# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/georg-ericson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:57:53.002Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/georg-ericson"
name: "Georg Ericson"
slug: "georg-ericson"
description: "Georg \"Åby\" Ericson, also nicknamed Jojje, was a Swedish football player and coach. During his playing career as a midfielder he played for IFK Norrköping in the 1940s. He also featured once for the Sweden B team in 1949. Later he became the coach of his old club. He was the third national manager of the Sweden national team. He began this employment in 1970, soon after the World Cup 1970 in Mexico, replacing Orvar Bergmark. He stayed in office until 1979 when he was succeeded by Lars \"Laban\" Arnesson. During his time as Swedish national manager he led Sweden to two World Cups: 1974 in Germany and 1978 in Argentina."
tagline: "Swedish footballer (1919–2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Selectie_Zweedse_elftal_voor_WK_voetbal_in_trainingskamp_in_M%C3%B6nchen_Gladblach_t%2C_Bestanddeelnr_927-2494.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1919-12-18"
deathDate: "2002-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.89553866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1900503/"
    handle:    "nm1900503"
sources:
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    title: "Йорг Еріксон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جورج اريكسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جورج اريكسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Ericson"
    title: "Georg Ericson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Ericson"
    title: "Georg Ericson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Ericson"
    title: "Georg Ericson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A6%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "یئوری اریکسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Ericson"
    title: "Georg Ericson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Ericson"
    title: "Georg Ericson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Ericson"
    title: "Georg Ericson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Ericson"
    title: "Georg Ericson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Ericson"
    title: "Georg Ericson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Ericson"
    title: "Georg Ericson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Ericson"
    title: "Georg Ericson"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q720741"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump