John Eriksen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Hartmann Eriksen | ||
| Date of birth | 20 November 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Assens, Denmark | ||
| Date of death | 12 February 2002 (aged 44) | ||
| Place of death | Svendborg, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1964–1975 | Svendborg FB | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1977 | Svendborg FB | (23) | |
| 1978–1980 | Odense | 60 | (42) |
| 1980–1984 | Roda | 144 | (80) |
| 1984–1985 | Mulhouse | 34 | (27) |
| 1985–1986 | Feyenoord | 31 | (22) |
| 1986–1989 | Servette | 87 | (75) |
| 1989–1991 | Luzern | 70 | (37) |
| 1991–1993 | Svendborg FB | 57 | (39) |
| Total | 479 | (342) | |
| National team | |||
| 1975 | Denmark U17 | 1 | (1) |
| 1975 | Denmark U19 | 2 | (1) |
| 1978–1983 | Denmark U21 | 15 | (5) |
| 1981–1988 | Denmark | 17 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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John Hartmann Eriksen (20 November 1957 – 12 February 2002) was a Danish footballer who played as a striker.
An extremely prolific goal scorer, he scored 319 league goals over the course of 15 seasons, having played in four countries, namely the Netherlands and Switzerland. He did not manage to win any team honours, however.
Eriksen was a Danish international in the 80's, appearing with the nation in one World Cup and one European Championship.
Eriksen was born on 20 November 1957 in Assens. In 1964 he moved with his family from Assens to Svendborg, where he and his brother started playing football in Svendborg FB. Here he won the Funen boy Championship in 1968. At the age of just 17, he made a debut for Svendborg FB in June 1975.
After two season with Svendborg, Eriksen switched to Odense BK, scoring 22 goals in each of his two seasons with the club. In January 1980, he moved to Roda JC in the Netherlands, never netting less than 16 goals in each of his four Eredivisie seasons.
In 1984–85, Eriksen joined FC Mulhouse in the French Ligue 2, finishing second in the goal scoring charts as the club narrowly missed on promotion, falling short in the playoffs. In the summer, he returned to the Netherlands and joined Feyenoord, again surpassing the 20-goal mark as the Rotterdam outfit ranked in third position.
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