Ulf Eriksson (footballer)

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Ulf Eriksson

Personal information
Full name	Ulf Eriksson
Date of birth	(1958-02-21) 21 February 1958
Place of birth	Uppsala, Sweden
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977	IF Vesta
1978	Enköpings SK
1979–1983	Hammarby IF	111	(38)
1983–1985	Aris Thessaloniki	50	(9)
1985–1989	Hammarby IF	65	(17)
1990–1991	Enköpings SK
1992	Huddinge IF
International career
1979–1988	Sweden	34	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

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.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
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
Total		34	3

International goals

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 October 1982	Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia	Czechoslovakia	2–2	2–2	UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying
2	7 September 1983	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Finland	1–0	3–0	1981–85 Nordic Football Championship
3				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)

External links

• Ulf Eriksson at National-Football-Teams.com
• Ulf Eriksson at Soccerway