Jonas Eriksson
Birthday: 1974-3-28
Stature: 194cm
Nationality: Sweden
On field position: Chief Referee
Hometown: Lulea
Profession: Salesman
Languages: Swedish, English
Hobbies: Family,sport,travel
Profile:

Jonas Eriksson is a Swedish football referee. He has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2002.

 

He became a professional referee in 1994 and has been an Allsvenskan referee since 2000. Eriksson has refereed 263 matches in Allsvenskan, 47 matches in Superettan and 112 international matches as of 2014. In August 2013, Eriksson was chosen to referee 2013 UEFA Super Cup between Chelsea and Bayern Munich. He was the Fourth official at the 2015 UEFA Champions League Final match of Juventus vs. Barcelona at Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany on 6 June 2015.

 

He was called by FIFA to officiate in Brazil's 2014 FIFA World Cup. His first match in the World Cup was between the United States and Ghana. In December 2015, he was named one of the eighteen referees appointed for UEFA Euro 2016.