The former manager of England and Manchester City, Sven-Goran Eriksson died at the age of 76 just a few months after he was diagnosed with cancer.
Eriksson revealed in January 2024 that he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer and that he likely had “at best” about a year to live. He had stepped down from his final job, as sporting director at Karlstad in Sweden in February 2023, because of what he described at the time as “health issues which are under investigation”.
A statement was released on behalf of his family read,
“After a long illness, SGE (Sven-Goran Eriksson) died during the morning at home surrounded by family.
Eriksson’s managerial career spanned more than four decades, during which he won 18 trophies. It began in Sweden with Degerfors IF before he took charge of IFK Göteborg. Eriksson was 30, leading Göteborg to the Swedish title and the Uefa Cup in 1982.
That led to Eriksson being appointed manager of Benfica and, again, he proved a success, winning two league titles and reaching another Uefa Cup final in 1983. This time he was on the wrong side of the result after a 2-1 aggregate defeat by Anderlecht.
He was appointed the manager of the Three Lions in 2001 becoming the first foreigner to manage the English national team leading them to the Korea-Japan 2002 World Cup. This decision did not go down with some of the England faithful as they believed that the job was meant solely for an Englishman.
Eriksson went on to manage a host of clubs and countries, including Manchester City, Leicester, Mexico and, finally in 2019, the Philippines. In March 2024 he also realised a childhood dream by managing Liverpool at Anfield in a charity game.
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