center|1–0 | rowspan="2" align="center" |3–0 | rowspan=2|1981–85 Nordic Football Championship |
3 | align=center|3–0 |
Honours
Individual
- Nordic Football Championship top scorer: 1981–85 (shared with Frank Arnesen, Lars Bastrup, Preben Elkjær, Hannu Turunen, Ari Valvee, and Tom Lund)
References
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External links
- {{NFT player|18473}}
- {{Soccerway|ulf-eriksson/243821}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eriksson, Ulf}}
Category:Footballers from Uppsala
Category:Swedish men's footballers
Category:Sweden men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Swedish expatriate men's footballers
Category:Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Category:Enköpings SK FK players
Category:Hammarby Fotboll players
Category:Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players
Category:Super League Greece players
Category:20th-century Swedish sportsmen
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