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Ex-England Manager Sven-Goran Eriksson Dies At 76

by Ruth Nwokwu
1 year ago
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Swedish football manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, who coached England from 2001 to 2006 is dead.

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Eriksson died on Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his agent said.

He was aged 76.

“He passed away peacefully this morning with his family around him at his home,” Eriksson’s agent Bo Gustavsson told AFP.

The Swede, who managed many high-profile teams and took England to World Cup quarter-finals in 2002 and 2006, announced in February 2023 that he was stepping back from public life due to “health issues”.

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In January, he told public broadcaster Sveriges Radio that he was suffering from pancreatic cancer and that his doctor assessed that he had “at best maybe a year (to live), at worst a little less”.

“We have known about this but it happened very quickly. We were not prepared for it to happen today,” Gustavsson told AFP.

Born February 5, 1948, in Sunne in western Sweden, Eriksson, who goes by “Svennis” to Swedes, found success as a football manager after retiring from a modest career as a defender.

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In 1977, he became the manager of Swedish club Degerfors IF. After leading the small club to success in lower divisions, he attracted the attention of bigger clubs.

Eriksson went on to manage Sweden’s IFK Goteborg before finding success internationally, managing Benfica in Portugal, as well as several Italian teams including Roma and Lazio.

His most high-profile position was as the first foreigner to manage England’s national squad.

During his spell, he took England to the World Cup quarter-finals in 2002, where they were knocked out by Brazil.

They also made the last eight four years later where Portugal came out on top in a penalty shoot-out in a game where Wayne Rooney was sent off after a clash with his then Manchester United team-mate, Cristiano Ronaldo.

Eriksson led England to the last eight of the 2004 Euros where Portugal again knocked them out in another penalty shoot-out.

He left the England job in 2006 after five years in charge.

His time in the hot seat had seen a memorable 5-1 win over Germany in a World Cup qualifier but also controversy over his personal life.

Eriksson then went on to manage Mexico, Ivory Coast, and the Philippines, but never his native Sweden’s national squad.


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